Julie Hecht / Psychology
Graduate Student Researcher
September 2016 – December 2018jhecht@gradcenter.cuny.edu@DogSpies on TwitterDog Spies on Facebook
Project: Animal Behavior, Online
NML Award: The New Media Lab Digital Dissertation Award (April 2017)
Julie is a doctoral student in CUNY’s Animal Behavior and Comparative Psychology program based. She is based at Hunter College under the supervision of Dr. Diana Reiss. Julie received a MSc in Applied Animal Behaviour and Animal Welfare from the University of Edinburgh, and her research focuses on the behavior, welfare, and cognition of companion animals. She aims to expand what we know about companion animals while simultaneously bringing animal lovers into the scientific process through citizen science. Julie is behind the Dog Spies blog on Scientific American, and much to everyone’s surprise (herself included), her PhD studies will focus on the behavior and welfare of companion cats.