Melanie Greene is a doctoral candidate in the faculty of education at Memorial University of Newfoundland. She has published numerous articles in peer-reviewed academic journals. She holds a BA and MA in sociology and has completed programs in equine studies at the University of Guelph. She is also the author of "Nasrullah: Forgotten Patriarch of the American Thoroughbred." Melanie has been an avid equestrian for much of her life.