Ken Shapiro, Ph.D., comments during the conference. Shapiro is the executive director of the Animals and Society Institute, Wesleyan Animal Studies’ partner in hosting the Human-Animal Studies summer fellowships. Speakers from a range of disciplines in the sciences, social sciences, humanities and the arts explored several topics on human-animal relations and their representations.

Ken Shapiro, Ph.D., comments during the conference. Shapiro is the executive director of the Animals and Society Institute, Wesleyan Animal Studies' partner in hosting the Human-Animal Studies summer fellowships. Speakers from a range of disciplines in the sciences, social sciences, humanities and the arts explored several topics on human-animal relations and their representations. (Photos by Emily Brackman '11)