This Farm(ed) Animal Awareness Week, we sat down with three IHE alumni—a sanctuary director, a course creator, and a nonprofit founder—to ask how their work is changing the way people think about farmed animals.
Read more »IHE Faculty Member and alum Dana McPhall on connecting racial justice, animal advocacy, and food systems (and why seeing the connection matters).
Read more »Emily Tronetti, Ed.D., reflects onher journey through the graduate programs we offer with Antioch University, and how becoming a humane educator transformed her way of thinking, teaching, and working on behalf of animals.
Read more »An interview with faculty member and alumnus, Mike Farley, about his own shift in perspective on non-human animals and the transformations he now sees in so many of his students.
Read more »Art teacher and animal rescuer Jennifer Pond uses humane education to inspire compassion in students and create change in her community.
Read more »Faculty member and humane educator Cynthia Trapenese, M.Ed., on themes in her three graduate courses: Culture & Change, Just, Good Food, and Creative Activism.
Read more »An interview with alumna Ardyn Cieslak, M.A., on her work creating and facilitating programs for K-12 students exploring the complex interconnections between our food system and its effects on farmed animals, workers, communities, public health, and the environment.
Read more »An interview discussing making an impact and staying motivated with Marine Galvez, M.Ed., social justice educator and founder of Rethinking Normal, which helps students examine dominant cultural narratives.
Read more »An interview with Roberto Filacchione, M.A., an alumnus of the graduate programs we offer in partnership with Antioch University. Roberto discusses how he applies a humane educator lens to his work as a writer, musician, advocate, and educator.
Read more »Christine Cook Mania, M.A., discusses here recently released book, Vegan Minded: Becoming a Steward for Animals, People, and the Planet, she started writing as her master’s capstone project.
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