STUDENT AWARDS for ISAZ CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
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2019
Oral Presentation:
Meggie Callahan
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC Canada
Title: Perceptions of Animal Abilities: Smarts, Sensitivity, or Something Else?
Poster Presentation:
Molly Sumridge
Canisius College, USA
Title: Owner-Reported Attachment and Behavior Characteristics of New Guinea Singing Dogs Living as Companion Animals
2018
Oral Presentation:
Megan LaFollette
Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States
Title: PTSD service dogs: associations between training techniques, service dog behaviours, and human–animal bond.
Poster Presentation:
Rachel Yerbury
Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW, Australia
Title: Human-dolphin interactions: Relationships, connections and the reinforcement of an ongoing nature relationship.
2017
Oral Presentation:
Molly Crossman
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Title: The dog person scale: development and validation
Poster Presentation:
Stephanie Roeter
Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States
Title: Evidence to action: integrating empirical evidence into a family-level equine assisted learning program
2016
Oral Presentation:
Lisa Gunter
Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States
Title: Purebreds are like Unicorns: Understanding the Breed Ancestry of Shelter Dogs & the Influence of Breed labels on Potential Adopter Perception
Poster Presentation:
Sara Owczarczak-Garstecka
University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Title: Using YouTube to study dog bites. Analysis of context and perception of risk
2015
Oral Presentation:
Paula Calvo
Affinity Foundation Animals and Health Department of Psychiatry and Forensic Medicine University of Barcelona Barcelona, Spain
Title: Attitudes towards animals: a population-based study (N=2500)
Poster Presentation:
Béatrice Auger
University of Quebec, Montreal, Canada
Title: Extending the pet as ambassadors hypothesis
2014
Oral Presentation:
Lisa Wallis
Clever Dog Lab, Messerli Research Institute, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria
Title: Dogs can follow human gaze despite training to maintain eye contact
Poster Presentation:
Verena Ziemen
Human-Animal Relationships Research Group, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Title: Adopted street dogs: owner and dog personality and relationship
2013
Oral Presentation:
Zenithson Ng
Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, Blacksburg, Virginia
Title: The effect of dog-human interaction on cortisol and behavior in registered animal-assisted activity dogs
Poster Presentation:
Heather J. Svoboda
College of Arts & Sciences, Canisius College, USA
Title: A novel, empirical test of black dog syndrome