OSU Faculty-led: Elephant Minds and Community-based Conservation in Thailand (INFO SESSION)

About this event

Join faculty leaders Hathai Sangsupan and Jason McCarley for an information session to learn more about this study abroad opportunity. Students who enroll in this faculty-led study abroad program will earn nine credits while spending three weeks in Thailand, June 27 - July 17, 2027.

Thailand is renowned for its culture, natural beauty, and biodiversity. During this program, we will explore Thailand's biodiversity through the eyes of the nation's most iconic native species, the Asian elephant, and from the communities who are working to conserve their natural riches by balancing the needs of humans, ecosystems, and wildlife. We do this through two distinct and complementary courses and a third course related to research.

The Mental Life of Elephants will focus on the psychology of the Asian elephant. Community-based Conservation and Ecological Restoration will apply concepts from biology, ecology and the social sciences to examine the challenges confronting communities engaged in biodiversity conservation and restoration.