Melanie Sartore-Baldwin, PhD, is an Associate Professor within the Department of Kinesiology at East Carolina University where she teaches in both the undergraduate Sport Studies program and the graduate-level Sport Management program.  To date, Dr. Sartore-Baldwin has researched numerous social justice and diversity-related issues within sport and physical activity including weight discrimination, sexual prejudice, gender ideology, and the use of non-human animals.  Her current focus is on how the relationships humans form with non-human animals within the contexts of sport and physical activity can be leveraged to promote change.  Recently, Dr. Sartore-Baldwin entered into her eighth year as coordinator for the Fitness Walking/Dog Walking program and is the contact person for the recently developed human-animal interaction minor at East Carolina University.