Biography
My name is Siobhan Speiran, and I am a PhD candidate in Environmental Studies at Queen's University. I am part of Dr. Alice Hovorka's The Lives of Animals Research Group.
For my dissertation I am interested in the lives of primates in Costa Rican rescue centres from the perspectives of animal welfare, conservation, and tourism. Here is a recent abstract from my presentation at the American Association of Geographers' Annual Meeting.
I am foremost an inter-disciplinarian. My bachelor's degree is in the Arts and Sciences with a specialization in Zoology and English. As an undergrad I took multiple courses at Guelph's excellent Animal Biosciences department, especially in animal welfare. I worked as a research assistant with Dr. Georgia Mason and for Dr. Bedecarrats. I also completed a field course in methods of primate behaviour and conservation in Costa Rica with DANTA: Association for Conservation of the Tropics. I sought out a master's program which combined my passion for conservation with what I learned about animal welfare studies, but found none at the time in this emerging field I am now aware is called "compassionate conservation."
I completed a Master’s in English and film at the University of Guelph. The focus of my research and writing during this program involved the representation of trauma in postcolonial adaptations of Shakespeare, Indigenous and American Literature. My thesis research critically explored and problematized the depiction of women’s bodies across contemporary literature and film, informed by feminist, post-colonial, post-humanist, and gender essentialism theory. Here is my literature, film, and travel blog.
Currently, I am a blogger for DANTA. I have written on 'Wildlife Selfies', 'Affective Encounters with Wildlife', and my field course experience.
I am always open to research collaboration surrounding the themes of my dissertation: Costa Rican monkeys, rescue centre tourism/ecotourism, human-monkeys relations, and monkey welfare and conservation. Feel free to get in touch if you are interested in any of these topics.
Email: siobhanspeiran@gmail.com
My Twitter. My Research Gate. My LinkedIn.
My name is Siobhan Speiran, and I am a PhD candidate in Environmental Studies at Queen's University. I am part of Dr. Alice Hovorka's The Lives of Animals Research Group.
For my dissertation I am interested in the lives of primates in Costa Rican rescue centres from the perspectives of animal welfare, conservation, and tourism. Here is a recent abstract from my presentation at the American Association of Geographers' Annual Meeting.
I am foremost an inter-disciplinarian. My bachelor's degree is in the Arts and Sciences with a specialization in Zoology and English. As an undergrad I took multiple courses at Guelph's excellent Animal Biosciences department, especially in animal welfare. I worked as a research assistant with Dr. Georgia Mason and for Dr. Bedecarrats. I also completed a field course in methods of primate behaviour and conservation in Costa Rica with DANTA: Association for Conservation of the Tropics. I sought out a master's program which combined my passion for conservation with what I learned about animal welfare studies, but found none at the time in this emerging field I am now aware is called "compassionate conservation."
I completed a Master’s in English and film at the University of Guelph. The focus of my research and writing during this program involved the representation of trauma in postcolonial adaptations of Shakespeare, Indigenous and American Literature. My thesis research critically explored and problematized the depiction of women’s bodies across contemporary literature and film, informed by feminist, post-colonial, post-humanist, and gender essentialism theory. Here is my literature, film, and travel blog.
Currently, I am a blogger for DANTA. I have written on 'Wildlife Selfies', 'Affective Encounters with Wildlife', and my field course experience.
I am always open to research collaboration surrounding the themes of my dissertation: Costa Rican monkeys, rescue centre tourism/ecotourism, human-monkeys relations, and monkey welfare and conservation. Feel free to get in touch if you are interested in any of these topics.
Email: siobhanspeiran@gmail.com
My Twitter. My Research Gate. My LinkedIn.
