Katherine Simons making a difference in human and ecological communities

2015 Mar 9

Columbus, Ohio, resident Katherine Simons, 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 Simons 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 "Community Supported Agriculture in Columbus, Ohio: Comparison of Location and Sociodemographics," Simons determined if there were any potential correlations between community-supported agriculture pick-up locations and sociodemographic characteristics of the correlating neighborhoods. Simons is a science teacher at Buckeye Valley Local Schools.

As part of her master's program coursework, Simons studied approaches to environmental stewardship in the Central American country of Belize. 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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