Because Anthrozoology/Human-Animal Studies scholars come from such diverse fields, they often have a difficult time reading the work of scholars from other fields, as the language and key theories are often so different. The following videos, created by Carroll’s Margo DeMello for the Animals & Society Institute, were recorded by leading scholars in the field to help make these concepts more accessible.
“Derrida’s Cat” by Matthew Calarco, Professor of Philosophy, California State University Fullerton
Actor Network Theory by Richie Nimmo, Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Manchester
Animal Agency by Sarah E. McFarland, Professor of English, Northwestern University
Animal Ethics by Kathie Jenni, Professor of Philosophy and Director of Human-Animal Studies, University of Redlands
Animal Geography by Julie Urbanik, Independent Scholar and Legal Consultant
Animal Law by David Favre, Professor of Law at Michigan State University
Animal Rights by H. Peter Steeves, Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Humanities Center at DePaul University
Animal Rights vs. Animal Welfare by David Favre, Professor of Law, Michigan State University
Animal-Assisted Therapy by Cynthia Chandler, Program Director, The Consortium for Animal Assisted Therapy at the University of North Texas
Anthropocentrism by Helen Kopnina, Assistant Professor, Sustainable Business, The Hague University
Anthropomorphism by Robert Mitchell, Professor of Psychology and Animal Studies, Eastern Kentucky University
Anthrozoology by Anthony Podberscek, Professor, School of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney, Editor in Chief, Anthrozoös
Anymal by Lisa Kemmerer, Professor of Philosophy and Religion, Montana State University
Art and Animals by Jessica Ullrich, Professor for Aesthetics and Art Education at the Academy of Fine Arts Muenster
Biopolitics by Dinesh Wadiwel, Senior Lecturer in Human Rights and Socio-Legal Studies, University of Sydney
Biosemiotics by Alison Sealey, Professor of Applied Linguistics, Lancaster University
Critical Animal Studies by Vasile Stanescu, Assistant Professor & Director, Program in Speech and Debate, Department of Communication Studies & Theatre, Mercer University
Domestication by Tim Ingold, Chair in Social Anthropology, University of Aberdeen
Ecofeminism by Greta Gaard, Professor of English and Coordinator, Sustainability Faculty Fellows and The Sustainable Justice Minor, University of Wisconsin, River Falls
Ethnoprimatology by Agustin Fuentes, Professor of Anthropology at the University of Notre Dame
Hierarchy by Alex Parrish, Associate Professor, School of Writing, Rhetoric, and Technical Communication, James Madison University
Humane Education by Zoe Weil, CoFounder and President of the Institute for Humane Education
Intersectionality by Corey Wrenn, Professor of Sociology and Director of Gender Studies at Monmouth University
Kinesthetic Empathy by Ken Shapiro, Founder, Animals & Society Institute, Editor, Society & Animals, Co-Editor, Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Naming the Field by Ken Shapiro, Founder, Animals & Society Institute, Editor, Society & Animals, Co-Editor, Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Personhood by Maneesha Deckha, Professor of Law, University of Victoria
Posthumanism by Elan Abrell, Adjunct Assistant Professor, City University of New York
Queer Animality by Joshua Russell, Assistant Professor in Animal Behavior, Ecology, and Conservation, and in Anthrozoology, at Canisius College
Rewilding by Jamie Lorimer, Associate Professor of Human Geography, University of Oxford
Sentience by Jonathan Balcombe, Biologist and author of What a Fish Knows
Social Constructionism by Constance Russell, Professor of Education at Lakehead University
Speciesism by Peter Singer, Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University, and a Laureate Professor at the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics at the University of Melbourne
Symbolic Interactionism by Leslie Irvine, Professor of Sociology, University of Colorado Boulder
The Animal Turn by Harriet Ritvo, Professor of History, MIT
The Link by Lisa Lunghofer, Human-Animal Programs Director, Animals & Society Institute
The Political Turn by Siobhan O’Sullivan, Senior Lecturer in Social Policy and Research, School of Social Sciences, University of New South Wales
Theory of Mind by Alexandra Horowitz, Adjunct Associate Professor, Psychology Department, Barnard College
Zoocentrism by Alison Hanlon, School of Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin
Zoophilia by Andrea Beetz, Researcher and Teacher in the Department of Special Education, University of Rostock
Zoopoetics by Aaron Moe, Assistant Professor, English, St. Mary’s College
