Going to the Dogs with Dr. Laura Hobgood & Dr. Jimmy Smith
Mondays, 2:15 – 3:15 PM
Georgetown Public Library Hewlett Room
In Person Only
A recent National Geographic article suggests that “Dogs are not just our proverbial best friends in the animal world… they evolved from wolves long ago, found a home alongside humans before history makes a record, and never left.” Indeed, the 2010 census was the first to show more U.S. households include dogs than children. This course, co-taught by a historian and an exercise physiologist, looks through historical, scientific, and cultural lenses to understand the complicated, incredibly impactful, and fun human-dog relationship over the centuries.
Dr. Laura Hobgood (Ph.D. St. Louis Univ.), Religion/Environmental Studies, Faculty, Southwestern Univ.
Specialties: Religion/Animals, Religion/Nature, Christian Traditions, History of Dogs
Dr. Jimmy Smith (Ph.D. Univ. of North Texas), Kinesiology, Emeritus Faculty, Southwestern Univ.
Specialties: Cardio-Respiratory Responses to Exercise, Comparative Mammalian Physiology
-These lecturers co-taught a class on dogs at SU for 20 years and have worked in dog rescue efforts for 30 years.
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