Profile Introduction

Human-animal relationships; communication and social behavior in large mammals; applied animal behavior in dogs and cats.

Research Interests

Human-animal relationships; communication and social behavior in large mammals; applied animal behavior in dogs and cats.

Grad Group Affiliations

• EpidemiologyGeography

Specialties / Focus

• Animal Management and Welfare
• Communication

Courses

• PHR 106 Human-Animal Interactions: Benefits and Issues, Winter
• PHR 408 Mouse Behavior and Biology, Winter
• EPI 290 Epdemiology seminar, Spring

Professional Societies

• International Society of Anthrozoology
• Animal Behavior Society
• Acoustical Society of America
• American Veterinary Society for Animal Behavior

Degrees

• 1958 BA Physical Science Education Brigham Young University
• 1964 MS Educational Psychology University of California, Berkeley
• 1976 PhD Animal Behavior, Zoology Rutgers University

Publications

O'Connell-Rodwell CE, Arnason B and Hart LA. 2000. Seismic properties of Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) vocalizations and locomotion. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 108:3066-3072

O'Connell-Rodwell CE, Rodwell T, Rice M, and LA Hart. 2000. Living with the modern conservation paradigm: can agricultural communities co-exist with elephants? A five-year case study in East Caprivi, Namibia. Biological Conservation. 93:381-391

Zasloff RL and LA Hart. 1998. ttitudes and care practices of cat caretakers in Hawaii Attitudes and care practices of cat caretakers in Hawaii. Anthrozoos. 11:42-248