Dr. Tiffani J Howell is a Senior Research Fellow in the School of Psychology and Public Health at La Trobe University, Australia. She obtained her B.A. from North Carolina State University, USA, in 2000, her M.A. from Newcastle University, UK, in 2002, and her Ph.D. from Monash University, Australia, in 2013. Dr. Howell has extensive experience in research on animal welfare, pet–owner relationships, and assistance dogs, publishing over 85 peer-reviewed articles in international journals. She completed a four-year trial, funded by the Australian Department of Veterans’ Affairs, to understand the effectiveness of assistance dogs as an adjunct to treatment for veterans with PTSD. Other projects include understanding the benefits and disadvantages of owner-trained assistance dogs, assistance dog public access rights issues, and why some people experience Second Dog Syndrome. In 2022, along with 75 co-authors, she published an article that defines commonly used terms in animal-assisted services.