Nathan Poirier is a tutor and adjunct instructor at Lansing Community College, with graduate specializations in (critical) animal studies and women’s and gender studies, as well as advanced degrees in anthrozoology, mathematics, and sociology. Nathan co-edited the book Emerging New Voices in Critical Animal Studies: Vegan Studies for Total Liberation (Peter Lang, 2022) and has several interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary publications in diverse animal studies and environmental journals and books.