The Institute for Human-Animal Connection is pleased to welcome Maureen Huang to the adjunct faculty team for the Animals and Human Health certificate program. Huang is the founder of Pawsibility, a private practice in Singapore that specializes in animal-assisted therapy. She often works alongside her canine co-therapists to bring insights that change the way people think, behave and feel.
The Humane Education Practitioner Certificate was developed to help professionals learn about humane education and design a high-quality humane education program and interventions. IHAC is interested in humane education because it is a systems approach to creating a more just, compassionate, and sustainable world for the health and well-being of people, animals, and the natural environment.
The Graduate School of Social Work is hosting a slate of public events exploring social justice, environmental justice and racial justice topics.
The Institute for Human-Animal Connection is excited to announce Heather Pugh has joined the adjunct faculty team for the Animals and Human Health professional development certificate program. Pugh is the first occupational therapist to join the teaching team, and she brings over 20 years of experience of including animals in her occupational therapy work.
With her dissertation research, PhD grad Jennifer Wilson has developed a new way to rapidly study social innovations like tiny home villages for people experiencing homelessness, identifying priority specifications to successfully replicate and scale the intervention.
2021 PhD graduate Rachel Speer studies how oppression shapes the health of marginalized communities. She is joining the social work faculty at Bryn Mawr College.
Professor Daniel Brisson discusses recent innovations in housing and homelessness, including trauma-informed design and the Denver Basic Income Project.
