Animal Studies News

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November 17, 2009

Linda Kalof and The Animal Studies Program at MSU were highlighted in a recent article in the Chronicle of Higher Education. See the full text here

First Friday Animal Studies Brown Bag Seminar Schedule

December
December’s First Friday Animal Studies Brown Bag Seminar (December 4, 12-1:30, 6H Berkey) features a discussion of Detroit’s Zoo’s Center for Zoo Animal Welfare lead by Scott Carter, Director of Conservation and Animal Welfare at the Detroit Zoo and Ron Kagan, Executive Director of the Detroit Zoological Society.

January 2010
No Seminar – January’s First Friday is a holiday.

February 2010
February’s First Friday Animal Studies Brown Bag Seminar (February 5, 12-1:30, 6H Berkey) features Camie Heleski, Coordinator of the Horse Management Program in the Department of Animal Science. Camie will speak on the welfare of working equids in Brazil and Mali.

March 2010
March’s First Friday Animal Studies Brown Bag Seminar (March 5, 12-1:30, 6H Berkey) features Carl Taylor, professor and outreach specialist in the understanding of gangs, youth culture and violence. Carl will lead a conversation on the social problem of dogfighting.

April 2010
April’s First Friday Animal Studies Brown Bag Seminar (April 2, 12-1:30, 6H Berkey) features Jessica Fry, Ph.D. student in Criminal Justice, ESPP doctoral fellow, specializing in environmental crime. Jessica will speak on the human-horse relationship.

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Past Announcements

November 17, 2009
November's First Friday Animal Studies Brown Bag Seminar (Nov 6, 12-1:30, 6H Berkey) featured Laurie Thorp, Director of the Residential Program for the Study of the Environment, speaking on "Raising chickens and pigs on MSU pasture." See Laurie featured in The State News. She can be reached at thorpl@msu.edu

Oct. 3, 2009
October's First Friday Animal Studies Brown Bag Seminar (Oct 2, 12-1:30, 6H Berkey) featured Janice Swanson, Director of Animal Welfare, leading a discussion on the "Ethics of Regulating Animal Production from a Scientist's Perspective." She can be reached at swans173@msu.edu.

Sept. 7, 2009
September's First Friday Animal Studies Brown Bag Seminar featured Philip Douglas, Department of Writing, Rhetoric and American Cultures, speaking on Citizen Lobbying for Animals with the Humane Society of the United States. He can be reached at dougl111@msu.edu.

Feb. 17, 2009
Director and founder of MSU's Animal Studies Program, Linda Kalof, received high honors for 2008. Her book, A Cultural History of Animals, won the 2008 Choice Award for Outstanding Academic Title.

New Graduate Specialization

Animal Studies: Social Science & Humanities Perspectives

The graduate specialization in Animal Studies: Social Science & Humanities Perspectives is designed for doctoral and master's students to explore the historical and social dimensions of the human-animal relationship from an interdisciplinary perspective. Students participating in the specialization program:

• Gain basic knowledge in the relationships between humans and other animals;
• Develop their understanding of how humans and other animals are linked together in a vulnerable biosphere;
• Examine the legal, philosophical and historical perspectives on the human-animal relationship;
• Apply issues of the human-animal relationship to their home disciplines.

This specialization is administered by the College of Social Science, and the Department of Sociology is the primary administrative unit.

Learn more about the graduate specialization.

Animal Studies Fellowship

We are proud to announce the new Animal Studies Fellows for 2010:

Seven Bryant, Anthropology
Melissa Harlan, Anthropology
Melissa Liszewski, Animal Sciences

The Animal Studies Fellowship is generously funded by Graduate Dean Klomparens for interdisciplinary university-wide graduate work in animal studies.

The 2009 Fellows were:

Margaret Fitzpatrick, CARRS
Maria Ilioupoulou, CARRS
Jennifer Kelly, Sociology
Stacy Rule, English

Send inquiries to:
Dr. Linda Kalof, Director
Animal Studies Graduate
Specialization
Department of Sociology
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48864
LKalof@msu.edu