Amanda Kludasch making a difference in human and ecological communities

2015 Mar 9

Denver, Colo., resident Amanda Kludasch, a graduate student in the Global Field Program (GFP) from Miami University's Project Dragonfly, has been awarded a Community Engagement badge from the university for making a difference in human and ecological communities. As part of the GFP, students like Kludasch apply the tools of conservation science and advance the tenets central to the master's degree: inquiry, community and voice.

Through her Conservation Science & Community course project entitled "Pet Overpopulation: A Local and Global Socio-Ecological Issue," Kludasch mapped animal shelters, animal control offices, veterinary hospitals, low-cost spay and neuter hospitals, and pet food and supply stores in order to help people care for lost and homeless animals . Kludasch is an outreach logistics specialist at Denver Zoo.

As part of her master's program coursework, Kludasch studied desert and marine ecosystems on the Baja peninsula. Study sites include 13 countries throughout Africa, Asia, Australia and the Americas.

The GFP master's degree is designed for educators and other professionals from all disciplines and settings who are interested in working collaboratively to bring about change in local and global contexts. Applicants can be from anywhere in the United States or abroad. To learn more about the GFP, visit http://gfp.miamioh.edu/.

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