In response to the growing concern for animals that is sweeping both academia and applied settings, Michigan State University has implemented several programs and courses in the area of human-animal relationships in order to become a leader in the emerging field of animal studies.
Animal Studies News
Feb. 17, 2009
Director and founder of MSU's Animal Studies Program, Linda Kalof, received high honors for 2008. Her book, A Cultural History of Animals, won the 2008 Choice Award for Outstanding Academic Title.
New Graduate Specialization
Animal Studies: Social Science & Humanities Perspectives
The graduate specialization in Animal Studies: Social Science & Humanities Perspectives is designed for doctoral and master's students to explore the historical and social dimensions of the human-animal relationship from an interdisciplinary perspective. Students participating in the specialization program:
- Gain basic knowledge in the relationships between humans and other animals;
- Develop their understanding of how humans and other animals are linked together in a vulnerable biosphere;
- Examine the legal, philosophical and historical perspectives on the human-animal relationship;
- Apply issues of the human-animal relationship to their home disciplines.
This specialization is administered by the College of Social Science, and the Department of Sociology is the primary administrative unit.
Learn more about the graduate specialization.
Animal Studies Fellowship
We are proud to announce the winners of the 2009 Animal Studies Fellowship, generously funded by Graduate Dean Klomparens for interdisciplinary university-wide graduate work in animal studies:
Margaret Fitzpatrick, CARRS
Maria Ilioupoulou, CARRS
Jennifer Kelly, Sociology
Stacy Rule, English
We are also announcing the Animal Studies Fellowship competition for 2010
Send inquiries to:
Dr. Linda Kalof, Director
Animal Studies Graduate
Specialization
Department of Sociology
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48864
LKalof@msu.edu
