Animal Studies

Our Faculty

    • NAME

      Romi Lynn Burks

    • TITLE

      Professor of Biology

    • Specialty

      Aquatic ecology, molecular ecology, wetland science, apple snails, invertebrate biology and CHOCOLATE

    • NAME

      Fay Guarraci

    • TITLE

      Professor of Psychology

    • Specialty

      Drugs of Abuse, Sexual Motivation and Fertility

    • NAME

      Patrick Hajovsky

    • TITLE

      Associate Professor of Art History

    • Specialty

      Pre-Columbian and Colonial Latin America

    • NAME

      Joshua Long

    • TITLE

      Associate Professor of Environmental Studies

    • Specialty

      Climate Justice, Urban Studies, Environmental Politics and Policy, Spatial Theory and Place-Based Studies, Sustainability Discourses.

    • NAME

      Laura Hobgood

    • TITLE

      Professor of Religion

    • Specialty

      Animals in the history of the Christian tradition; human-dog history; contemporary religious-ethical issues related to other-than-human animals; religion and ecology; environmental studies; Ecofeminism; human-animal studies; alternative religious experiences (i.e. cycling as religion)

    • NAME

      Melissa Johnson

    • TITLE

      Professor of Anthropology

    • Specialty

      Topical: Nature, the more than human and the human; Race, Racism, Critical Race Theory; Environment and Place; Conservation; Social Theory; Environmental History; Racial History; Tourism; Gender. Area: Belize; Caribbean; U.S.-Mexico Borderlands; Central Texas

    • NAME

      Ben Pierce

    • TITLE

      Professor of Biology

    • Specialty

      Genetics, Evolution, Ecology, Amphibians