Animal Behavior at Carroll University

12/09/2025

One of our fabulous animal behavior students, Callie Knoll, presenting her final project for our applied behavior analysis course (PSY 333).

Her behavioral intervention for the course successfully reduced her dog's barking behavior while Callie worked on her computer. Check out those data!

12/04/2025

Animal training isn't always playing with and training puppies. Except when it is. 🐕

Here is Sofia Peters training Ginger at the Humane Animal Welfare Society - HAWS of Waukesha. 💜

Come join us at Carroll University's Animal Behavior undergraduate program for your learning journey!

11/26/2025

As some of you know, Sue is celebrating her birthday today, the last one she will celebrate at Carroll before retiring.

If you have five minutes to join us for a TEAMS "Happy Birthday to Sue" event, feel free to call into the link at 2:45 today and sing with us!

11/24/2025

Hey friends -- come celebrate Carroll's 30-year partnership with the Milwaukee County Zoo!

December 11th | 1:00 - 2:30 p.m.

Milwaukee County Zoo | Cafe 1892 (Restaurant near Zoo Entrance in US Bank Gathering Place)

Ticket Prices: $13.25 - Adults and $11.25 - Kids (Parking Included)

For 30 years, more than 400 biology and animal behavior students from Carroll have had the unique opportunity to conduct meaningful research at the Milwaukee County Zoo, thanks to Dr. Susan Lewis' (Professor of Biology and Animal Behavior) leadership. We invite prospective students, alumni and friends to join us in celebrating this long-standing partnership by viewing this year's student research projects and enjoying a reception. Students have been working hard and are ready to share their work!

1:00 - 1:30 p.m. – Welcome and Program

1:30 – 2:30 p.m. – Guests can view students’ research, ask questions, mingle, and enjoy snacks and cookies

*Turn it into a full-day experience! Arrive early to explore the animal exhibits,

then visit the symposium to view the students' research projects.

The Zoo hours are 9:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Register here: https://shop.milwaukeezoo.org/ #/Organization/NBY6598YWC

11/24/2025

Proud of the Animal Behavior students who shared their research with the next generation of scientists!

11/16/2025

Join Dr. Mindy Waite for her final public event of the year - a free, virtual panel of experts providing insights on becoming an animal behavior researcher. Monday, November 17th at 6pm CT.

Send a message to learn more

11/13/2025

Dr. Waite is presenting at the Crossroads of Ideas tonight with Dr. David Drake of UW-Madison!

https://wid.wisc.edu/event/crossroads-of-ideas-living-and-learning-with-animals/

11/10/2025

Yay, Abbey! Way to represent ANB!

11/06/2025

Congratulations to Emily Knapp ('22), who has recently co-authored a paper through her work in the thirteen-lined ground squirrel lab at U.W. Oshkosh! Emily notes, "This paper is really cool because we created the world's first gene edited thirteen-lined ground squirrel! Our work currently centers around trying to mimic human visual diseases in the thirteen-lined ground squirrel, which is a species of rodent native to Wisconsin that has surprisingly similar vision to humans for a rodent, making them much more useful than the typical mouse or rat. The success of this paper means we will be able to model different visual diseases in the future to learn how they work and how we can cure them."

Well done, Emily!

11/05/2025

CU alum Angie Lemminger is certainly staying busy during her graduate research on bison!!

11/05/2025

Our own Dr. Mindy Waite is speaking at an event in Madison, WI next Wednesday (Nov. 12). Tickets are free!

Join UW–Madison’s Dr. David Drake and Carroll University’s Dr. Mindy Waite for an engaging Crossroads of Ideas conversation exploring the dynamic relationship between humans and animals, both wild and domestic. From what we can teach animals to what they can teach us, how retrofitting animals into the human world has changed our relationships, and discovering new insights into behavior, adaptation, and the possibilities for living together in a changing world. Hosted by Director of the WID – Illuminating Discovery Hub.

08/26/2025

Turn your passion for animals into your future career! From studying animal cognition to conservation work, Carroll University’s unique Animal Behavior program blends hands-on experience with research opportunities. Apply today and join one of the few programs of its kind in the nation!

Learn more here: https://www.carrollu.edu/academics/eduation/animal-behavior