Laura Bruneau, Ph.D., Adams State professor of counselor education, co-authored a chapter in the new book, “Bringing Postsecondary Students Together with Dogs: Dog Welfare, Health, Safety, and Liability Considerations.”

Laura Bruneau and her retired therapy dog Moose
Laura Bruneau and her retired therapy dog Moose

Bruneau’s chapter, “The Canine-Campus Connection: Roles for Dogs in the Lives of College Students,” is just one of the offerings in the book, edited by Mary Renck Jalongo, Ph.D., a professor emerita from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and which is published by Purdue University Press. The book provides evidence-based guidance on bringing college students and canines together in mutually beneficial ways.

Bruneau’s co-author is Amy Johnson, Ed.D., director of the Center for Human Animal Interventions at Oakland University and senior coordinator of continuing education in OU’s School of Nursing.