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==Academic Career== ==Academic Career==
Bekoff earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from ] in 1967.{{R|"ENC"}} He earned his Master of Arts from ] in 1968.{{R|"ENC"}} Finally, he earned a Ph.D. in Animal Behavior from Washington University in 1972.{{R|"ENC"}} After completing his Ph.D., he became an assistant professor of biology at ] in 1973 through 1974.{{R|"ENC"}} He went on to work at the ] as the professor of organismic biology where he pursues research into ethology, animal behavior, behavioral ecology, development and evolution of behavior, social communication and organization, animal protection, cognitive ethology, animal cognition.{{R|"ENC"}}{{R|"UCB"}} Bekoff retired from his active professorship after 32 years and currently holds the position of Professor Emeritus of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Colorado Boulder.{{R|"BW1"}}{{R|"PT1"}} Bekoff earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from ] in 1967.{{R|"ENC"}} He earned his Master of Arts from ] in 1968.{{R|"ENC"}} Finally, he earned a Ph.D. in Animal Behavior from Washington University in 1972.{{R|"ENC"}} After completing his Ph.D., he became an assistant professor of biology at ] in 1973 through 1974.{{R|"ENC"}} He went on to work at the ] as the professor of organismic biology where he pursues research into ethology, animal behavior, behavioral ecology, development and evolution of behavior, social communication and organization, animal protection, cognitive ethology, animal cognition.{{R|"ENC"}}{{R|"UCB"}} Bekoff retired from his active professorship after 32 years and currently holds the position of Professor Emeritus of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Colorado Boulder.{{R|"BW1"}}{{R|"PT1"}} During his tenure at University of Colorado Boulder Bekoff has authored or co-authored at least 172 papers.{{R|"RGN"}


==Writing Career== ==Writing Career==
Bekoff is also a prolific writer having authored, co-authored, or edited



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American biologist
Marc Bekoff
Born (1945-09-06) September 6, 1945 (age 79)
Brooklyn, New York
EducationAB (1967), Washington University
MA (1968), Hofstra University
PhD (1972, animal behavior), Washington University
Occupation(s)Scientist, educator, writer
Websitemarcbekoff.com

Marc Bekoff was born in Brooklyn, NY September 6, 1945 is an American biologist, ethologist, behavioural ecologist and writer. He was a professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Colorado, Boulder for 32 years. He cofounded the Jane Goodall Institute of Ethologists for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, and he is Professor Emeritus of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Colorado, Boulder where Bekoff currently holds the position Professor Emeritus of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology.

Academic Career

Bekoff earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Washington University in 1967. He earned his Master of Arts from Hofstra University in 1968. Finally, he earned a Ph.D. in Animal Behavior from Washington University in 1972. After completing his Ph.D., he became an assistant professor of biology at University of Missouri–St. Louis in 1973 through 1974. He went on to work at the University of Colorado Boulder as the professor of organismic biology where he pursues research into ethology, animal behavior, behavioral ecology, development and evolution of behavior, social communication and organization, animal protection, cognitive ethology, animal cognition. Bekoff retired from his active professorship after 32 years and currently holds the position of Professor Emeritus of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Colorado Boulder. During his tenure at University of Colorado Boulder Bekoff has authored or co-authored at least 172 papers.{{R|"RGN"}

Writing Career

Bekoff is also a prolific writer having authored, co-authored, or edited

Activism and Outreach

Bekoff is the co-founder, with Jane Goodall, of Ethologists for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, a fellow of the Animal Behavior Society and a former Guggenheim fellow. He lectures internationally on animal behavior, cognitive ethology (the study of animal minds), and behavioral ecology, and writes a science column about animal emotion for Psychology Today. He is an advocate for the compassionate conservation movement.

Bekoff is a vegan. He is also a patron of the Captive Animals Protection Society, a charity campaigning against the exotic pet trade, and the use of non-human animals in circuses and zoos. In May 2010, he argued in an article for the Greater Good Science Center, "Expanding Our Compassionate Footprint," that human beings need to abandon human exceptionalism: "Research on animal morality is blossoming, and if we can break free of theoretical prejudices, we may come to better understand ourselves and the other animals with whom we share this planet."

See also

Selected Awards

  • The Exemplar Award (2000) from the Animal Behavior Society
  • Guggenheim Fellowship (1980)
  • The Bank One Faculty Community Service Award (2005)
  • St. Francis of Assisi Award by the New Zealand SPCA (2009)
  • Honorary member, Animalisti Italiani
  • Honorary member, Fundacion Altarriba
  • Honorary board member, Rational Animal

Selected works

Bekoff has written over 1000 articles and published 30 books, and has edited three encyclopedias. His books include the following:

  • Species of Mind: The Philosophy and Biology of Cognitive Ethology (with Colin Allen, 1997).
  • Nature's Purposes: Analyses of Function and Design in Biology (edited with Colin Allen and George Lauder, 1998)
  • Animal Play: Evolutionary, Comparative and Ecological Perspectives (edited with John Byers, 1998)
  • Encyclopedia of Animal Rights and Animal Welfare (1998)
  • The Cognitive Animal: Empirical and Theoretical Perspectives on Animal Cognition (edited by Marc Bekoff, Colin Allen, and Gordon Burghardt, 2002)
  • Minding Animals: Awareness, Emotions, and Heart (2002)
  • The Ten Trusts: What We Must Do to Care for the Animals We Love (Jane Goodall and Marc Bekoff, 2002)
  • Animals Matter: A Biologist Explains Why We Should Treat Animals with Compassion and Respect (2007)
  • The Emotional Lives of Animals: A Leading Scientist Explores Animal Joy, Sorrow, and Empathy and Why They Matter (2007)
  • Wild Justice: The Moral Lives of Animals (Marc Bekoff and Jessica Pierce, 2009) ISBN 978-0-226-04161-2
  • The Animal Manifesto: Six Reasons For Expanding Our Compassion Footprint (2010)
  • Ignoring Nature No More: The Case for Compassionate Conservation (edited by Marc Bekoff, 2013)
  • Rewilding Our Hearts: Building Pathways of Compassion and Coexistence (2014)
  • The Jane Effect: Celebrating Jane Goodall (edited with Dale Peterson, Trinity University Press, 2015)
  • The Animals' Agenda: Freedom, Compassion, and Coexistence in the Human Age (Beacon Press, 2017) ISBN 978-0-807-04520-6
  • Canine Confidential: Why Dogs Do What They Do (University of Chicago Press, 2018) ISBN 978-0-226-56049-6

References

  1. ^ "Bekoff, Marc 1945-". Encyclopedia.com. 2020-03-16. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  2. ^ "Roots and Shoots". boulderweekly.com. Retrieved 2021-02-27.
  3. "Marc Bekoff". colorado.edu. Retrieved 2021-03-01.
  4. ^ "Marc Bekoff Ph.D." psychoogytoday.com. Retrieved 2021-02-26.
  5. ^ "Marc Bekoff Ph.D." Psychology Today. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  6. "Marc Bekoff" Archived 2013-02-13 at the Wayback Machine, literati.net, undated.
  7. Wallach, Arian D.; Bekoff, Marc; Batavia, Chelsea; Nelson, Michael Paul; Ramp, Daniel (2018). "Summoning compassion to address the challenges of conservation". Conservation Biology. 32 (6): 1255–1265. doi:10.1111/cobi.13126. ISSN 1523-1739. PMID 29700860.
  8. Bekoff, Marc (2010-06-10). "Vegans Shouldn't Eat Oysters, and If You Do You're Not Vegan, So..." HuffPost. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  9. "Professor Marc Bekoff". Freedom for Animals. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  10. Bekoff, Marc (2010-05-20). "Expanding Our Compassion Footprint". Greater Good Science Center. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  11. "Grants & Awards". AnimalBehaviorSociety.org. Retrieved 2021-02-26.
  12. "Marc Bekoff". gf.org. Retrieved 2021-02-26.
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  14. ^ "Marc Bekoff, PhD Biography". procon.org. Retrieved 2021-03-01.
  15. "The Jane Effect: Celebrating Jane Goodall". Trinity University Press.

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