Research Communication

Journalistic Interviews

• “The rise of activist tourism” by Victoria Maloy. Atmos. (in press).

• The New York Times. (2024, Dec. 25). The Animal Celebrities Who Surprised, Soothed and Screamed at Us in 2024″ by Emily Anthes
• Queen’s Alumni Review. (7 July 2022). “Field Trip” by Tom Spears
• National Geographic. (21 May 2021). “Helping kids deal with animal exploitation on social media” by ​Natasha Daly
• National Geographic. (2 Nov 2022).“Florida leopard attack put humans—and big cats—in a terrible situation” by Natasha Daly
• The Daily Beast. (21 Oct 2021). Wildlife-loving influencers like Brother Nature are getting too up close and personal with animals. Retrieved from The Antics of Wildlife-Loving Influencers Are Putting Human and Animals at Risk” by Kristin Hugo

Radio & Podcast Interviews

The Animal Turn Podcast. (2020). “Grad Review with Pablo Perez Castello, Siobhan Speiran and Joshua Jones” Season 2, Episode 10

Queen’s Grad Chat on CFRC Radio. (2020). “The Lives of Monkeys in Costa Rican Sanctuaries”

Beyond Canada: International Thought and Scholarship on CFRC Radio. (2019). “Working as a Canadian researcher in Costa Rica”

Popular Writing

Research Spotlight for York University. (12 Apr 2024). Minding sanctuary: The potential for multispecies justice through care-full wildlife tourism. By Siobhan Speiran.

I have blogged for DANTA: Association for Conservation of the Tropics, ​contributing several articles regarding my research and interests.

• “So you want to take a selfie with a wild animal? “(13/04/2018)
• “A night with Scarlita: Reflections on animal encounters in Costa Rica” (27/11/2018)
• “My Field Course Experience” (23/11/2017)

My colleague Zara Bending from the Jane Goodall Institute of Australia mentioned my ​work on Radio Adelaide while being interviewed about the topic “Protecting animals on ​social media.”

Costa Rican Monkey Interest Group

• I founded this group in 2020 to connect in-country primate researchers, caregivers, conservation practitioners amongst each other and with international collaborators. There are currently 43 members. Activities include virtual meetings, newsletter updates, and is operated via Facebook group, and website.

The Animal Welfarist

• 2024-present: theanimalwelfarist.ca; 2015-2024: theanimalwelfarist.weebly.com

• Instagram @theanimalwelfarist (2019-present); X @siobhanisa (2009-present)