About

Emma K. Grigg, M.A., Ph.D., is a Certified Applied Animal Behaviorist (CAAB; Animal Behavior Society, USA). She is currently an Assistant Professor of Practice (companion animal behavior and welfare) at the University of Arizona. Prior to that, she worked as a Staff Research Associate and lecturer at the University of California, Davis, School of Veterinary Medicine.  She has taught animal science, companion animal behavior, wildlife biology, and environmental studies in New York, California and St. Kitts, and has authored a number of scientific publications on canine, feline, and marine mammal behavior.  Her first book, The Science Behind a Happy Dog, was published in June 2017.  She lives in northern California with her husband, son, three cats, a friendly golden retriever who didn’t quite make it through service dog school, and a slightly neurotic but much loved Caribbean ‘island dog’.

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