American non-profit scholarly organization
The Animals &amp; Society Institute (ASI) is an American non-profit scholarly organization that works to expand knowledge about human-animal relationships, develop knowledge and resources in the field of human-animal studies (HAS), and create resources to address the relationship between animal cruelty and other forms of violence.
Personnel and advisors.
The ASI is staffed by Ivy Collier (Executive Director), Lisa Lunghofer (Human-Animal Relationships Program Director), Gala Argent (Human-Animal Studies Program Director) and Daniel Earle (managing director). It has a board made up of John Thompson (chair), Anne Elizabeth Hirky (vice chair), Kenneth Shapiro (president and secretary), Petra Pepellashi (treasurer), Beatrice Friedlander, Kristin Stewart, Elan Abrell, and Gail Luciani.
Publications.
The ASI publishes three journals and a book series.
"Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science".
The "Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science" is a quarterly journal which is published by Taylor &amp; Francis with sponsorship from the ASI. It has been publishing since 1999, and is presently edited by Cynthia Bennett.
"Society &amp; Animals".
"Society &amp; Animals: Journal of Human-Animal Studies" is a peer reviewed bi-monthly journal co-published by Brill with sponsorship from the ASI. It has been publishing since 1993, and its founding editor is Kenneth Shapiro. It is currently edited by Susan McHugh, with managing editors Robert McKay (humanities), Robert Mitchell (quantitative natural and social science), Zoei Sutton (qualitative social science), and Drew Winter ("political animals"). Ralph Acampora, Sally Borrell, Pete Porter, Michelle Szydlowski, and Corey Wrenn are review editors.
Special issues that the journal has published include:
"Sloth".
"Sloth: A Journal of Emerging Voices in Human-Animal Studies" is a bi-annual peer-reviewed journal for work by current and recent undergraduates that has been published by the ASI since 2015. Its current editor is the philosopher Joel MacClellan.
HAS Book Series.
The HAS Book Series is published by Brill, and was one of the first academic book series focused on animal studies. It is edited by Kenneth Shapiro, Thomas Aiello, and Gala Argent, with an editorial board made up of Ralph Acampora, Clifton Flynn, Hilda Kean, Randy Malamud, Gail Melson, Leslie Irvine, and Richie Nimmo. It publishes both monographs and edited collections. Titles include:
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