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Susan Nance is an historian of animals, and of entertainment and live performance in the United States and Canada. She is a Professor in the Department of History and affiliated faculty with the Campbell Centre for the Study of Animal Welfare at the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada. Her latest book, Rodeo: An Animal History, was published last year with University of Oklahoma Press. Susan has previously published research on the history of the circus, zoos, and various other aspects of the entertainment and tourism trades.