S2 Ep1700: ECKERD COLLEGE NEWS Maddie Merrick with Erin Kidder

In this episode of Eckerd College News, WECX Station Manager & RadioStPete correspondent Maddie Merrick interviews Erin Kidder, a professor in their Animal Studies Program.   Most of her research  has focused on how we commodify, consume, and care for and about animals in stock shows and rodeos.  She explores the interactions between the humans and the animals, including how we construct social norms that impact those interactions. She has taught Introduction to Animal Studies and Animals and Health. [email protected] INTERESTS  Commodification and consumption of other animals, especially in sportsand entertainment The constructed norms that influence the human-nonhuman animalinteraction and relationship Incorporating the teaching of other animals into college course curriculum  PUBLICATIONS Grauerholz, Liz, Julianne Weinzimmer, Erin N. Kidder, Nicole Owens Duffy. 2020. “Teaching about Animals: Incorporating Nonhuman Animals into Sociology Classrooms.” Teaching Sociology 48(2): 120-139. Grauerholz, Liz, Cameron T. Whitley, Erin N. Kidder, Kelley Ortiz, Kathy Shepherd Stolley. “Teaching Human Animal Studies Course: Exploring Student Characteristics Across Three Universities.” Society & Animals. Accepted and under process for publication. #eckerdcollege #maddiemerrick #erinkidder #animalstudies #animals&humans #animalstudies #stpete #stpetefl  #tampabay #radio #radiostpete #cityofstpete  #dtsp #downtownstpete