Student Contributions to Research in Costa Rica
Name: Sergio Molina, Ph.D. Position: Resident Lecturer-Environmental Economics and Policy Program: Sustainable Development Studies, Costa Rica At SFS Costa Rica we are now well into the Directed Research course. Each project falls under the parameters of our 5-Year Research Plan agenda for 2013-2017, constructed with multiple stakeholders including community leaders, national parks administrators, and research [...]
‘Roos, Research, and Rare (trees)
Name: Ciara Legato Position: Student Affairs Manager (SAM) Program: Tropical Rainforest Studies, Australia Directed Research (DR) data collection time is coming to an end. The time for students to fully delve into analyzing and writing up findings is about to begin. This semester, I had the opportunity of assisting in data collection with two of [...]
Extra Dimension of Learning
Name: Nikola Alexandre School: Vassar College Major: Environmental Studies Program: Tropical Island Biodiversity & Conservation Studies, Panama Classes are done. Grades are in. Our regular schedules are over. One week into Directed Research, and everyone is already heavily immersed in their projects. We split our initial group into three smaller ones, lining up to work [...]
Socioeconomic Research in Panama
Name: Nathan Freedman School: University of Connecticut Major: Engineering Program: Tropical Island Biodiversity & Conservation Studies, Panama This past week marked the start of our Directed Research projects, one of which entails a socioeconomic study on human-environment interactions of two indigenous Ngöbe populations in Bocas del Toro—one here on Isla Solarte, and the other in [...]
Diving and Data Collection
Name: Alyssa Thornton School: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Major: Natural Resource Management Program: Marine Resource Management Studies, Turks & Caicos As of April 4, I have officially been on South for two months! I can’t believe how fast this semester is going and we only have a little over a month left. This place has [...]
SFS Alumna Receives Fulbright Award
“I’ve never been a ‘road well-traveled’ type of person,” said Katlin Kraska. This adventurous attitude carried the DePauw University student to East Africa last spring to study wildlife management with The School for Field Studies (SFS). Soon, she will depart for Indonesia on a prestigious Fulbright award to explore mechanisms for improving community empowerment through [...]
Final Impressions: Rainforest Adventures
Authors: Mike Belitz (Knox College) Chris Casaclang (University of Redlands) Drew Sorenson (Denison University) Rory McEathron (Davidson College) SFS Program: Tropical Rainforest Studies, Australia It has been an incredible three months. It all began when we first arrived to the Center. Initially the “wild” factor of being in Australia was paired with a certain amount [...]
Living in paradise
Name: Devyn Powell SFS Program: Sustainable Development Studies, Costa Rica School: Tufts University Major: International Relations & Environmental Studies What did you like most about the SFS experience? You have to know there’s no way to answer that question! Out of everything I’ve been living for three months, you ask me to choose what [...]
Highlight of SFS Programs is Research
Name: John Kiringe, Ph.D. Position: Associate Professor in Wildlife Ecology Program: Wildlife Management Studies, Kenya The highlight of SFS programs is engagement of students in faculty guided research, which is based on an elaborate Five Year Research Plan. Students are given an opportunity to select a project of their choice in Wildlife Ecology (EP), Techniques [...]
Grateful, nostalgic, fulfilled
Name: Erica Nangeroni SFS Program: Tropical Rainforest Studies, Australia School: Bowdoin College Major: Biology and Environmental Studies What did you like most about the SFS experience? The best part about this entire experience is how unique it all was. There are many people who will never get to experience life in the rainforest like [...]
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