Sarah Wright making a difference in human and ecological communities

2015 Mar 20

Mercer Island, Wash. resident Sarah Wright, a graduate student in the Advanced Inquiry Program (AIP) from Miami University's Project Dragonfly and Woodland Park Zoo (Seattle), 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 Wright 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 "The Effects of the Whale Watching Industry on Southern Resident Orca Whales," Wright learned about how the whale watching industry engages its customers about Southern Resident orca conservation and to hear both sides of the argument regarding if whale watching does more harm than good. Wright is a preschool teacher at SJCC Early Childhood 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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