Recent Publications

2007 Animals in Disasters: Responsibility and Action. Animals and Society Institute Policy Paper. Ann Arbor: Animals and Society Institute.

2007    Review of Just a Dog: Understanding Animal Cruelty and Ourselves, by Arnold Arluke, Contemporary Sociology 36:364-5

2007 “The Question of Animal Selves: Implications for Sociological Knowledge and Practice” Qualitative Sociology Review 3:5-21

2006  “Animals in Disasters: Issues for Animal Liberation Activism and Policy.” Animal Liberation Philosophy and Policy 4:2-16 

2006 “Providing for Pets during Disasters, Part II: Animal Response Volunteers in Gonzales, Louisiana.” Quick Response Research Report 189. Natural Hazards Research Center, University of Colorado.

2004 “Providing for Pets during Disasters: An Exploratory Study.” Quick Response Research Report 171. Natural Hazards Research and Applications Information Center, University of Colorado.

2004 “Pampered or Enslaved? The Moral Dilemmas of Pets.” International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy 24:5-17

2004 “A Model of Animal Selfhood: Expanding Interactionist Possibilities.” Symbolic Interaction 27:3-21.

2003 “The Problem of Unwanted Pets: A Case Study in How Institutions ‘Think’ About Clients’ Needs.” Social Problems 50:550-566.

2003 “Cat-egorically Family.” Network News, The Sociologists for Women in Society Newsletter 9 (Winter):15-19.

2003 “George’s Bulldog: What Mead’s Canine Companion Could Have Told Him About the Self.” Sociological Origins 3:46-49

2002 "Animal Problems/People Skills: Emotional and Interactional Strategies in Humane Education." Society & Animals 10:63-91. online at: www.brill.nl

2001 (with Brian Klocke) “Redefining Men: Alternative Masculinities in a Twelve Step Group.” Men and Masculinities 4:27-48.

2001   "The Power of Play." Anthrozoös 14:151-160.

2000 “Even Better Than the Real Thing: Narratives of the Self in Codependency.” Qualitative Sociology 23:9-28.