Eckerd College Anthrozoology Club

Make sure to come to Cobb 122 on Wednesday evening at 6:45. We are going to have the lab managers from different labs come and talk with everyone! We will be having pizza and drinks, so bring your own plate and cup

Come out to our movie night this Wednesday at 6:45 in Cobb 123. There will be pizza and info about upcoming trips. Also, comment what movie you want to see!

Our first spring semester meeting for the Anthrozoology Club is going to be a Trivia Night! This will be Tuesday at 7:00 PM at COBB 121! Trivia will include topics like animal behavior and training, endangered species, research, and more. There will be snacks (don’t forget to BYOP) and prizes for the winners! We will also be discussing some important information about the club!

Our first club meeting will be October 13th at 6:45 in ES100! We will be doing introductions and then watching Penguins (2019) from Disney Nature. Looking forward to seeing everyone there!🐧

Join us for a night of poetry discussion with Donika Kelly! April 22 @ 7pm on Zoom. Be on the lookout for an email with the zoom link!

See below for more information about Donika Kelly:

Donika Kelly is the author of the chapbook AVIARIUM (fivehundred places) and the full-length collections THE RENUNCIATIONS (Graywolf 2021) and BESTIARY (Graywolf). BESTIARY is the winner of the Cave Canem Poetry Prize, a Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Poetry, and the Kate Tufts Discovery Award. The collection was also long listed for the National Book Award, and was a finalist for a Publishing Triangle Award and a Lambda Literary Award. A Cave Canem graduate fellow and member of the collective Poets at the End of the World, Donika has also received a Lannan Residency Fellowship, and a summer workshop fellowship from the Fine Arts Work Center. Her poems have been published in The New Yorker, The Atlantic online, The Paris Review, and Foglifter. She currently lives in Iowa City and is an Assistant Professor at the University of Iowa, where she teaches creative writing. https://www.donikakelly.com/

Wanna learn how to chat about controversy about animals in human care? Looking for something to do Wednesday night? Come out and chat with Sarah Nadler!! DM us with any questions and be on the lookout for an email with the zoom link!

Are you planning on applying for an internship or job in the human-Animal field for this summer???? Then come to our next club meeting Monday 3/9 at 6:30 in Forrer 114!!! Dr. Frick from the animal studies department will be coming in to give us the inside scoop on applying to and interviewing for jobs in the field!!! So be there or be square!!!!

Hey guys! A little reminder that ourselves and EC Animal Careers Club are having a joint meeting for Professors Goyette and Stark to talk about the new animal studies classes they will be offering this fall! The meeting will be TOMORROW 2/18 at 6:30 in Forrer 114!!!!! Hope to see you all there!

ATTENTION CLUB MEMBERS!!! We are having our first meeting of the semester in association with the EC Animal Careers Club! During this meeting we will have Professors Goyette and Stark discussions the new Animal Studies course being offered in the fall. The meeting will be on Tuesday the 18th from 6:30-7 in Forrer 114 and there will be snacks! Hope to see you all there!

Don’t be caught off guard!!! Our meeting is tomorrow at 7pm in Miller 101!!! We will be discussing internship opportunities for this spring, Animal Studies Research Collaborative updates, as well as how you can apply to join us at the Comparative Cognition Conference this spring in Melbourne, Florida! Hope to see you all there!!!

It’s time to gather for our second club meeting!!! The meeting will run from 7-8 next Thursday 11/14 in Miller 101! We will have snacks and we will be discussing internship opportunities for the spring, talk about what’s going on with the Animal Studies Research Collaborative and talk about CO3 conference that we will be attending this spring and how you can apply to come along! Hope to see everyone there!

Hey everyone come to the pub today from 12-1 to discuss any and all things animal with your favorite animal studies faculty! It’s the last one of the semester so be sure to come on out!

Have you guys heard the news? Eckerd has partnered with the SPCA of Tampa Bay and the Education Department at ZooTampa to create 2 great internship opportunities for Eckerd students this spring! Both these internships would be great for the Practicum in Animal Studies or anyone looking toward a future career with animals! If you are on our email list you should of received an email from Dr. Highfill with more information regarding these internships, if you didn’t and you are interested comment below and we’ll get you the info ASAP!

Thank you so much to everyone who came out to our first meeting! It was so nice to get to meet all of you, hear some of your ideas for fund raising and movies and I can’t wait to see you all again next month! In the mean time if anyone has any ideas and didn’t want to share at the meeting or couldn’t come please email Katie Keck or DM them or if your are interested in being our featured presenter next meeting please contact me as well! 🐙🐒🦍🐈🐬🐍🐘

YES IT IS REALLY HAPPENING!!! OUR FIRST CLUB MEETING!!! Come to Sheen Auditorium (ES 100) today at 5 to meet your club heads, faculty advisors and share YOUR ideas for our club! Hope to see you all there!!!

Hey Anthrozoology fam! Happy OCTOber 8th also known as world octopus day!!!! Here is our Co-President Katie Keck posing with her favorite animal a giant pacific octopus to celebrate! Today is also exciting because it is one day away from our first club meeting!!!! We will meet at 5pm in ES 100 (sheen auditorium) hope to see you all there!

GREAT NEWS!!!! The first official meeting of the Eckerd Anthrozoology Club will be next Wednesday (10/9) at 5pm in the Sheen Auditorium (ES 100)!!!! This will mostly be an introductory meeting so it shouldn’t last too long but we can’t wait to see all of you!

Good news everyone we’re finally an official club!!!! We’re planning on having our first meeting in the next week or 2 so keep an eye out for that!!!!

Co-President Katie Keck and ASRC student rep Katie Willgohs both presented their about their internships doing research at ZooTampa tonight at Eckerd’s Internship Fest!

Hey club members! I would like to introduce you all to Dr. Erin Frick, the Assistant Professor of Animal Studies here at Eckerd! Dr. Frick is an animal behaviorist who conducts research in areas of animal behavior, animal welfare and conservation, and biopsychology of learning; working with a variety of animals including: bottlenose dolphins, rough-toothed dolphins, sea otters, Asian small-clawed otters, hippopotamus, polar bears, sea lions, Pacific walrus, sea turtles, and zebrafish. She will be working very closely with our club as well as the Animal Studies Research Collaborative conducting research and providing learning opportunities both off and on campus for students passionate about animal studies!

Thank you so much to everyone who came out and saw us at club fair yesterday! We got almost two full pages of sign ups and we can’t wait to meet all of you!

Hey Anthrozoologists! I would like you all to meet our clubs faculty advisor of the Anthrozoology Club and Animal Studies and Psych professor Dr. Lauren Highfill! Prof. Highfill joined the faculty at Eckerd in 2008 and she led the creation of the Animal Studies major in 2018. Prof. Highfill's research interests include animal personality, animal cognition, and conservation psychology. Her studies have included a variety of animal species including dolphins, elephants, and dogs. Her Comparative Psychology Lab and Dog Cognition Lab are part of Eckerd's Animal Studies Research Collaborative. When she is not teaching or researching, she enjoys spending time with her family and their three dogs.

Hey everyone!!! The Animal Studies Faculty will be having lunch at the CEC Cafeteria tomorrow from 12-1! Come out meet your awesome professors and discuss all things animal! Hope to see you all there!

Everyone say hello to the Eckerd Anthrozoology Club’s ASRC Student Representative Katie Willgohs! Katie was a member of the Comparative Psych Lab since her first year at Eckerd and is now the lab manager. She has been a huge part of getting the new Animal Studies major off the ground by being the Animal Studies student assistant and has been working hard along with the animal studies faculty to create the Animal Studies Research Collaborative which is a collective effort happening with researchers off and on Eckerd’s campus doing animal studies projects. As the ASRC Student Representative she will give talks at our monthly meetings to update all of us on the current projects going on as part of the ASRC as well as share when projects are looking for researchers, lab assistants, or subjects! Her experience as a research intern studying elephant behavior and several studies as a researcher in the dog lab will make her a great addition to the club as a member and her work with the ASRC makes her the perfect choice for our rep! Welcome Katie!

MEETING WEDNESDAY THE 25 POSTPONED!! Due to unforeseen chartering issues that are soon to be resolved we must postpone our meeting scheduled for the 25th until after fall allocations after which we will hopefully officially have the title of the Anthrozoology Club! Please check here, Instagram, or your emails for updates regarding the new date/time/place of our first official meeting!

Everyone meet Chelsea! Chelsea is a senior majoring in Marine Science with minors in Psychology and Animal Studies. She is the co-president of the Animal Careers Club but also a member of the Animal Studies Club and Marine Science Club. She has done previous internships working with different types of animals which has led her to want to work in rehabilitation of marine mammals when she graduates.

Everyone meet Jaleesa! She is an EC Animal Studies Club member and a senior majoring in Psychology and Animal studies with a minor in environmental studies. She has had the pleasure of working with a variety of animals which makes it hard for her to pick just one favorite! She is a husbandry volunteer at the Florida Aquarium and volunteered with an organization in South Africa with big cats. Because of the experience in South Africa, she has found her way back and is currently studying abroad at the University of Cape Town. Her dream job is working with any animal and educating others about their unique behaviors and how to save them. She also loves her beautiful cat Toby (pictured above) and he will be on campus with her when she returns in the Spring!

hi everyone! my name is Michele and im the other co-president of the animal studies club! i’m currently a junior triple majoring in psychology, animal studies, and french. i just finished a marine animal training internship this past summer at Gulfarium Marine Adventure Park, but ive also done a behavioral research internship at ZooTampa and another marine mammal training internship at the Audubon Aquarium of the Americas. i also help out in the dog lab on campus! i am currently abroad in france this semester, so if you have any questions, katie will be your best point of contact. im excited for what this club has in store! be sure to be on the lookout for an email regarding the location of our Wednesday the 25th!

Hi everyone and welcome to the Eckerd College Animal Studies Club Facebook! My name is Katie Keck and I’m one of the Co-Presidents of the club as well as a senior here at Eckerd, majoring in Psychology and Animal Studies, I am also a Ford Scholar and a Stats Tutor. I have been a husbandry intern at the Mystic Aquarium, a behavioral research intern at ZooTampa, and have done research in the Eckerd College Dog Lab. This account will be a place to post about club meetings and events as well as share stories about some of our amazing club members! Our first meeting is planned for Wednesday, September 25th I will be posting reminders and updates on times and the location here before the meeting! If you have any questions about me or the

Hey everyone and welcome to the page for the Eckerd College Animal Studies Club (formerly the EC Comparative Psych Club) here’s a place for us to post info about events and meetings happening with the club, as well as sharing about some of our awesome members!