G.A. Bradshaw Ph.D.

About

G.A. Bradshaw, Ph.D., Ph.D., is executive director of The Kerulos Center. Her work focuses on human-animal relationships and trauma recovery of species that include elephants, grizzly bears, tortoises, chimpanzees, and parrots. Bradshaw is the author of Carnivore Minds: Who These Fearsome Animals Really Are (Yale, 2017) and Elephants on the Edge: What Animals Teach Us about Humanity (Yale, 2009), an in-depth psychological portrait of elephants in captivity and in the wild. Bradshaw holds a Ph.D. in ecology and a Ph.D. in psychology.

Books by G.A. Bradshaw Ph.D.

Recent Posts

Suffering, Survival, and Salmon

Personal Perspective: Life, death, suffering, and joy on the salmon's journey. Can we learn from this?

Why Reptilian Brains Are Comparable to Our Own

Do reptiles have feelings? A surprising perspective emerges though the lens of critical anthropomorphism.

Enculturated Captivity, Zoochosis, and Collective Trauma

How humans can better coexist with their natural environment.

The Bear of Truth and Love

Our future can be written in dreams.

A Message From the Virus, or Our Ancestors?

A poet claims it is time to stop. Just stop.

Greening Our Minds to Save the Planet

How psychology can move us towards a green and healing future for humans, animal kin, and the planet.

A Lesson From the Elephants for Us All

The twinned journey of a woman and an elephant provides a model for us to save the planet.

Momma Cows, Vegan Ranchers, and the Liberated Range

A former rancher and animal advocate talks about the radical psychological evolution and revolution taking place on the range.

Identity and the Paradigm of Crime

What happens when cultural commandments override natural reality? Reflections of T.R. Mitchell, author, teacher, and prisoner in a Pennsylvania maximum security prison.

A Bad Hair Day for Lions and Science

What was the real reason that Zuri attacked and killed Nyack? Lion "experts" are puzzled, but there is no puzzle.