I'm advance science, innovation, and research animal welfare with The North American 3Rs Collaborative where we are passionate about refining, reducing, and replacing animals in research. Check out our website (designed and continuously updated by me) to learn more about what I do there.
Before that I earned my M.S. and Ph.D. at Purdue University where I also taught Animal Welfare Science and Human-Animal Interactions. In these roles, I furthered knowledge of animal behavior, human-animal interactions, and animal welfare via my teaching and research. In particular, I specialized in laboratory animal welfare and the implementation of rat tickling in pet stores and the research laboratory. In addition to my rat research, I also conducted research on PTSD Service Dogs for Military Veterans as well as Compassion Fatigue in laboratory animal personnel. See the resource page I developed on the NA3RsC website for more info. Between my B.S. and M.S. I spent 9 months investigating the welfare of cats in confinement. I earned my Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences from Truman State University. There, I focused on horses in my research and teaching. I taught students as hands-on teaching assistants for the interactive classes of Equine Reproductive Practicum and Horse Training Class. Outside of the classroom, I conducted research on the effects of using food-based positive reinforcement for training horses. |