In September 2023, The Guardian shared the article, ‘Why are American XL bullies being banned and how will it work?’ which discusses Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Rishi Sunak’s decision to ban the American XL bully in the UK. In response to this article, ASI Board Member Julie Iovine submitted the following...

Dear Friends and Colleagues, Welcome to the Animals & Society Institute's Human-Animal Studies Report. If you are not already participating in ASI’s Human-Animal Relationship Awareness (HARA) Week, November 13-19, now is the time to start! Now in its seventh year, ASI created this week dedicated to human-nonhuman...

Dear Friends and Colleagues, Welcome to the October issue of Animals & Society Institute's Human-Animal Studies Report. If you are a faculty member wanting more exposure for your Human-Animal Studies program, the Animals & Society Institute (ASI) would like to offer you to participate in populating its newly...

Dear Friends and Colleagues, Welcome to the Animals & Society Institute's September Human-Animal Studies Report. It is always heartening to see growth in the field of Human-Animal Studies (HAS), and this month doesn't disappoint. A new HAS doctoral program and HAS articles in widely disparate journals show that...

ASI Board Member, Julie Iovine, recently published the essay, 'Dog Parks Are Great for People. Too Bad They're Terrible for Dogs.' in the New York Times. In this essay, Iovine describes the ways in which dog parks are often enjoyed more by humans than their dog companions, and writes that “we’d be wiser to think of...

Project-Based Job Opening Oversee the development, implementation, and validation of a psycho-educational diversion program Animals and Society Institute is developing a diversion intervention for adults who have abused animals. As legislation in 34 states mandates or recommends assessment and/or treatment for animal...