Participants
Listed here (in alphabetical order) are Australian Animal Studies Group participants, their animal-related research interests and/or activities. See also AASG participants’ expressions of interest in collaborative projects.
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Ms Gill Ainsworth School for Environmental Research Charles Darwin University
Research Interests: My PhD research is exploring the social values of Australian threatened birds. In my first year I’m attempting to measure the ways native birds are valued by Australian society by collecting publicly available data across a range of consumptive and non-consumptive values. I shall also collect quantitative data on attitudes towards native birds in Australia among both birding nad non-birding groups. In my second year I will conduct case studies to explore in depth the values held by those involved in threatened bird conservation and will trace the influence of those values on conservation outcomes. In particular I’m interested in human-animal bonds, environmental identity and the protection of threatened species and welcome opportunities to collaborate on any of these topics.
Esther Alloun Melbourne University
Research Interests: Veganism, animal ethics and the environmental consequences of factory farms. Completing a Master of Environment.
Dr Mary Elizabeth Anderson Theatre and Performance Studies Wayne State University (Detroit, Michigan)
Research Interests: Performance and performativity in human-animal relations in post-industrial urban environments; the performance of dog ownership; the performance of caregivers who nurse injured wild animals back to health; the pedagogical and aesthetic role of animals in the training of actors and dancers.
Outputs: So far, I have just been a visitor in this area of study and am keen to partner with others on collaborative papers and projects. My PhD thesis, “Mistaken Place: Valuing the Feral Paradox in Australian Site-Specific Festival Performance,” contains material on the role of animals in the development of performances in Alice Springs, NT that I am currently revising for publication. I gave my first paper on the topic of human-animal relations in post-industrial urban environments in July, 2010 at the International Federation for Theatre Research Conference in Munich, entitled “Acting Upon Detroit: Beast of a City.”
Dr Francisca Astorga Universidad Andres Bello
Research Interests: I am a veterinarian from Chile. My research interests involve domestic dog – human relations, focused on responsible ownership. I am also focusing on the impacts of unconfined dogs with wild native carnivores (culpeo fox).
*Heather J. Aslin Charles Darwin University
Research Interests: Attitudes, values and behaviour towards wildlife; human dimensions of wildlife; moral and ethical considerations in wildlife management; cross-cultural perspectives; structural, institutional and policy dimensions of wildlife conservation; evidence-based policy.
Outputs: Publications-
ASLIN, H.J. & BENNETT, D.H. 2005 Two tool boxes for wildlife management? Human Dimensions of Wildlife 10 (2): 95-107.
ASLIN, H.J. & BENNETT, D.H. 2000 Wildlife and world views: Australian attitudes to wildlife. Human Dimensions of Wildlife 15 (2), 15-35.
MAZUR, N.A, MALLER, C.J., ASLIN, H.J. & KANCANS, R. 2006 Australian Animal Welfare Strategy stakeholder analysis Phases 1-4. Bureau of Rural Sciences, Canberra.
MAZUR, N. & ASLIN, H.J. 2005 Australian animal welfare stakeholder analysis. Bureau of Rural Sciences, Canberra. 48 pp.
ASLIN, H.J. & NORTON, T.W. 1995 No one answer — sustainable use of wildlife in a multicultural society. In Conservation through sustainable use of wildlife. Ed. G.C. Grigg, P.T. Hale & D. Lunney. Centre for Conservation Biology, University of Queensland, Brisbane. Pp. 73–81.
ASLIN, H.J. 1998 The future conservers? Promoting an Australian ecological ethic. In Ecopolitics X Proceedings. Ed. L. Elliott. Ecopolitics Association, Canberra. Pp. 15-22.
ASLIN, H.J. 1995 Friends, foes, curiosities or commodities? A biocultural context for Australian attitudes to wildlife. In Pacific Visions, Proceedings of Ecopolitics VIII Conference, July 1994, Centre for Resource Management, Lincoln University, Christchurch, New Zealand.
ASLIN, H.J. 1994 Values and attitudes to biodiversity — diverse views. In Biodiversity: issues for society. Ed. R.L. Kitching & K. Lyonns. Australian Biologist Proceedings Issue. Australian Institute of Biology, Brisbane. Pp. 49–57. (Refereed)
ASLIN, H.J. 1987 Native animals. In A land transformed. Ed. C. Nance & D. Speight. Longman–Cheshire, Melbourne. Pp. 55–77.
ASLIN, H.J. & SMITH, M.J. 1987 (joint authors) Marsupials of Australia, Volume 2. Lansdowne–Rigby, Sydney. 292 pp.
WATTS, C.H.S. & ASLIN, H.J. 1981 (joint authors) The rodents of Australia. Angus & Robertson, Sydney. 321 pp.
Presentations -
ASLIN, H.J. & BENNETT, D.H. (2008) Kangaroos: cause célèbre? (2008) Paper presented to conference Pathways to success: integrating human dimensions into fish and wildlife management, Estes Park Center, Colorado, USA, 28 Sept.–2 Oct. 2008.
ASLIN, H.J. & BENNETT, D.H. (2003) Two toolboxes for wildlife management? Paper presented to 3rd International Wildlife Management Congress, Christchurch, New Zealand, 5 December 2003.
ASLIN, H.J. & BENNETT, D.H. (2001) All species equal but some more equal than others? Endangered species, ethics and moral considerability. Presentation to ‘Endangered Species Forum’, Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies, ANU, Canberra, ACT, October 2001.
ASLIN, H.J. & BENNETT, D.H. (2000) Not only human. Paper presented to International Symposium on Society and Resource Management, Bellingham, USA, 20 June 2000.
ASLIN, H.J. & BENNETT, D.H. (1999) Wildlife and world views: Australian attitudes to wildlife. International Symposium on Society and Resource Management, Brisbane, Qld, 7-10 July 1999
‘ My research addresses relationships between humans and animals in this time of extinctions.’ Professor Deborah Rose
Dr Robert Attenborough Archaeology & Anthropology Australian National University
Research Interests: I run a course here at ANU called ‘Human Society as Animal Society’. I am interested in the long run of studies coming out of a zoological inspiration in a broad sense which applies animal social behaviour study methods and theories to human society.
Outputs: Essentially the above-mentioned course.
Dr. Bao-Er Blue Mountains Legal Research Centre
Research Interests: 1. The relationship between animal abuse and child abuse. 2. The influence of Chinese culture on the harm to animals now and into the future.
Outputs: “China’s Confucian Horses: The Place of Non-Human Animals in a Confucian World Order” Minding Animals Conference in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, July 14, 2009 – “The Case of the ‘Disappeared Animals’ and the High Court of Australia” BMLRC, April 2007 – The link between child abuse and animal abuse – China’s Child Laws .
Mrs Jacqueline Baptista Australian Egg Corporation Ltd.
Research Interests: Hen welfare and husbandry advice for the Australian egg industry.
Outputs: Conference presentations, articles, and stakeholder communications.
Ms Vanessa Barbay Painting Australian National University
Research Interests: The representation of Animals in Australian Painting and the degree of cultural/psychological/physical involvement the artist has with the non-human animal depicted. My practice-based research explores all three aspects of involvement with the physical nature being the collection of pigment directly from a deceased animal through a process of decomposition printing. I am researching depictions of animals in rock art and bark painting in Gunbalanya, Arnhem Land, and the cultural animal/human relation expressed.
Outputs: I have begun presenting at conferences and have a blog documenting the research project. Exhibitions are an important part of the practice-based component.
Tony Bartram Kangaroo Island Dolphin Watch
Research Interests/activities: Coordinator, Kangaroo Island Dolphin Watch – a School / Community dolphin monitoring project.
*Mr Marcus Baynes-Rock Centre for Research on Social Inclusion Macquarie University
Research Interests: My research interests include the co-evolution of humans and large carnivores and the interface between these species in contemporary societies.
Outputs: Presentation at Minding Animals Conference, Newcastle, 2009.
*Ms Jessica Beames
Activities/Research Interests: advocacy, philosophy, research.
*Miss Sarah Bell Geography University of Newcastle
Research Interests: Urban pests; PhD student in Human Geography.
Kathleen Berton Social Research Monash University
Research Interests and Activities: Human responses to the strategies adopted by native fauna to cope with human-induced climatic change and environmental disturbances; Human relations with Australian White Ibis.
*Dr Iris Bergmann Design and Social Context College RMIT University
Research Interests: I am generally interested in the human animal relationship in the intersection of sustainability studies, ecological thought and social change for sustainability. I have lead a study on what factors lead Australians to support or actively reject factory farming. I am building on this work to further expand the scope of this research. One of my passions is the use of visual methods in exploring people’s beliefs, attitudes and perceptions. I am also engaged in visual practice myself mainly using photography.
Outputs: Conference presentations, publications and exhibition participations. Selected outputs:
I presented a new systems analytical approach to Mapping Welfare Drivers at the Seminar of the Centre for Animal Welfare, UQ: Who Drives Animal Welfare in Australia, in February 2011. Together with my co-researcher I presented results of our factory farming study “What Factors Lead Australians to Support or Actively Reject Factory Farming?” at the International Inaugural Minding Animals Conference, in Newcastle, Australia, in July 2009. An application of some of the findings to social marketing are published in the Proceedings of the 2010 International Nonprofit & Social Marketing conference (INSM) (www.icebergevents.com/insmconference/Keynote-Speakers). Writings in the intersection of human-animal studies, ecological thought and social change for sustainabilility include book reviews and a journal article: Book Review forthcoming in 2011: Every Living Being – Representations of Nonhuman Animals in the Exploration of Human Well-Being by Marie-France Boissonneault. The Canadian Journal of Environmental Education; Book Review forthcoming in 2011: The Sustainability Handbook: Skills for a changing world by Arran Stibbe (Ed.). Environmental Education Research; 2008, Book Review: Watching Wildlife by Cynthia Chris. Visual Studies, 23 (3), 287-289; 2010, What is the Role of The Arts in the face of this? An Exploration in the Context of Whole Systems Thinking and Change for Sustainability. PAN Philosophy Activism Nature, 23-32.
While I lived in Northern New South Wales, I had been active in Wildlife rehabilitation for six years and supported WIRES as inaugural chairperson of their Northern Rivers Branch 2004-2006.
Dr Rod Bennison Minding Animals International
Research Interests: Extinction, queer studies, wildlife and constructions of ferality.
Outputs: Book chapter forthcoming, Minding Animals International (conference/blog/website), advocacy.
*Mrs Ruth Billany Psychology Charles Darwin University
Research Interests: The human animal and nonhuman animal relationship, particularly women and horse relationships. Qualitative research examining relational health within a strength based paradigm. Health and positive psychology. The ethics of the continued use of animals in psychological research.
Outputs: teaching, supervision, conference presentations, publications.
Ms Celeste Black Faculty of Law University of Sydney
Research Interests: My research looks at various Animal Law issues and is currently focussed on the way in which the legal meaning of “charity” has been applied in relation to animals. I present an undergraduate law unit entitled Animal Law here at Sydney Law School each year.
Outputs: My major output at this stage is developing and teaching the undergraduate unit in Animal Law but I also make conference presentations on animal law issues and aim to regularly produce academic publications on related topics.
‘I have an interest in ethical issues concerned with eating and cultivating animals’ Dr Simon Lumsden
*Ms Keely Bloom University of Technology Sydney
Research Interests/Activities: Research of promoting non-lethal means of engaging with kangaroos and other wildlife in Australia.
Marie-France Boissonneault Ontario Veterinary College University of Guelph
Research Interests and Activities: Representation of nonhuman animals in literature and media, the commercialised exploitation of nonhuman animals in advertising, nonhuman animals in medicine and science, assisted therapy programs, conservation and environmental ethics.
Outputs: Marie-France Boissonneault is an Adjunct Professor with the Ontario Veterinary College (OVC) at the University of Guelph and celebrated campus author. Her research during her postdoctoral fellowship with the OVC examined the portrayal of veterinarians in literature and the media. Author of Nurse or Nemesis? (a book about Australia’s endangered Grey Nurse Shark), her second book Every Living Being explores the historical bonds between nonhuman animals and human lived experiences.
Dr Valerie Boll Honorary Research Associate in Anthropology South Australian Museum
Research Interests: Ethnozoology
Outputs: Attended the SERI (Society for Ecological Restoration International) World Conference, Perth, Western Australia, 24-27/08/09 and presented a poster “Caring for Country – Managing Indigenous and Scientific Environmental Knowledge in North East Arnhem Land, Australia.” – Boll, V. 2002. The distribution and ethnozoology of frogs (and toads) in N.E. Arnhem Land. Field report for the AIATSIS (Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies in Canberra), non published, 179p. – Boll, V. 2005. The distribution and ethnozoology of frogs (and toads) in N.E. Arnhem Land. Field report for the AIATSIS (Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies in Canberra), non published, 220p. – Boll, V. 2006. Following Garkman, the frog in North-East Arnhem Land (Australia). Australian Zoologist 33 (4): 436-445. – Boll, V. 2009. Caring for Country – Managing Indigenous and Scientific Environmental Knowledge in North East Arnhem Land, Australia. Field report for the AIATSIS (Australia). – Boll, V. 2009. Caring for Country – Managing Indigenous and Scientific Environmental Knowledge in North East Arnhem Land, Australia. Field report for the AIATSIS (Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies) in Canberra, non published, 160p. – Boll, V. 2010. Caring for Country – Managing Indigenous and Scientific Environmental Knowledge in North East Arnhem Land, Australia. Field report for the Christensen Fund in Palo Alto, California, non published, 175p. – Attended the IUCN World Nature Conservation Congress, Barcelona, Spain, 05-09/10/08.
*Dr Jane Bone Monash University
Activities/Interests: Active advocate for animal protection strategies and law changes. Advocate for animals to be recognised for their role in the lives of young children – a research interest.
Outputs: I have one publication from the beginning of my slight research shift (excluding thesis): Bone, J. (2010). Play and metamorphosis: spirituality in early childhood settings. Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 12(4), 420-417.
*Dr Jill Bough Conjoint Academic, Humanities and Social Sciences University of Newcastle
Research Interests: Donkeys and their representation in human cultures.
Outputs: Donkey, Reaktion, 2011; conference presentations and papers.
*Dr Melissa Boyde University of Wollongong
Research Interests: RAAT website (Replace Animals in Australian Testing); Live export.
Outputs: I am editing a book of literary animal studies themed papers; organizing the Global Animal conference, University of Wollongong, July 2011; conference papers.
*Dr Georgette Leah Burns Griffith University
Research Interests: Researching human-wildlife interaction in tourism settings.
Outputs: PhD thesis entitled: Lines in the Sand: An Anthropological Discourse on Wildlife Tourism. Supervision of honours, Masters and PhD students. Publications: Burns, G. L., Macbeth, J. and Moore, S. 2010 Sustaining What? The Ethics of Managing Wildlife Tourism Interactions. Refereed Conference Proceedings. CAUTHE conference. Tasmania, February 2010. Burns, G. L. 2009 Managing Wildlife for People or People for Wildlife? A case study of Dingoes and tourism on Fraser Island, Queensland, Australia. J. Hill and T. Gale (eds), Ecotourism and Environmental Sustainability: an examination of concepts, theories and practice. Surrey: Ashgate Publications. Pp 139-155. Hytten, K. and Burns, G. L. 2007 Deconstructing Dingo Management on Fraser Island, Queensland: The significance of social constructionism for effective wildlife management. Australasian Journal of Environmental Management. 14:40-49. Burns, G. L. 2006 The Fascination of Fur and Feathers: managing human-animal interactions in wildlife tourism settings. Australian Zoologist. Vol 33, No 4, December 2006. Burns, G. L. 2004 The Host Community in Wildlife Tourism. In Wildlife Tourism: Impacts, management and Planning. Karen Higginbottom (ed). Gold Coast: Common Ground Publishing. Pp 125-144. Burns, G. L. and Howard, P. 2003 When Wildlife Tourism Goes Wrong: a case study of stakeholder and management issues regarding Dingoes on Fraser Island, Australia. Tourism Management. 24(6): 699-712.
*Dr Sandra Burr Adjunct Associate Professional, Faculty of Arts and Design University of Canberra
Research Interests: Horses; Horse-Human relationships; Companion Animals; Animals and Society
Outputs: PhD ‘Women and Horses” and associated publications including popular press. Information pieces, essays, short stories, poetry.
I am currently working on an illustrated article looking at representationsof animals In Canberra that is part of a long term project of the FAD Writing Research Cluster concerned with representing the city.
Dr Mike Calver Biological Sciences Murdoch University
Research Interests: Conservation of native mammals and birds, especially in relation to predation by introduced animals.
Outputs: Teaching, research student supervision, scientific publications.
Dr Jennifer Carter Geography University of the Sunshine Coast
Research Interests: Animal geographies.
Outputs: Publications: Garlick, S and Carter, J (2009) A practical and relational approach to wildlife education: the kangaroo issue and a failing society. Invited keynote presentation, Minding Animals: The International Academic and Community Conference on Animals and Society, University of Newcastle and the Animals and Society (Australia) Study Group, Newcastle. Garlick, S, Matthews, J, Carter, J. (2009) Brutality to wildlife, relationism and ethics: conservation, welfare and the ecoversity, Minding Animals: The International Academic and Community Conference on Animals and Society, University of Newcastle and the Animals and Society (Australia) Study Group, Newcastle. Garlick, S, Matthews J, Carter J, Mayes G (2008) Beyond the divide: University and community engagement, wildlife and relational ethics. The Australasian Journal of Community Engagement: Vol. 2, No. 2, pp5-16 Carter, J.L. (1997) Nest-site selection and breeding success of Wedge-tailed Shearwaters Puffinus pacificus at Heron Island. Australian Geographical Studies 35:153-167. Dyer, P.K. & Carter J. (1997) Synchronous breeding: Wedge-tailed Shearwaters in eastern Australia. Emu 97:305-309. Hill, G.J.E., Carter, J.L., Barnes, A., Dyer, P.K. & Rosier, J. (1997) The Black Noddy Population at Heron Island, 1985-1989. Corella 21:58-64. Carter, J.L., Hill, G.J.E. & Dyer,P.K. (1996) Breeding Cycle of Wedge-tailed Shearwaters Puffinus pacificus at Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef Emu 96(3):195-198. Carter, J.L., Milton, D.A., Dyer, P.K. & Harding, S.B. (1996) Wedge-tailed Shearwater Fledglings at Rocky Islet, Great Barrier Reef: Burrow Densities and Breeding Cycle. Corella 20(4):136-140. Carter, J.L., Dyer, P.K. & Hill, G.J.E. (1996) Body Dimensions of Wedge-tailed Shearwater Puffinus pacificus at Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, and the Importance of Timing to Breeding. Corella 20(4):141-143. Hill, G.J.E., Dyer, P.K., Carter, J.L. & Barnes, T. (1996) Nesting Activity, Breeding Success and Colony Size for the Wedge-tailed Shearwater Puffinus pacificus on Heron Island. Australian Journal of Ecology, 21:316-323. Supervision: Taylor, C.S. (2010-) Of babies and bathwater: the contested spaces of dolphin-assisted therapy. PhD thesis (in progress). Taylor, C. S. (2009) The human-dolphin interaction: embassy or zoo without walls? B.Soc Sc Honours thesis (1st class).
Pip Chalk University Of Western Sydney
Research Interests: Human dimensions research, kangaroos, wildlife tourism, ethics, values, human/wildlife conflict, wildlife management.
Outputs: Completing a Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Western Sydney: ˜The Human Dimensions of the Kangaroo in Australia”. Conference proceedings and Publications:
Chalk, P., (2010), Those Wicked, Wicked ‘Roos, Australasian Wildlife Management Society 23nd Annual Conference Proceedings, Torquay.
Chalk P., (2010), The Human Dimensions of the Kangaroo in Australia: Preliminary Results, Pathways to Success: Integrating Human Dimensions into Fish and Wildlife Management Conference Proceedings, Colorado, USA
Chalk P., (2010), The Human Dimensions of the Kangaroo in Australia: Preliminary Results, RSPCA Scientific Seminar, Canberra (Poster Pres).
Chalk, P., (2009), The Human Dimensions of the Kangaroo in Australia, Australasian Wildlife Management Society 22nd Annual Conference Proceedings
Chalk P., (2008), Stepping Up: Incorporating Human Dimensions Research into Wildlife Management, Royal Zoological Society of NSW Annual Forum Proceedings
Chalk P., (2008), The Nature of Human/Animal Interactions: A Case Study of Eastern grey kangaroos (Macropus giganteus) in the Hawkesbury, NSW, Australasian Wildlife Management Society 21st Annual Conference Proceedings
Chalk P., (2008), The Nature of Human/Animal Interactions: A Case Study of Eastern grey kangaroos (Macropus giganteus) in the Hawkesbury, NSW, Pathways to Success: Integrating Human Dimensions into Fish and Wildlife Management Conference Proceedings, Colorado, USA
Greig, P., (2005), Wild About Sydney Harbour A Guide to Experiencing Sydney’s Wildlife, NSW Department of Environment and Conservation.
Website: The Australian Roo Survey www.kangaroosurvey.com
Online Survey: The Australian Roo Survey available at www.kangaroosurvey.com
Position/s Held: 2010 University of Western Sydney, Assistant Academic Supervisor (Undergraduates) 2009 – University of Western Sydney Lecturer (Casual) Human/Animal Interactions Intro. To Wildlife Studies Outdoor Labs Demonstrator 2004 – Royal Agricultural Society Area Supervisor Royal Easter Show(Casual) 2004 – 2008 Progenetics Artificial Breeding Service Technical Assistant (Casual) 1985- 2004 Zoological Parks Board of NSW Assistant Curator Taronga Zoo OHS&E Admin. Assistant Trainer, Human Resources Keeper, Marketing and Olympic Promotions Acting Manager, Asian Mammals Unit Supervisor, Asian Mammals Keeper, Special Operations and Support Animal Technician 1996- 2004 Sydney University Centre for Continuing Education Course Convener/Lecturer Exotic Mammals, Primates Native Mammals, Reptiles Marine Mammals. 2004 TAFE Casual Teacher Western Sydney Institute Cert. III & IV Wildlife Management 2009 – Conference Convenor The 3rd Australian Wildlife Tourism Conference 2007 – Chair Wildlife Tourism Australia 2009 – 2010 Postgraduate Representative Animal Care and Ethics Committee (ACEC) University of Western Sydney
Renee Chapman Griffith University
Research Interests: Currently beginning a PhD on the social implications of people feeding wildlife.
Outputs: Chapman, R. & Jones, D.N. 2009, \’Just Feeding the Ducks: Quantifying a Common Wildlife-Human Interactions\’, The Sunbird, 39(2): 19-28; Chapman, R. & Jones, D.N. 2010, \’Duck Diversity in Greater Brisbane: Native species, Domestic Races and the Influence of Feeding\’, The Sunbird, 40 (2): 29-38; Chapman, R. & Jones, D.N. in press, \’Foraging by native and domestic ducks in urban lakes: behavioural implications of all that bread\’, Corella.
Dr Liana Joy Christensen University of Western Australia
Research Interests: Creative engagement with social and philosophical concepts of human-animal relations, including poetry, creative non-fiction essays and popular natural history.
Outputs: Publications, conference presentations, exhibitions.
*Dr Matthew Chrulew Centre for Research on Social Inclusion Macquarie University
Research Interests: Zoological gardens; Continental philosophy; ethology; extinction; mammoths; rewilding.
Outputs: Teaching; associate supervision; conference presentations; essay publications; book reviews; book under contract.
Ms Catherine Clover Fine Art/Sound RMIT University
Research Interests: My research project at RMIT is entitled ‘Tell me something: our ambiguous relationship with common noisy wild urban birds’. This project draws upon the ambiguous reputations of pigeons, crows and seagulls to explore ways through aural and visual media to provide not only new ways of considering them but also to bring attention to them as potentially vulnerable yet vital co-inhabitants of our world. These selected birds have reputations of being pests and/or nuisances but may also be loved and/or respected.
Outputs: Exhibitions primarily, and exhibitions as part of conferences. Arts residences, some blogging associated with residencies and exhibitions.
Mr Lawrie Conole Geography & Environmental Studies University of Tasmania
Research Interests: Landscape ecology of urban birds in Melbourne, Australia. Also, community ecology perspectives on urban ecology.
Outputs: Postgraduate research, publications, conference papers, ecological consulting, ‘birding’.
Dr Peta Cook School of Sociology and Social Work University of Tasmania
Research Interests: Animals in medicine and science.
Outputs: Presented at conferences. Currently finishing some articles for journal publication.
*Professor Robert Cribb Asian History ANU
Research Interests: Cultural history of the orangutan.
*Miss Sarah Curtis Department of Anthropology Adelaide University
Activities/Interests: 12 months ethnographic fieldwork at the Guide Dogs Association.
Assistant Prof. Lucy Davis School of Art Design & Media Nanyang Technological University
Research Interests: Culture/nature in art and visual culture; Southeast Asia cats, trees, forests, wood, DNA.
Outputs: Teaching “Nature in Art & Visual Culture”. Publications: FOCAS 6 Regional Animalities Art Practice: themes of deforestation and modern/contemporary relations to the forest & forest creatures in Southeast Asia Art & Activism, Art as Activism. The Migrant Ecologies Project
‘I contribute to the development of animal protection law and policy’ Mr Jed Goodfellow
*Dr Chris Degeling Centre for Values, Ethics and the Law in Medicine University of Sydney
Research Interests: Population Health; Animal Ethics; Public Health Ethics.
Outputs: Publications, Conference presentations.
Margo DeMello Central New Mexico Community College
Research Interests: I am currently writing on the modification of animal bodies; am also very interested in rabbits–rabbits as symbol, rabbits as object, and rabbits as real life animals, and the human-rabbit relationship.
Outputs: I teach Animals & Society courses when I can at my college; I do quite a bit of writing (books and articles) and am an advocate: run an animal rescue organization. I also oversee the Human-Animal Studies programs at Animals & Society Institute.
*Dr Rick De Vos Centre for Aboriginal Studies Curtin University
Research Interests: Extinction – cultural significance.
Outputs: Conference presentations; Publications; Guest lectures and seminars.
*Dr Barbara Dover Artist
Research Interests and Activities: Contemporary art and animals; animal-human reciprocal gaze; ethics, aesthetics and animal advocacy; representations of companion animals in art, representations of farm animals in art. See my website: www.barbaradover.com
*Dr Katherine van Ekert Sentient The Veterinary Institute for Animal Ethics
Activities/Interests: President, Sentient, The Veterinary Institute for Animal Ethics; Welfare and Ethics.
Outputs: www.sentient.org.au
Ms Kristine Edwards Clinic Owner
Research Interests/Activities: Physiotherapy, acupuncture, healing, welfare, education.
Outputs: Clinician, teaching.
Ms Elizabeth Ellis Honorary Senior Fellow, Faculty of Law University of Wollongong
Research Interests: Animal law, particularly with reference to public law issues such as accountability and transparency in lawmaking and enforcement.
Outputs: I coordinated and taught ‘Animal Law’ in 2008 and 2010. Publications: ‘Collaborative Advocacy: Framing the Interests of Animals as a Social Justice Concern’ in Sankoff and White (eds) Animal Law in Australasia: A New Dialogue (2009, Federation Press) Enforcing Animal Welfare Law: the NSW Experience (2009) 2 AAPLJ 6 (with Keely Boom) Panellist, Minding Animals Conference, Newcastle, 2009 Participant, Roundtable, Animal Law in Australasia: A New Dialogue, Brisbane, 2007. Making Sausages and Law: the Failure of Animal Welfare Laws to Protect both Animals and Fundamental Tenets of Australia’s Legal System [2010] 4 AAPLJ 6 (forthcoming).
* Subscribed member of the Australian Animal Studies Group
