Barbara Sherman Papers now available for research

CVM Professor Barbara Sherman receives the NC State Libraries Faculty Award.

The NC State University Libraries is proud to announce the donation of the Barbara Sherman Papers to the Special Collections Research Center (SCRC). Sherman was a professor at NC State University's College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) from 1984 until her retirement in 2018. Her research focused on anxiety, fear, and aggression in companion animals.

The collection contains a wide variety of materials that span her career as a professor, lecturer, and clinician at the NC State University College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM). Included are correspondence, lectures and writings, clinical reports, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, raw data from clinical trials and studies, and other materials.

"I am honored that my contributions to teaching and research in the field of veterinary behavioral medicine have been archived at the NC State University Libraries,” Sherman says. “It is my hope that the materials will be used to further understanding of the field and to promote the welfare of animals."

The collection provides information on Dr. Sherman's career as an instructor, public speaker at veterinary conferences, and clinician in the field of companion animal behavior. Also included are materials from two clinical trials Dr. Sherman conducted at the CVM—one on the use of Trazodone for anxiety in companion animals and one on the creation of an emotional reactivity test for service dogs in the military.

Sherman earned her M.S. in biology from Towson University in Baltimore, Maryland, then her Ph.D. in zoology (animal behavior) from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and her DVM from The Ohio State University. She previously taught at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, and practiced veterinary medicine at her clinic in Southern Pines and Cary, North Carolina. In 2012, she became a full Clinical Professor at the CVM. The Libraries recognized her with its Faculty Award in 2015.

To access the collection, please contact the SCRC at library_specialcollections@ncsu.edu.