School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Dr. James A. Serpell, Director
The Influence of Gender on Our Relations with Animals and the Natural World
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Center for the interaction of Animals and
Society School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Dr. James A. Serpell, Director | |
| The Fifth Interdisciplinary Conference on Human Relations with Animals and the Natural World | ||
| MEN, WOMEN, AND ANIMALS: The Influence of Gender on Our Relations with Animals and the Natural World |
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Friday, June 4 Saturday, June 5
Saturday, June 5
| 09:00 | 3rd Plenary: "Gender Differences in
the Perpetration of Animal Cruelty" Randall Lockwood, HSUS, USA |
| 10:00 | "Investigating the Link between Sexual Violence to Women and Harm
to Animals" Nicola Taylor, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK |
| 10:25 | "Gender and the Place of Pets in Some Urban Families" Susan Cohen, The Animal Medical Center, USA |
| 10:50 | Tea/Coffee Break |
| 11:10 | "What's in a Name: Uncovering the Connotative Meanings of Animal
Names" Ronald Baenninger, Jessica Navarrete, Ruth Dangelmaier and Deborah Sezov, Temple University, USA |
| 11:35 | "Animals and Educators: A Study of Zoo Educators' Belief in Animal
Mind" Cindy Somers, Joe Heimlich and Emmalou Norland, Ohio State University, USA |
| 12:00 | "Men, Women, and Animals: The Influence of Gender in the Veterinary
Profession" Elizabeth Lawrence, Tufts University, USA |
| 12:25 | Lunch |
| 13:30 | 4th Plenary: "Unlocking Pandora's Box:
A Practioner's View of Gender Effects in Canine Aggression"
Myrna Milani, New Hampshire, USA |
| 14:30 | "The Addressing of Cats: Effects of Speaker's Gender and Attitudes
toward the Animal" Matthew Chin, Valerie Sims and Liza Beckner, USA |
| 14:55 | "Health Benefits from Pets: Men and Women May Differ" Erika Friedmann, Brooklyn College of CUNY, USA |
| 15:20 | Tea/Coffee Break |
| 15:40 | "Men, Women, and Animals: Caregivers and Care Recipients"
Cindy Wilson, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, USA |
| 16:05 | "Pet Therapy, and Pets Themselves, Can Be Effective at Stimulating
Social Interaction and Patient Initiation of Behavior" P.L. Bernstein, Kent State University, E. Friedmann and A. Malaspina, Brooklyn College, USA |
| 16:30-17:30 | Discussion period |
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