Proposal Title
Understanding Wilderness Interactions and the Human Response
Abstract
Faculty member Jeffrey Perrin and honors students Samantha Sheppard, helsea Brown, Maggie Hahn, and Casey Bogusz discuss their study on meaningful interactions in nature with wild animals, and how these interactions influence our decisions in education, relationships, and attitudes towards the environment and other beings in the natural world. Through their findings, they hope to further the research performed in the ecopsychology field and bring more attention to the importance of the human–nature connection in shaping the global community.
Start Date
24-3-2017 9:00 AM
End Date
24-3-2017 9:50 AM
Presentation Type
Panel
Disciplines
Animal Sciences | Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | Education | Environmental Education
Understanding Wilderness Interactions and the Human Response
U-Hall 3-097
Faculty member Jeffrey Perrin and honors students Samantha Sheppard, helsea Brown, Maggie Hahn, and Casey Bogusz discuss their study on meaningful interactions in nature with wild animals, and how these interactions influence our decisions in education, relationships, and attitudes towards the environment and other beings in the natural world. Through their findings, they hope to further the research performed in the ecopsychology field and bring more attention to the importance of the human–nature connection in shaping the global community.
