Climate Change and the Human-Animal Bond: Social Work’s Role: Room B

Bailey Fullwiler, MSSA, LSW (She/Hers) is a Regional Organizer for The Climate Reality Project, supporting local petrochemical campaign work in her home state of Ohio. Bailey has a background in social work and supporting communities in the mental health impacts of climate injustice and environmental trauma. In her consulting, Bailey researches ecological grief and partners with environmental groups throughout the Midwest to tend to trauma and build resilience in the climate movement. Outside of her roles, Bailey is a trauma-informed yoga instructor who teaches with the nonprofit Queer Behavior and in local halfway houses, as well as, serves on the board of the International Association of Veterinary Social Workers. She has chapters in Careers in One Health: Social Workers’ Roles in Caring for Humans and Their Animal Companions and EcoSocial Work: Environmental Practice and Advocacy.

Aviva Vincent, PhD, LMSW is a Veterinary Social Worker  and co-owner of Healing Paws LLC. She is social work faculty at Cleveland State University and Program Director at Fieldstone Farm Therapeutic Riding Center. Dr. Vincent is trained in Results Based Accountability for organizational strategic planning and evaluation. She holds facilitator training through the Harwood Institute, Sustained Dialogue, and the Institute for Social Change. As a social justice advocate, she centers DEI in her practice inclusive of Access and Belonging. She is on the board of trustees for PATH International Board of Trustees wherein she chairs the Diversity Equity and Inclusion Committee, and she chairs the conference committee for the International Association of Veterinary Social work. Dr. Vincent was awarded Cleveland Crain’s 40 under 40 (2023), and the Early Career Success Award by Case Western Reserve University (2022). She has twenty peer-reviewed publications and chapters in Career Paths in Human-Animal Interaction for Social and Behavioral Scientists, The Comprehensive Guide to Interdisciplinary Veterinary Social Work, The Handbook on Human Animal Interactions and Anthrozoology, and Integrating Horses Into Healing.