• Tracey Smith-Harris            Assistant Professor of Sociology
• Office: B-267
• Phone: (902) 563-1328
• Fax: (902) 563-1247
• E-mail: tracey_smith@capebretonu.ca

     Tracey has been teaching at Cape Breton University since the fall of 1999.

     Specialty Areas: Human-Animal Studies, Sociology of the Environment, Humane Education, Sociology of Deviance, Violence Studies

     Research: Tracey's dissertation is on perceptions of companion animals and how these are shaped and maintained within animal shelters. In May 2004 she organized the conference, “Linking Violence: An Interdisciplinary Examination of the Relationship between Violence against Animals and Humans” which was held at Cape Breton University. A report based on the conference findings was published in Society & Animals, 2005, 13:2. Other recent publications include, “There’s Not Enough Room to Swing a Cat and There’s No Sense Flogging a Dead Horse: Language Usage and Perceptions of Other Animals” in ReVision, 2004, 27: 2 and “Bringing Nonhuman Animals into Feminist Critiques of Science” in Canadian Woman Studies, 2003, 23: 1. She has also delivered several papers focusing on Human-Animal Studies to professional associations.

     Community Service: Tracey has been volunteering at the Cape Breton SPCA since the fall of 2001. In 2005, she became a member of their Board and currently serves as secretary. She is also a member of the Education Committee. In a related role, Tracey volunteers with the Cape Breton Feline Support Society that runs the SPCA Mobile Adoption Clinic. In terms of service to the discipline, she is the editor of the American Sociological Association’s Animals & Society Section Newsletter. She also serves on several section committees and recently helped edit the section teaching manual entitled, “Teaching About Animals and Society: A Collection of Syllabi, Projects, Assignments, Web Sites, Articles and Bibliographies.”