Shelley M. Alexander (MSc, PhD) is a Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Calgary (UC), Canada. She has specialized in the behavior and conservation of coyotes and wolves for over 30 years, was a pioneer in Conservation GIS, and has been Co-PI on international conservation initiatives in Canada, USA, Mexico, Belize and Zimbabwe. A leader in non-invasive research, Shelley founded the Canid Conservation Science Lab, which embraces Compassionate Conservation ideals. She has published extensively on international wildlife conservation topics, including 230 total academic contributions, 27 peer-reviewed manuscripts and 21 book chapters. A recipient of the prestigious Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council grant (2015-present), she currently employs mixed-methods to understand worldviews and wildlife killing, alongside the social intelligence and adaptive behavior of wild canids facing diverse human disturbance. Honored with the Inaugural Fellowship in Applied Ethics (Calgary Institute for Humanities, 2020), Shelley examined wildlife marginalization and oppression at the nexus of animal ethics, jurisprudence and colonialism. Currently serving as the Scientific Director for Wildlife Management at UC, she built and actualizes the active, evidence-based coexistence program UCalgary Living with Wildlife (www.research.ucalgary.ca/wildlife.). Shelley has served on several non-profit boards, mobilizes science via dozens of annual media interviews and public presentations, and provides expert review to international communities, including expert testimony at state level court.