Dr Jessica Groling
Lecturer
Anthropology
I am a Sociologist/Animal Criminologist whose primary research interests are united by the theme of transgression: transgressive other-than-human animals (concepts of hybridity, pestilence, invasiveness, liminality) and humans whose transgressive actions harm or advocate for other animals (wildlife criminals, animal rights activists etc.). My core disciplinary specialism lies in the field of animal/environmental criminology, and I teach, research and write about zemiology, moral panic, wildlife legislation, and the role of eyewitness testimony and expert evidence in wildlife crime policing & prosecution. My methodological specialisms include discourse analysis, digital research methodologies (mobile app technologies), multispecies ethnography, participatory action research (PAR), policy network analysis and rapid evidence assessment. I prioritise collaborative and impact-focused research and have worked for and with a range of clients and partners including Natural England, ICF, RSPCA, Badger Trust and the Society for Companion Animal Studies.
My current teaching:
On the MA Anthrozoology I convene the following modules:
ANTM100 Animal Mirror: Representations of Animality
ANTM105 Humans and Wildlife: Conflict and Conservation
ANTM109 Animal Criminology - also offered as part of the Forensic Investigations MSc programme
ANTM904 Dissertation
Want to learn more about Animal Criminology? Take a look at our Animal Criminology Working Paper Series
New book! Available for pre-order now: Anthrozoology as Symbiotic Ethics: Reframing Human-Animal Interactions.
In the past I have taught on the following undergraduate modules in Sociology, Criminology and Anthropology:
Introduction to Social Analysis I & II, Social Issues I (Crime and Deviance), Social Issues II (Themes in Criminology), Into the Field, Theoretical Sociology (Classical and Contemporary), Imagining Social Worlds (Texts and Artefacts)
I am a member of the Exeter Anthrozoology as Symbiotic Ethics (EASE) working group, the Justice & Violence Studies Research Network, the Badger Trust Scientific Advisory Group, a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, and a graduate of Advance HE's Aurora programme for female leadership in HE.
I am the Academic Conduct Officer for the disciplines of Sociology, Philosophy and Anthropology and a qualified Mental Health First Aider.
Current PhD students:
Penny Mills - Monstrous Mourning - An exploration of the experiences of those who have lost a non-human family member due to violence or whose non-human family member has committed a serious or fatal act of violence on another
Irene Perrett - The animal witness: Sharing grief and the power of testimony
Robert Walker - Ideology and (the prevention of) social change: Elite responses to the Stop Huntington Animal Cruelty campaign
Claire Musser (through Falmouth University)
Xiangyuan Wang
Wu Xiaohong
Sarah Oxley-Heaney
Robert Watson
Shuyan Liu
Louise Hayward
Eve Marshall
Recently completed PhD students:
Molly Sumridge - Canis Obscura: The Social Construction of New Guinea Singing Dogs at the Intersection of Wild and Domestic