Josephine Martell是一个公共政策专业和社会科学家，拥有超过20年的经验，倡导社会公平，实施公共政策，建立保护领域的跨部门伙伴关系。她的研究检查了框架信息的不同方式如何影响保护决策和随后的政治行为。约瑟芬的工作侧重于现实生活沟通和宣传活动，以便对保护领域的立即影响，同时有助于沟通和政治参与文献。
在她的研究资助职业生涯中，她撰写并提交了数百个联邦和基金会的赠款，并保持了39-44％的资金成功率。Josephine’s grant experience includes running the Office of Research Development in the Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences that emphasizes the science of team science (SciTS), leading the research grants program at the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International, whose work protects mountain gorillas in Rwanda and Grauer’s gorillas in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and overseeing the research grant office at the Rhode Island School of Design, where she focused on the intersection in research between art and design, and science. Josephine has also served two terms as an elected alderperson in the fifth ward on Ithaca City Council and has demonstrated a commitment to public service throughout her life.
在她的职业生涯早些时候，约瑟芬在全国和国际上致力于各种各样的问题，因为国际异国宠物贸易对妇女的生殖权利。在立法和政策中培训和经验丰富，她是在国家和联邦水平的这些问题的前线上的动手冠军和游说者。她的一些过去的项目包括从不合标准的设施中搬迁大猫，并在卡特里娜飓风后的流离失所的动物工作。She has worked to pass state laws on captive animal issues, women’s reproductive rights, and racial and LGBTQ+ equity, conducted an undercover investigation into poor welfare practices for big cats in captivity, worked closely with federal agencies, drafted federal legislation, and written multiple reports for federal and state legislators. Her media appearances include Animal Planet’s hit mini-series Fatal Attractions, as well as The BBC World News, The Today Show, Larry King Live, and 20/20.
Josephine在塔夫茨大学的兽医学院的动物和公共政策中的公共政策中拥有一个硕士学位，目前正在康奈尔大学的自然资源和环境中完成她的博士学位。Josephine住在伊萨卡与她的丈夫和三个孩子，是一个狂热的赛跑者。
