Announcements

New Animal Protection Law in Colorado -- The new law, for which Dr. Ascione provided testimony, includes animals in civil protection orders. Click here.

Denver Post features IHAC The Institute for Human-Animal Connection was recently featured in the Denver Post. Click here.

GSSW Magazine

Read about the Institute in the spring issue of 2010 GSSW MAGAZINE. Click here.

The Human-Animal Bond: Understanding the Intricate Relationship Between People and Animals -- This new course was taught fall quarter 2009 at the University of Denver by Professor Philip Tedeschi.  Click here.

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Scholars-In-Residence

Our scholars-in-residence are community scholars and researchers participating in similar faculty collaborations through partnerships between GSSW and Denver area agencies and organizations.

 

Marc BekoffMarc Bekoff
PhD Washington University in St. Louis
mark.bekoff@du.edu

Dr. Marc Bekoff is a world-renowned researcher and author in the field of animal behavior, cognitive ethology (the study of animal minds), behavioral ecology and animal protection. Professor Emeritus of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Colorado, he is also a Fellow of the Animal Behavior Society and a former Guggenheim Fellow. He has published more than 200 papers, three encyclopedias and 25 books, including Minding Animals, The Ten Trusts (with Jane Goodall), Animals Matter, The Emotional Lives of Animals, Wild Justice: The Moral Lives of Animals (with Jessica Pierce), and The Animal Manifesto.  Click here for his personal website.

 

 


Sarah BexellSarah Bexell
PhD Georgia State University
Director of Conservation Education and Communications

Dr. Sarah M. Bexell has been engaged in wildlife conservation, conservation education and humane education for many years. Currently the Director of Conservation Education and Communications at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding and an Education Specialist in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Black-footed Ferret Recovery Program, she has participated in projects related to conservation, animal behavior and education for 15 years. She was instrumental in helping the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding and Chengdu Zoo establish their conservation and education departments, and she has served as Director of Conservation Education and Communications at the Chengdu Research Base since 2006. She was an Instructor in the Environmental Sciences Department of China's Sichuan University in 2007-08.

 

 

To link to the GSSW faculty page for these individuals, click on their name or image.