A Bunch of Animals

with Emily Plec

Emily Plec is an animal companion and professor of communication at Western Oregon University. She edited the book Perspectives on Human-Animal Communication (Routledge, 2013), coined the term “internatural communication,” and is currently writing a textbook on the subject. Her scholarly work focuses primarily on canine communication and representation (which her spouse calls “dog talk”) and the role of animals in sport communication. She lives in Dallas, Oregon with her spouse, two cats, one dog, and a bunch of birds, squirrels, raccoons, and opossum. 

Are You Doing Community Wrong?

with Kerry Driver

Kerry Driver has been producing community-building and cross-cultural activities in the US and Asia for more than twenty-five years. After twenty-two years working and starting a family in Taiwan, China, and Singapore, she repatriated with her teen sons to Portland in 2021 and started producing bespoke programs for groups with special interests and special needs. Kerry loves Oregon’s colorful communities of passionate people doing amazing things and believes that it's incredibly important to constantly seek understanding and engagement with people coexisting in our worlds.