Career Paths in Human Animal Interaction for Social and Behavioral - Scientist

Career Paths in Human-Animal Interaction for Social and Behavioral Scientists is an essential text for students and professionals wanting to pursue a career in human-animal interaction (HAI). It is exclusively designed to navigate this field and provide information on the best education, training, and background one might need to incorporate HAI into a successful career.
Kogan and Erdman bring together a diverse range of insights from HAI social scientists who have secured or created their HAI job. The book highlights six categories of work settings: academia, private practice, corporations/for profit companies, non-profit organizations, government, and other positions, to show the growing number of opportunities to blend social science interests with the desire to incorporate HAI into their careers.
The book clearly outlines the career paths available to social science students and professionals, from careers connected to human services of psychology, therapy, social work, and journalism, to research or other scholarship.

List of contents

Introduction

          Part 1: Academic - Traditional

1. From Biopsychology to Human Behavioural Work to HAI Research: One Academician's Path

Anne Barnfield


2. A Twist in the Tale (or is that Tail?): How I Apply Health Psychology to the Human-Animal Bond

Anna Chur-Hansen


3. Scientist-Practitioner Psychologist: Integrating the Human-Animal Interaction into Practice

Jennifer Coleman


4. Dogs as Co-researchers

Colleen Dell


5. From an Animal Shelter Towards a Professorship in Anthrozoology: An Unusual Career Path

Marie-Jose Enders-Slegers


6. There is a Shelter Dog in My College Classroom

Shlomit Flaisher-Grinberg


7. Human-Animal Interaction in Clinical Psychology: Teaching, Research, and Practice

Angela K. Fournier


8. The Entangled Path: Human Animal Interaction and Social Work

Cassandra Hanrahan


9. Solidarity and Scholarship: Thriving as a HAI Academic

Rachel Caroline Hogg


10. From Psychometrics to Animal Metrics

Jean Kirnan


11. Rescuing Street Dogs as a Passion and a Way of Being

Úrsula Aragunde Kohl


12. Working in the World of Human-Animal Interaction Research

Beth Lanning


13. Lessons from a Pioneer in Equine Assisted Therapies

Arieahn Matamonasa Bennett


14. Studying Dolphins in the Bahamas: Who Says Academic Careers are Dry?

Maria Maust-Mohl


15. Academic Pathways Towards HAI

Patricia Pendry


16. Civic Engagement of Students through Human-Animal Interactions

Alina Simona Rusu


17. An HAI Love Story: A Couple Collaborates as Teachers and Researchers Exploring Our Connection to Animals

Dieter and Netzin Steklis


18. An Academic Career Based on What I love: People, Animals, and Health

Cindy C. Wilson
Part 2: Academic - With Clinical Work


19. Insights from a Late Bloomer in the field of Human-Animal Interactions

John-Tyler Binfet


20. Labracadabra! The Magic of Animal-Assisted Social Work

Yvonne Eaton-Stull


21. Human-Animal Bond in Colorado (HABIC) at Colorado State University

Helen Holmquist-Johnson


22. Mutual Rescue: From Multiple Sclerosis to Working with Therapy Dogs in Education

Diana Pena Gil


23. Getting in the H.A.B.I.T: Bringing Animal Assisted Interventions to Victims of Crime Bethanie A. Poe



24. A Social Workers Experience at a Veterinary School and Teaching Hospital

Eric Richman


25. Supporting Students and Companion Animals in University and Community Settings

Clarissa Uttley


26. "Yes, I work with animals...No, I'm not a vet": Animal-Assisted Intervention and the Indian Experience

Georgitta Valiyamattam

Part 3: For Profit, Not for Profit and Government


27. Making a Difference as an Animal-Assisted Interactions Program Coordinator?

Tanya K. Bailey


28. Changing Lives, One Service Dog at a Time

Sarah Birman


29. Canine- Assisted Family Treatment Court Coordinator

Megan Bridges


30. Nurse-Led Canine-Assisted Intervention Practice

Cindy Brosig


31. Promoting Animal Welfare in a Context of International Development: A Career in the Non-Governmental Sector

Ashleigh F. Brown


32. Advancing Standards and Professionalization in the Field of AAI

Taylor Chastain


33. A Day in the Life of an Executive Director at an Animal Protection Think Tank

Ivy Collier


34. Occupational Therapy: Using Meaningful Occupations to Enhance Function Throughout the Lifespan

Emily DeBreto


35. The Clinical Direction of Dogs

Matthew Decker


36. Animal Instincts: Following an Unmarked Path from Volunteerism to a Career in Human Animal Interaction

Marivic R. Dizon


37. A Look into Animal Assisted Interventions Abroad: Entrecanes Association in Northern Spain

Carolina Duarte-Gan


38. Program Design, Implementation, and Management: Human-Animal Interactions

Carrie Nydick Finch


39. Experiences in Animal-Assisted Interventions (AAI): Practice, Research and Teaching

Patricia Flaherty Fischette


40. Human-Animal Interaction on the New York City Subway (Long Before Pizza Rat)

Maya Gupta


41. A Fair Shake For Youth: Helping Middle School Kids Connect with Dogs-While Discovering their Own Best Selves

Audrey Hendler


42. Kids and Dogs. Sounds Easy, Right?

Indy Hlava


43. Working with A Facility Dog in a Veterans Affairs Hospital

Elizabeth Holman


44. An Industry Veterinarian's Perspective on a Career in Human-Animal Interaction

Karyl Hurley


45. Pick your Own Adventure, Finding a Career in the Non-Profit World

Emily Patterson-Kane


46. Organized Animal Protection as a Career: Meaning, Mission and the Academic Contributor

Bernard Unti

Part 4: Private Practice, AAI Program


47. Symbiotic Relationship Between Therapist and Co-Therapist: The Story of Emmie

Donna Clarke


48. A Professional Transformational Journey in the Practice of Animal Assisted Interventions

Molly DePrekel


49. A Legal Career with Animals

Akisha Townsend Eaton


50. Conducting Canine-Assisted Psychotherapy

Betz King


51. Scientist-Practitioner Approach: Harnessing the Power of Equine-Assisted Psychotherapy and Animal-Assisted Interventions in Private Practice

Elizabeth A. Letson


52. Applying Theoretical Frameworks and Organizational Structures to Help Develop the Field of Animal-Assisted Interventions: The Questions We Must Ask and the Answers We Must Seek

Katarina Felicia Lundgren


53. For the Love of Horses

Fay McCormack


54. Please Bear with Me: Working with My Canine Co-Therapist

Janus Moncur


55. Counselling with a Therapy- Animal

Patricia Nitkin


56. Forget Me Not Farm: A Haven for Children and Animals to Bond and Break the Cycle of Abuse

Carol M Rathmann


57. Integrating Human-Animal Interactions and Psychology: Research & Service

Yahaira Segarra


58. The Art and Science of Equine Facilitated Psychotherapy

Marilyn Sokolof


59. Animal Assisted Play Therapy

Risë VanFleet


60. Create your Herd: Developing a Career through Lived Experiences

Aviva Vincent


61. Canines, Equines, and Social Work

          Heather White

About the author

Lori R. Kogan, PhD, is Professor of Clinical Sciences at Colorado State University, USA. She is the Chair of the Human-Animal Interaction section of the American Psychological Association and Editor of the Human-Animal Interaction Bulletin, an open-access, online publication supported by the American Psychological Association.
Phyllis Erdman, PhD, is a professor of counseling at Washington State University and is a licensed mental health counselor, and past chair of the Human-Animal Interaction section of Division 17 of the American Psychological Association. She has been working in the field of human-animal interaction for over ten years, including assessment of equine therapeutic interventions, pet grief, and documenting the need for emotional support animals.

Summary

This book is an essential text for students and professionals wanting to pursue a career in Human-Animal Interaction (HAI). It is exclusively designed to navigate this field and provide information on the best education, training, and background one might need to incorporate HAI into a successful career.

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This book provides a valuable and informative insight into the wide range of career avenues for those wishing to pursue their dream of working within the human-animal interaction field. The personal element of this book is particularly engaging and inspiring as we hear from those who pursued their passion for animals across different fields spanning from academia, to clinical practice, to working within animal charities, government, and non-profits. This book is a compilation of individual stories, each told in a light-hearted and sometimes humorous tone, yet are brutally honest about the main challenges they have faced throughout their chosen path, providing readers with a well-rounded and balanced view of a range of career trajectories. This book is therefore a valuable tool for both those trying to navigate career options in what can be quite a diverse and nonlinear field, as well as to educational professionals who wish to better advise their students with their graduate plans. -- Dr Roxanne Hawkins, Lecturer in Psychology (module co-ordinator of the Psychology of Human-Animal Interactions) at the University of the West of Scotland, UK

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This book provides a valuable and informative insight into the wide range of career avenues for those wishing to pursue their dream of working within the human-animal interaction field. The personal element of this book is particularly engaging and inspiring as we hear from those who pursued their passion for animals across different fields spanning from academia, to clinical practice, to working within animal charities, government, and non-profits. This book is a compilation of individual stories, each told in a light-hearted and sometimes humorous tone, yet are brutally honest about the main challenges they have faced throughout their chosen path, providing readers with a well-rounded and balanced view of a range of career trajectories. This book is therefore a valuable tool for both those trying to navigate career options in what can be quite a diverse and nonlinear field, as well as to educational professionals who wish to better advise their students with their graduate plans. -- Dr Roxanne Hawkins, Lecturer in Psychology (Module co-ordinator of the Psychology of Human-Animal Interactions) at the University of the West of Scotland, UK.

Product details

• Authors: Phyllis (Washington State University Erdman, Lori (Colorado State University Kogan, Lori Erdman Kogan, Lori R. (Colorado State University Kogan, Lori R. Erdman Kogan
• Assisted by: Phyllis Erdman (Editor), Lori Kogan (Editor), Lori R. Kogan (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2021
• EAN: 9780367366155
• ISBN: 978-0-367-36615-5
• No. of pages: 192
• Subjects: Guides > Law, job, finance > Training, job, career; Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology