Rate My Professor Suma Mallavarapu

At Kennesaw State University, Dr. Mallavarapu has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals including American Journal of Primatology, Primates, Animal Welfare, Anthrozoos, and Environmental Education Research. Key publications include 'Martin, A., Kelling, A., & Mallavarapu, S. (2021). Attitudes towards dog relinquishment as assessed through a survey of university students' in Anthrozoos; 'Mallavarapu, S., & Taglialatela, L. (2019). A post-occupancy evaluation of the impact of exhibit changes on conservation knowledge, attitudes, and behavior of zoo visitors' in Environmental Education Research; 'Bekker, O. A., & Mallavarapu, S. (2019). Pet attachment and the social support that pets provide to college students' in The Kennesaw Journal of Undergraduate Research; 'Adams, P. A., & Mallavarapu, S. (2017). Behavioral indicators of poor welfare in shelter dogs' in The Kennesaw Journal of Undergraduate Research; 'Mallavarapu, S., Stoinski, T. S., Perdue, B. M., & Maple, T. L. (2014). Double invisible displacement understanding in orangutans' in Primates; 'Mallavarapu, S., Perdue, B. M., Stoinski, T. S., & Maple, T. L. (2013). Can black-and-white ruffed lemurs (Varecia variegata) solve object permanence tasks?' in American Journal of Primatology; and a book chapter 'Maple, T. L., & Mallavarapu, S. (2006). Values, advocacy, and science: Toward an empirical philosophy of zoo and aquarium leadership' in Museum Philosophy for the Twenty-First Century. She actively mentors undergraduate students, co-authoring several papers with them in the Kennesaw Journal of Undergraduate Research. Her contributions advance understanding of animal welfare and human-animal interactions in captive and shelter environments.