Soon-to-be defending EP student Hannah Jaicks was recently the recipient of an award from the Sarah Baker Memorial Fund. This fund is distributed by the Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative (Y2Y), a joint Canada-U.S. not-for-profit organization that connects and protects habitat from Yellowstone to Yukon so people and nature can thrive. The Sarah Baker grants support student projects that …
Category: Research Interests
RESEARCH SPOTLIGHT: Research on International Education
Jennifer M. Pipitone spent a winter break in Morocco and half of a summer in Bali conducting field research on international education. In her research, she argues that study abroad programs are not inherently educational nor do they intrinsically foster personal growth and cultural awareness; instead an appropriated international learning environment must be produced to impact …
STUDENT BLOG SHARE: “Popular Disruption”
In a blog post entitled “Popular Disruption”, Kristen Hackett, a fourth year student in the Environmental Psychology program reflects on her experience participating in the People’s Climate March. In particular, she reflects on the legality and corporatization of the march in relation to past participation in other political marches. Though troubling at first, she comes …