Frank R. Ascione
Contact:
Scholar-in-Residence
PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
E-mail: Frank.Ascione@du.edu
Areas of interest:
- humane education
- children's attitudes toward animals
- child and adolescent animal abuse
- violence toward people and animals
Prof. Frank R. Ascione's recent research examines the common roots of violence toward people and animals and is directed at identifying an early indicator of at-risk status in children. He has collaborated with human services, social work and child development staff working with abused children, with youth corrections personnel and with state shelters for women who are battered. His recent work has been supported by the American Humane Association, the Kenneth A. Scott Charitable Trust, and the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation.
Prof. Ascione has provided information or testimony for the state legislatures of
Utah, Ohio, Colorado, Tennessee, and Washington, regarding cruelty to animals legislation.
He has appeared on CNN's "Live from the Headlines" and the Oprah Winfrey Show, had
his research cited in the New York Times, USA Today and Oprah Winfrey's magazine, O, and has been a guest on numerous local, national, and international television and
radio programs.
A member of the American Psychological Association, the International Society for
the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect, the American Professional Society on the
Abuse of Children, the International Society on Anthrozoology, and the Society for
Research on Child Development, Prof. Ascione serves on the Child and Animal Abuse
Prevention Advisory Council of the Latham Foundation. He is past president of the
Southwestern Society for Research in Human Development and has been a member of the
cadre of experts for The American Psychological Association's Presidential Task Force
on Violence and the Family.
Learn more about the Institute for Human-Animal Connection.
"The lives of people and the lives of animals intersect in varied and complex ways. I am excited to have the opportunity to collaborate with GSSW faculty and students in exploring the contexts in which human and animal welfare are intertwined."
