Susan Nance, University of Guelph

Research

human-animal relationships entertainment wild animal trade exotic animals animal training zoos circuses amusement parks

Latest funding

Greyhound Adoption and the Birth of the Multispecies Family: Finding an Oral History Methodology
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$45,025
Rodeo Women: Behind the Scenes
SSHRC · 2021 · Co-investigator
$115,139
Captive of Modernity: The Wild Animal Trainer in the Twentieth Century
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$99,377

Greyhound Adoption and the Birth of the Multispecies Family: Finding an Oral History Methodology

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Nance, Susan

Keywords: animal history; oral history; animal advocacy; greyhound racing; dog adoption; animal welfare; pet-keeping; multispecies family

$45,025

Rodeo Women: Behind the Scenes

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Haig-Brown, E. Celia

Keywords: rodeo; ethnography; history; decolonizing; gender; indigeneity; documentary

$115,139

Captive of Modernity: The Wild Animal Trainer in the Twentieth Century

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Nance, Susan

Keywords: human-animal relationships; entertainment; wild animal trade; exotic animals; animal training; zoos; circuses; amusement parks; aquariums; cinema; television; nature; animal studies; environmental history; consumer history

$99,377

Rodeo bucking stock: an animal-centered history since 1803

Principal investigatorSSHRC2009Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Nance, Susan

Keywords: rodeo history; tourism history; livestock history; animal history; human-animal relationships; animals in sport; animals in entertainment; stock raising; agricultural history; Canadian west-history; United States west-history

$42,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: human-animal relationships Dear Professor Nance, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on human-animal relationships connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Greyhound Adoption and the Birth of the Multispecies Family: Finding an Oral History Methodology" (2023), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]