Megan Arant

• June 2024- Present
  Companion Animal Project and Research Coordinator
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
• 2021-2024
  Program Manager of Animal Behavior Humane Animal Welfare Society (HAWS)
  Waukesha, WI
• 2019 – 2021
  Graduate Research Assistant University of British Columbia
  Vancouver BC
• 2017-2019
  Owner, Better Together Dog Training, LLC
  Lubbock, TX
• 2016 – 2018
  Graduate Research Assistant Texas Tech University
  Lubbock, TX

• 2022 Guest Lecturer, Animal Welfare Carroll University, Waukesha, Wisconsin
• Graduate Teaching Assistant: Animals in Society University of British Columbia 2020
• 2020 Guest Lecturer, Stress and Coping in Animals University of British Columbia, Vancouver BC
• 2020 Guest Lecturer, Animal Welfare Carroll College, Helena, Montana
• Graduate Instructor: Shelter Dog Training Practicum Course I & II
• Texas Tech University 2017-2018
• 2018 Guest Lecturer, Human Animal Interactions Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
• 2017 – 2018 Guest Lecturer for Multiple Courses Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
• 2015 – 2017 Undergraduate Teaching Assistant in Canine Science Carroll College, Helena, MT

Professional Invited Lectures

• Canine Wellbeing
  Presentation at Kohl’s Corporate Lunch and Learn Series, 2022
• Going Back to Work Post-Pandemic: How to prepare your Pets for Success
  Presentation at Kohl’s Corporate Lunch and Learn Series, 2021

Guest Lectures

• Preparing Fosters for Adoption
  Guest lecture at Carroll University Advanced Skills in Canine Management & Training course, 2021
• Dogs: Stress and Coping Lecture
  Guest Lecture at the University of British Columbia, Animal Welfare course, 2020
  Therapy and Service Dog Welfare
  Guest Lecture at Carroll College, Animal Welfare course. Helena, Montana, 2020

Conference Presentations

• What About the Dog?
  -Considerations for Welfare of Therapy and Assistance Dogs Presentation
  -UBC Pre-Veterinary and Animal Welfare Club (PAW) Conference. Vancouver, British Columbia, 2020
• Assessing Assessments of Toy Preferences in Shelter Dogs
  Presentation at The Interdisciplinary Forum for Applied Animal Behavior Conference. New Orleans, Louisiana, 2018
• Therapy Dog Welfare: Behavior, Preference, and Choice
  Presentation at Association for Behavior Analysis International. San Diego, California, 2018
• Therapy Dog Welfare: Observations of Stress and Affiliative Behaviors During Sessions
  Presentation at Canine Science Collaboratory Conference. Tempe, Arizona, 2017
• Observations of Therapy Dogs’ Stress and Affiliative Behavior Across Time
  Poster Presentation at The International Society for Anthrozoology Conference. Davis, California, 2017
• Observations of Therapy Dogs’ Stress and Affiliative Behavior Across Time
  Poster Presentation at Association for Behavior Analysis International Conference. Denver, Colorado, 2017
• Persistent Behavior in Domestic Dogs (Canis lupis familiaris)
  Presentation at Student Undergraduate Research Festival. Helena, Montana, 2016

• Marian Breland-Bailey Award for Student Research and Scholarship in Applied Animal Behavior 2018
• Outstanding Master of Science Graduate Student 2018, Texas Tech University
• Runner up, Marian Breland-Bailey Award for Student Research and Scholarship in Applied Animal Behavior 2017
• P.J. Hart Loving Bond Award In recognition of leadership in the field of animal-assisted therapy 2015, Carroll College, Helena, MT

• 2019 - 2021 Graduate Coursework and Research
  University of British Columbia, Vancouver BC
  
  
• 2018 M.S., Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
  
  
• 2016 B.A., Carroll College, Helena, Montana
  
  

• Schroeder, K. et al. (2023) ‘Exploring the Social Reinforcing Value of Brushing in Equine-Assisted Services: A Comparative Study with Food Reinforcement’, Human-Animal Interactions. CABI. doi: 10.1079/ hai.2023.0010.