Gay Bradshaw, PhD,
PhD
Executive Director, The Kerulos Center
President
Curriculum vitae
 Gay
Arndt Bradshaw Ph.D., Ph.D. is Executive Director
and President of the Board of Directors of The Kerulos
Center. She holds doctorate degrees in ecology and
psychology, and has published, taught, and lectured
widely in these fields both in the U.S. and internationally.
Her work focuses on trans-species psychology, the
theory and methods of animal psychological rehabilitation
and conservation. Her research expertise includes
the effects of violence on and trauma recovery of
long-lived species that include elephants, chimpanzees,
and parrots, and other species in captivity. She established
the new field of trans-species psychology upon which
the work and principles of The Kerulos Center are
based.
Dr. Bradshaw is also co–founder of the International
Association of Animal Trauma Recovery (IAATR),
and Director of Research for the Oregon
Animal Sanctuary at Double Oak Farm. She has published
one book and is completing a second on the impacts
of human violence on elephant psychological and social
wellbeing, Elephant Breakdown (Yale University
Press, 2008).
From 1992-2002, Dr. Bradshaw was a research mathematician
with the USDA Forest Service, holding faculty positions
at Oregon State University (Departments of Computer
and Electrical Engineering; Environmental Sciences
Graduate Program) and at Pacifica Graduate Institute.
In 2000, she was a Fellow at the National Science
Foundation National
Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS),
Santa Barbara, California, USA. Her research has been
featured in diverse media including the New York Times,
Time Magazine, National Geographic, Smithsonian, The
London Times, ABC’s 20/20, and several documentary
films.
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