About

Justin Gregg is science writer and author of the book If Nietzsche Were a Narwhal: What Animal Intelligence Reveals About Human Stupidity, as well as the books Are Dolphins Really Smart? by Oxford University Press and Twenty-Two Fantastical Facts about Dolphins. Justin regularly lectures on topics related to animal/dolphin cognition and teaches a course on Animal Minds at St. Francis Xavier University. He writes about animal behavior and cognition, with articles appearing in Salon, The Wall Street Journal, Aeon Magazine, Scientific American, BBC Focus, Slate, as well as his blog Elegant Arguments with Psychology Today (more info here). Justin produces and hosts the dolphin science podcast The Dolphin Pod, the movie review podcast Why Are People Watching This?, has provided voices for characters in a number of animated films, and produced three albums for the ECMA and Music Nova Scotia award nominated music group Bingly and the Rogues (as well as music with his dad band pals featured in If Nietzsche Were a Narwhal and amazing wife Ranke). He has worked as a sound designer and editor for several radio plays for Festival Antigonish and Theatre Antigonish, including Robin Hood: The Great Escape, Hector the Spectre Steals the Show, and Pete Poirier's Gift Exchange.

Justin received his PhD from the School of Psychology at Trinity College Dublin in Dublin Ireland in 2008 having studied dolphin social cognition. He is currently an Adjunct Professor at St. Francis Xavier University, and a Senior Research Associate with the Dolphin Communication Project. Justin has a research focus in dolphin social cognition, and a background/interest in linguistics and the evolution of language. A list of Justin’s academic publications can be found at this link.

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Justin is represented by Lisa DiMona at Writers House

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