Join the Religious Studies Department on Thursday, November 12th, to host Dr. Faraz Harsini to give his lecture "Today's Biggest Blind Spot!" Dr. Faraz Harsini is a biomedical and food systems scientist and the CEO and founder of Allied Scholars for Animal Protection (ASAP), a nonprofit that advocates for changing unjust laws, animal and environmental protection, public health, nutrition, and pursuing careers that can make the most difference. Dr. Harsini was a Bioprocessing Senior Scientist at the Good Food Institute, where he worked on advancing scientific and technological methods to produce alternative proteins and cultivated meat. In his talk, Dr. Harsini will speak on the legal protections that he believes should be afforded to animals and the ways that animals, particularly farmed animals, face oppression.
The event will start at 5:00 PM and will be held in The Chamber, Marshall Student Center: Room 4200.
For reasonable accommodations or questions, please reach out to Kya Lockler.