30482 - Teaching Companions/Learning Companions: Animals in Classrooms, on Campus, and in Pedagogy (Co-sponsored by Section on Animals and Society)

Description

Pandemic teaching provided an opportunity for students, instructors, and classmates to meet each other’s companion animals in the Zoom or synchronous learning environment.  However, the role of non-human animals in higher education did not begin or end there. The sociological consideration of the place of animals in pedagogy, classrooms, and on campuses remains under-explored. In this invited session, panelists will share their experiences, empirical insights, and sociological knowledge about the many ways animals are a part of teaching and learning.  

Sub Unit

• Section on Teaching and Learning in Sociology / Teaching Companions/Learning Companions: Animals in Classrooms, on Campus, and in Pedagogy (Co-sponsored by Section on Animals and Society)

Presider

• Sadie Pendaz-Foster, Inver Hills Community College

Panelists

• Jason Andrew Nolen, University of Wisconsin - Madison

• Seven Mattes, Michigan State University

• Yana Kuchirko, CUNY-Brooklyn College

• Carol L. Glasser, Minnesota State University-Mankato

• Cameron Thomas Whitley, Western Washington University

Session Organizers

• Sadie Pendaz-Foster, Inver Hills Community College

• Seven Mattes, Michigan State University