Animals & Society Institute
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Abbreviation | ASI |
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Formation | 1983 |
Founder | Kenneth Shapiro |
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Legal status | 501(c)(3) organization |
Purpose | Advancement of human-animal studies |
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Website | animalsandsociety |
The Animals & Society Institute (ASI) is an American non-profit scholarly organization that works to expand knowledge about human-animal relationships, develop knowledge and resources in the field of human-animal studies (HAS), and create resources to address the relationship between animal cruelty and other forms of violence.[1]
Personnel and advisors[]
The ASI is staffed by Ivy Collier (Executive Director), Lisa Lunghofer (Human-Animal Relationships Program Director), Gala Argent (Human-Animal Studies Program Director) and Daniel Earle (managing director).[2] It has a board made up of John Thompson (chair), Anne Elizabeth Hirky (vice chair), Kenneth Shapiro (president and secretary), Petra Pepellashi (treasurer), Beatrice Friedlander, Kristin Stewart, Elan Abrell, and Gail Luciani.[3]
Publications[]
The ASI publishes three journals and a book series.
Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science[]
The Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science is a quarterly journal which is published by Taylor & Francis with sponsorship from the ASI. It has been publishing since 1999, and is presently edited by Kenneth J. Shapiro.
Society & Animals[]
Society & Animals: Journal of Human-Animal Studies is a peer reviewed bi-monthly journal co-published by Brill with sponsorship from the ASI. It has been publishing since 1993, and its founding and current editor is Kenneth Shapiro. The journal is in its 26th year and currently publishes 6 issues per volume. In 2017, S&A received 81,000 full text downloads.
Special sections that have appeared in Society & Animals include Animal Theory and Political Animal. Special issues that the journal has published include:
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Sloth[]
Sloth: A Journal of Emerging Voices in Human-Animal Studies is a bi-annual peer-reviewed journal for work by current and recent undergraduates that has been published by the ASI since 2015. Its current editor is the philosopher Joel MacClellan.
HAS Book Series[]
The HAS Book Series is published by Brill, and was one of the first academic book series focused on animal studies.[4] It is edited by Kenneth Shapiro, with an editorial board made up of Ralph Acampora, Hilda Kean, Randy Malamud, Gail Melson and Leslie Irvine. As of 2016, it has published 18 volumes, including both monographs and edited collections. Titles published to date:
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References[]
- ^ "About Us". Animalsandscoiety.org. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
- ^ "Staff Members". Animalsandscoiety.org. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
- ^ "Board Members". Animalsandscoiety.org. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
- ^ Kean, Hilda (2012). "Challenges for Historians Writing Animal–Human History: What Is Really Enough?". Anthrozoös. 25 (sup1): s57–s72. doi:10.2752/175303712X13353430377011.
Further reading[]
- Ellis, C., McKay, R., O’Sullivan, S., Twine, R., and Weller, K. (2012). "The Animals & Society Institute Fellowship: Catalyzing work in human-animal studies". Society and Animals. 20 (2): 117–122. doi:10.1163/156853012X631333.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
- Howard, Jennifer (October 18, 2009). "Creature consciousness". The Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved August 6, 2018.
External links[]
- Organizations based in Ann Arbor, Michigan
- Animal research institutes
- Educational institutions established in 1983
- Research institutes established in 1983
- 1983 establishments in Michigan