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Upcoming Webinars on Animal Abuse and Children
ASI's Lisa Lunghofer will be giving three webinars, beginning April 20, on animal abuse and children, in conjunction with Humane Society Academy. Background. All forms of violence exposure—especially in combination and over time—can be detrimental to children. Notably...
Nursing Campus Therapy Dog: A Pilot Study
Hall, D. (2018). Nursing Campus Therapy Dog: A Pilot Study. Teaching and Learning in Nursing, 13(4), 202-206. This experimental pilot study investigated the long term effect of a therapy dog on the symptoms of anxiety and depression experienced by nursing students....
The effect of pet therapy on the physiological and subjective stress response: A meta‐analysis
Ein, N., Li, L., & Vickers, K. (2018). The effect of pet therapy on the physiological and subjective stress response: A meta-analysis. Stress and Health. Studies have reported that exposure to pet therapy (PT) can reduce physiological and subjective stress and...
Anthropocentrism: More than Just a Misunderstood Problem
Kopnina, H., Washington, H., Taylor, B., & Piccolo, J. J. Anthropocentrism: More than Just a Misunderstood Problem.Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, 1-19. Anthropocentrism, in its original connotation in environmental ethics, is the belief that...
This Week in Defining Human-Animal Studies: Animal Agency with Sarah E. McFarland
This week’s Defining HAS video series addition is by Sarah E. McFarland, Professor of English, Northwestern University, who explains what is meant by animal agency. Find it...
Resisting sexism and speciesism in the social sciences: Using feminist, species‐inclusive, visual methods to value the work of women and (other) animals
Taylor, N., & Fraser, H. Resisting sexism and speciesism in the social sciences: Using feminist, species‐inclusive, visual methods to value the work of women and (other) animals. Gender, Work & Organization. Visual methods offer social scientists some...
Animals Are Us: Applying the Common Ingroup Identity Model to Humane Education
Gatarek, B. D. (2018). Animals Are Us: Applying the Common Ingroup Identity Model to Humane Education. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Windsor. This study explored the applicability of the Common Ingroup Identity Model (CIIM), used widely for combating racism, to...
