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Professor of Psychologye-mail: dhardy@.csun.edu
www: http://www.csun.edu/~vcpsy00h/index.html
Special Interest Areas: Donna has taken her interest in animal behavior and turned it into a major mission of wildlife conservation. In her efforts to aid in the wildlife international conservation, she founded C.A.U.Z (Consortium of Aquariums, Universities and Zoos) and has been a strong supporter of wildlife conservation. Donna has made a difference. Check out her web page above and become a supporter of C.A.U.Z.
Human Sexuality Courses: Psy. 453 Proseminar in the Psychological Aspects of Human Sexuality
Background: Donna completed her undergraduate work at the University of Missouri in the area of zoology. She was trained as a field biologist at the university of Kansas where she received her M.A. in zoology. Donna then moved west to U.C.L.A. where she studied vertebrate zoology. She then moved to the area of psychobiology and continued her work at the University of California at Irvine where she received her Ph.D.
Since founding C.A.U.Z. in 1985, she has been working to facilitate communication within the international conservation comrnunity. Her speciality is the behavior of animals.
Selected Bibliography:
"Consortium of Aquariums, Universities and Zoos." International Zoo News, 39/8, 1992.
"Research in British Zoos." International Zoo News, 40/3 (244):5-14, 1994.
"The International Zoo Community and Computer-Mediated Communication. " International Zoo Yearbook, 33:283-293, 1995.
"New Guide to American Zoos for Animal Behaviorists and Others." Zoo Biology, 1996.
"Current Research Activities in Zoos." In: Wild Mammals in Captivity: Principles and Techniques. Devra G. Kleiman, et al., eds. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, In Press.
"International Conservation and the World Wide Web." International Zoo News. In Press.
"The Use of the World Wide Web by Zoo and Aquarium Professionals." Animal Keepers Forum. In Press.
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