Angela Kemsley making a difference in human and ecological communities

2015 Mar 20

Alpine, Calif. resident Angela Kemsley, a graduate student in the Advanced Inquiry Program (AIP) from Miami University's Project Dragonfly and San Diego Zoo Global, has been awarded a Community Engagement badge from the university for making a difference in human and ecological communities. As part of the AIP, students like Kemsley 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 "Impacts of Cuyamaca Outdoor School on Cuyamaca Rancho State Park," Kemsley measured and mapped the location and intensity of litter, trail erosion, trampling, and unofficial trails caused by campers of Cuyamaca Outdoor School on Cuyamaca Rancho State Park. Kemsley is a tour operator/outdoor education program specialist at Cuyamaca Outdoor School.

Project Dragonfly offers the Advanced Inquiry Program (AIP) master's degree in Cincinnati, Cleveland, Chicago, Denver, New York, Phoenix, San Diego and Seattle. The community-based AIP degree is co-delivered with Miami's Dragonfly and premier learning institutions accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA). Courses take place in web-based learning communities and on-site at zoos in those locations. To learn more about the AIP, visit http://aip.miamioh.edu/.

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