2017-2018

Below is our list of dates for the academic year 2017-2018:

September 7th, 2017: The Animal Ethics Study group welcomes Noah Davidsohn, PhD, Research Scientist and Daniel Oliver, Entrepreneur in Residence, from The Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University to discuss their project “Extending the Lives of the Animals We Love: Project Rejuvenate Bio”. If you are not part of the study group and are interested in attending, please email us for details and an invitation.

November 16th, 2017: We welcome Dr. Matthew J. Drago, MA, MD, Clinician in Neonatology; Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics and the Assistant Director, Yale Pediatric Ethics Program for a study group meeting. Dr. Drago and Dr. Lisa Moses, palliative care veterinarian and chair of the study group, will lead a discussion exploring parallel and contrasting ethical issues in end of life care for veterinary patients and pediatric patients.

January 25th, 2018: “From South to North: The issues and ethics of bringing animals from overcrowded shelters to the northeast for adoption”, Lila Miller, DVM Vice President, Shelter Medicine, ASPCA, New York.

On February 8th, 2018 we welcome Lesley Sharp, PhD, The Barbara Chamberlain & Helen Chamberlain Josefsberg ’30 Professor of Anthropology, Barnard College and Senior Research Scientist in Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY.  Prof. Sharp will be asking for feedback from the study group on her new work: “The Animal Commons:  Everyday Ethics and the Morality of Sharing Animals in Experimental Lab Science”.  Lesley A. Sharp, PhD, a medical anthropologist, is Prof. Sharp, a medical anthropologist engaged in longterm ethnographic research in experimental contexts, tracks a range of eclectic practices that involve efforts to share animals within and across lab domains.  For this event, Prof. Sharp will share a draft chapter drawn from her forthcoming book Animal Ethos: The Everyday Morality of Human-Animal Encounters in Experimental Laboratory Science (California, in press).

March 1st, 2018: Join us for a study group meeting and a public lecture by Professor Katherine C. Grier, Professor, Department of History, Director, Museum Studies Program, University of Delaware as she discusses her current work about the selective breeding of small animals for ornamental purposes. Katherine C. (Kasey) Grier joined the Department of History as a full professor and Director of the Museum Studies Program in September 2008. A graduate of Princeton University (B.A. 1975), the Cooperstown Graduate Program in Historical Museum Studies (M.A. 1980), and the University of Delaware (Ph.D. American Civilization, History, 1988), Dr. Grier is a specialist in material culture studies whose research interests lie in the history of everyday life in America, especially household routines, domestic interiors, and foodways. Her most current book, Pets in America: A History (University of North Carolina Press, 2006) grew out of a developing interest in the history of animal-human interaction. Her current research interests in this field include the development of the pet food industry, the lives of animals in American cities, and selective breeding of small animals for ornamental purposes. Dr. Grier is also the curator of “Pets in America: The Story of Our Lives with Animals at Home,” a traveling exhibition that has been touring the United States since 2006.

April 19th, 2018: Monica List, DVM, PhD, Animal Welfare Specialist at Compassion in World Farming will present work from her dissertation on “Ethics and Evidence in Animal Welfare Science”. Her work focuses is on the role of values in interpreting evidence and subsequently informing policy (specifically in animal welfare science, but using examples from other fields, such as public health). Dr. List will be leading a discussion with our study group and presenting a public lecture on the same day.