Author: Alan M. Beck

Rebecca Johnson Ph D, RN, FAAN, is Millsap Professor for Gerontological Nursing and Public Policy at the University of Missouri. She holds a joint appointment at the College of Veterinary Medicine as the Director of the Research Center for Human Animal Interaction (visit www.rechai.missouri.edu). Author of over 40 publications, she is called upon nationally and internationally to speak about human-animal interaction. In 2010 she was elected President of the International Association of Human Animal Interaction Organizations. Dr. Alan Beck is the Dorothy N. Mc Allister Professor of Animal Ecology at Purdue University. Before coming to Purdue, Beck directed the Center for the Interaction of Animals and Society at the University of Pennsylvania and was director of animal programs for the New York City Department of Health.