JOHN HADIDIAN, PhD

John Hadidian received a B.A. in Anthropology from the University of Arizona and a subsequent M.A. and PhD in Primatology from The Pennsylvania State University. He worked for ten years as a Research Wildlife Biologist at the National Park Service’s Center for Urban Ecology where he organized and conducted field research on raccoon, deer, squirrels and songbirds in urban parks. In 1995 he moved to the Humane Society of the United States, where he directed the urban wildlife program before becoming Senior Scientist, Wildlife Protection. He has served on the U.S. Department of State’s Man and the Biosphere Program as a member of the Human Dominated Systems Directorate, as Associate Editor for the journal Urban Ecosystems, and as Chair of the Wildlife Society’s Urban Wildlife Working Group. He is the principal author of the book Wild Neighbors: the humane approach to living with wildlife.