Michelle Douglass making a difference in human and ecological communities

2015 Mar 9

Aurora, Colo., resident Michelle Douglass, 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 Douglass 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 "What areas in their neighborhood do children find important? A case study of one second grade class in Aurora, CO," Douglass determined what areas children consider important and meaningful in order to help establish local place identity. Douglass is a staff assistant at Children’s Hospital Colorado.

As part of her master's program coursework, Douglass 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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