Ann Linder has spent most of her career in academics, leading research projects aimed at better understanding the law and policy frameworks that govern animals. She previously worked at the Law, Environment and Animals Program at Yale Law School to help spearhead the Animal Agriculture Accountability Project—a research initiative aimed at better understanding the litigation landscape surrounding industrial animal agriculture and the effectiveness of various litigation strategies. Prior to undertaking that project, she served as the Associate Director of Policy & Research at the Brooks McCormick Jr. Animal Law & Policy Program at Harvard Law School where she led the program’s research initiative examining the intersection between zoonotic disease and animal industries—a project that spanned more than 4 years and 15 countries. Her work on zoonotic disease has been published by Science and featured in The New York Times and other outlets. Ann’s other research has touched on a diverse set of animal issues ranging from wildlife policy to farmed animal anti-confinement laws to breed restrictive legislation. She also teaches animal law at Tufts University. Ann received her JD from Stanford Law School and holds a Master’s of Science in Animals and Public Policy from Tufts University.