Dr. Laura A. Reese is Professor Emeritus of Urban and Regional Planning at Michigan State University, President of Professional Animal Welfare Services, and Research Fellow at the Riley Center at the College of Charleston. She was the Founding Director of the Global Urban Studies Program (GUSP) at Michigan State University. Her main research and teaching areas are in animal shelter management, urban policy, economic development, and local governance, management, and planning. She brings an organizational psychology perspective to the planning and successful management of volunteer efforts and has written 14 books on the topic, including Elsevier’s Strategies for Successful Animal Shelters and Fostering and the Human-Animal Bond.

• 1. Fostering and the Human-Animal Bond2. Literature Review3. Methodology4. Foster Volunteers and Nature of the Fostering Experience5. The Emotions of Fostering6. Dealing with the Emotions of Fostering: Self-Care, Resilience, and Satisfaction7. Summary and Implications for Practice