ABMA 2011
Keynote
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CAN WE TRAIN OURSELVES TO THINK “OUTSIDE OF THE BOX”? Jill received her B.S. and M.S. in Biological Sciences from Illinois State University. She received her Ph.D. in Comparative Psychology from the University of California at Davis. Her first zoo job was as Children’s Zoo Supervisor at Miller Park Zoo. Jill interned at the Brookfield Zoo and the National Zoo. She worked at the Oregon Zoo as Director of Conservation and Research Programs. Jill was the research Biologist at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, now the Education and Science Director at Disney. A few of her many accomplishments include Course Developer & Course Administrator for AZA Course: Managing Animal Enrichment & Training Programs, co-organized and co-hosted First Conference on Environmental Enrichment and then co-edited a book based on the conference, and co-developed web sites about framework for enrichment and training. Be sure to visit Disney's Animal Training website http://animaltraining.org to learn more about their training program, and Disney's Animal Enrichment website http://animalenrichment.org/ to learn more about their enrichment program. |