Sarah L. Meikle

Sarah L. Meikle

Greenfield, Massachusetts, United States
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Sarah Meikle is the founder and CEO of Diggity Dogs Service Dogs, a 501c3 nonprofit…

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  • Diggity Dogs Service Dogs Inc. Graphic

    Diggity Dogs Service Dogs Inc.

    Greenfield, Massachusetts, United States

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    Shelburne Falls, MA

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    Northampton, MA, USA

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    Greenfield, MA

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    Shelburne Falls, MA

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    Port Chester, NY

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    Sydney, Australia

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    Cooktown, QLD, Australia

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    Cooktown, Australia

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    Cooktown, Australia

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    Cairns, Australia

Education

  • Smith College Graphic

    Smith College

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    Activities and Societies: Dean's List (2007-2011)

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Licenses & Certifications

Publications

  • Featured on 22 NEWS

    WWLP

    Discussing the importance of service dogs.

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  • TEDTalk: Service Dogs and Invisible Disabilities

    TEDtalks

    Psychiatric service dogs are misunderstood; very few people produce them and there is a desperate need for more people to do so. There are even more people that could benefit from these animals that do not realize that exist--and that they represent a treatment that can often meet needs that no other option can. There is also a desperate need for more members of the public to be well informed regarding how to interact with people with service dogs. Did you know that it is common for people to…

    Psychiatric service dogs are misunderstood; very few people produce them and there is a desperate need for more people to do so. There are even more people that could benefit from these animals that do not realize that exist--and that they represent a treatment that can often meet needs that no other option can. There is also a desperate need for more members of the public to be well informed regarding how to interact with people with service dogs. Did you know that it is common for people to bark (yes, that’s right, people barking!) at service dogs? If people understood more about how these dogs “work,” they can be more respectful and appropriate these outstanding animals.

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  • Dogeared Book Review Column

    Happy Valley Animals

    Other authors

Honors & Awards

  • Guest expert on WWLP's show Mass Appeal

    WWLP

  • Guest Speaker at University of Massachussets Amherst's Neurodiversity Symposium

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    Speaking on the use of psychiatric and medical-alert service dogs to mitigate the burden of various psychiatric and neurological conditions and symptoms at University of Massachussets Amherst's Neurodiversity Symposium.

  • Guest Speaker at Tufts University's Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine

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    Guest speaker and presenter on Animal Behavior

  • Guest Speaker at University of Massachussets

    Animal Science Student Organization

    Guest speaker at a campus event for UMASS Animal Science students.

  • 2012 Tryon Prize Winner for “Outstanding Work in New Media”

    Smith College Museum of Art

    Awarded the Tryon Prize by Smith College Museum of Art in recognition of “Outstanding Work in New Media” for my interactive art installation Inside Out: The Insecurity Project. (2012)

  • Founding Board member of Gaia,Inc

    Gaia, Inc.

    Founding Board member of Gaia,Inc. (Global Action to Increase Access) a non-profit focused on providing maternity & health services to women (2013).

  • Guest Speaker at Mount Holyoke College Computer Science Event

    Mount Holyoke College

    Guest speaker at a career research event held for Mount Holyoke College Computer Science students featuring women in technology.

  • Panelist/Guest Speaker at Bay Path College Entrepreneurial Summit

    Bay Path College

    Panelist and guest entrepreneur at an Information Session and Dinner held for Bay Path College business students.

  • Awarded William K. Hefner Memorial Scholarship for “Demonstrated Involvement and Personal Commitment to Peace, International Relations, Community Needs and Race Relations”

    William K. Hefner Memorial Foundation

    Awarded William K. Hefner Memorial Scholarship Recipient in recognition of “Demonstrated Involvement and Personal Commitment to Peace, International Relations, Community Needs and Race Relations” in acknowledgement of founding Peacemeal: A Journal for Peace & Social Justice. (2007)

  • Mensa Member

    Mensa International LTD

    Mensa was founded in order to create a society of great intellects from around the world that is non-political and free from all racial or religious distinctions in order to identify and foster human intelligence for the benefit of humanity and to encourage research in the nature, characteristics and uses of intelligence.

    Members of Mensa range in age from 2 to 102 and include engineers, teachers, actors, athletes, students and CEOs. They share only one trait — high intelligence. To…

    Mensa was founded in order to create a society of great intellects from around the world that is non-political and free from all racial or religious distinctions in order to identify and foster human intelligence for the benefit of humanity and to encourage research in the nature, characteristics and uses of intelligence.

    Members of Mensa range in age from 2 to 102 and include engineers, teachers, actors, athletes, students and CEOs. They share only one trait — high intelligence. To qualify, members must have scored in the top 2 percent of the general population on an accepted standardized intelligence test administered by an approved organization, which is verified prior to admission. Mensa provides a forum for intellectual exchange among its members, which span more than 100 countries around the world, through lectures; discussions; journals; special-interest groups; and local, regional, national and international gatherings; and providing assistance to researchers, inside and outside of the organization. (Text taken from Mensa.org site)

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