Steve DeBono

Staff

CONTACT INFO
E-mail: stephen.debono@mail.utexas.edu
Phone: 512-436-3647 (mobile)
Mailing address:
The University of Texas at Austin
Department of Psychology
1 University Station A8000
Austin, TX, 78712-0187
Website: www.SteveDeBono.com

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

With a background in dog training and animal rescue, I am interested in studying and developing personality assessment tools for dogs that can be modified for use amongst a variety of different applications, including shelter, home and working environments. I am also interested in exploring the relationship between human personality and dog personality and what effect they might have on one another. For example, how much of a dog’s personality might be affected by personality traits of its owner? Playfulness in dog-dog/human-dog interactions is also a strong area of interest.