3000+
students, staff, and alumni making a difference globally
Join a community of people working to ignite ecological and social change. Through innovative courses and fully accredited master's degree programs, Project Dragonfly combines the flexibility of online courses and conservation action in your home community with unparalleled experiential learning and field study in the U.S. and across the world.
3000+
students, staff, and alumni making a difference globally
450+
publications authored by Dragonfly students
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long-term relationships with world-class zoos, botanical gardens, and NGOs globally
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years of experience making education more inclusive and impactful
Housed at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, Project Dragonfly is a transformative education initiative with master’s degree programs in biology, graduate courses, learning media, public exhibits, and community partnerships across the U.S. and globally. With three programs to choose from, students can tailor their learning experience to their overall goals and interests.
Our graduate students are opening new frontiers in community innovation and education while earning their master’s degrees. They work alongside nomadic herders saving wild horses in Mongolia, citizen scientists increasing pollinator diversity in the Bronx, Maasai women pursuing equity and sustainability in Kenya, and conservationists leading the recovery of burrowing owls in California. We champion inquiry-driven learning and shared action to support a better, more collaborative, just, and sustainable future.
The Advanced Inquiry Program (AIP) is an accredited a master’s degree program that fosters professional leadership, participatory education, sustainability, and conservation in the U.S. AIP students combine online courses from Miami University with extraordinary learning experiences and field study at premier zoos and botanical gardens in select communities across the nation.
The Global Field Program (GFP) is a master’s degree program that enables students to build on Earth Expeditions courses to grow as leaders in inquiry-driven education, community-engaged learning, ecological sustainability, environmental stewardship, and global understanding. The GFP combines online classes with courses that bring students, scientists, educators, community leaders, and others together at global conservation hotspots.
Earth Expeditions are stand-alone education and conservation-focused graduate courses in which students travel the globe to join world-class conservation and community projects in Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Americas. Our mission is to build an alliance of individuals with first-hand knowledge of inquiry-driven, community-based learning for the benefit of ecological communities and global understanding.
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The American Association of Zoo Keepers (AAZK) recently announced its 2024 keeper award winners, and three Dragonfly graduates were recognized.
Advanced Inquiry Program (AIP) graduate student Lindsay Keller of Chicago, Illinois, published an article in Sevenseas Media.
Advanced Inquiry Program (AIP) graduate student Suzanne Waite of Elmhurst, Illinois, published an opinion piece in the Elmhurst Patch.
Advanced Inquiry Program (AIP) graduate student Juliana Castagna of Homewood, Illinois, published an opinion piece in the Homewood-Flossmoor Chronicle.