Husson University Faculty Receives National Award for Anthrozoology Course Innovation
Dr. Taylor Rezvani and Corey J. Butler from Husson University have been awarded the Clifton Bryant Animals & Society Course Award by the American Sociological Association. This recognition is for their course, Anthrozoology: Animals, People, and Society, which is part of Husson's Applied Animal Behavior and Welfare master's degree program. The course is noted for its interdisciplinary approach, global perspective, and emphasis on reflexivity, encouraging students to examine how their identities and assumptions influence their understanding. The course design allows students to actively participate in discussions, choose their audience, interaction, culture, and species, and synthesize global cultural perspectives through a structured literature review. This culminates in a capstone project, the Anthrozoological Visiting Scholar Welcome Talk. Dr. Rezvani, with extensive experience in veterinary practices and animal behavior education, and Butler, with a background in online curriculum development, have sign...