Kristen Scaglione
  • Class of 2015
  • North Canton, Ohio

Kristen Scaglione earns Miami University master's degree with coursework through Project Dragonfly and Cleveland Metroparks Zoo

2016 Jan 11

Akron, Ohio, resident Kristen Scaglione has earned a Master of Arts degree in Zoology from Miami University with coursework through Project Dragonfly and Cleveland Metroparks Zoo.

Since being accepted to the Advanced Inquiry Program (AIP) master's degree in 2013, Scaglione has explored conservation and education in the Amazon, while also conducting projects that have made a difference in the Akron area. Scaglione is a zookeeper at Akron Zoological Park.

The AIP, a groundbreaking graduate degree focused on inquiry-driven learning and social change, combines coursework at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo with collaborative work in Dragonfly's web-based learning communities.

Since 2004 Dragonfly and its U.S. and international partner institutions have engaged more than 1,850 people in firsthand education and conservation research in communities and zoos throughout the country and at critical field sites in Africa, Australia, Asia and the Americas.

Project Dragonfly reaches millions of people each year through inquiry-driven learning media, public exhibits and graduate programs worldwide. Dragonfly is based in the department of biology at Miami University, a state university in Oxford, Ohio. Miami was established in 1809 and is listed as one of the eight original Public Ivies.

The AIP is accepting applications for the 2016 cohort until Feb. 28, 2016, at http://AIP.MiamiOH.edu. Like Project Dragonfly on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/PrjDragonfly.