Research Professor University of Louisiana at Lafayette Lafayette, Louisiana, United States
Short Description: How can we develop gifted individuals’ talents to be effective in bringing about change? Achieving justice for animals is difficult in a human-centered world. Making the world a better place for them requires changing human behavior. This session describes a case study of the career trajectory of an anthropologist who models transformational giftedness in her efforts to realize animal justice.
Learning Objectives:
Attendees will be able to connect the role of talent development in transformational giftedness.
Attendees will recognize the importance of crafting persuasive messages in activism for the greater good.
Attendees will be able to advocate for a stronger emphasis on communication skills in the K-12 curriculum with this empirical example.
