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ISDSI, Thailand is a leader in innovative study abroad programs with a focus on experiential education through a close collaboration with local communities. Our flagship semester program, Culture, Ecology and Community runs in the fall and spring semesters and has a strong emphasis on independent research. Students travel and study throughout Thailand, from remote mountain villages in the North to...
ISDSI, Thailand is a leader in innovative study abroad programs with a focus on experiential education through a close collaboration with local communities. Our flagship semester program, Culture, Ecology and Community runs in the fall and spring semesters and has a strong emphasis on independent research. Students travel and study throughout Thailand, from remote mountain villages in the North to the islands in the South. On expeditions students live with local families and hike, sea kayak and travel through the landscapes they are studying. ISDSI also offers a variety of summer programs aimed to advance your personal, professional and academic goals. All of these run with the same focus on experiential learning and research as our semester program and are grounded in our 25 years of expe...
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Amy Kaspar
Interviewed in 2015
StaffBorn and raised in a predominantly Irish Catholic neighborhood on Chicago’s south side, Amy was most familiar with people who looked and acted like he...
I was a student for a semester at ISDSI in Fall 2010. After graduating college I was eager to seek more experience abroad, so I pursued a few connections I’d made as a student in Thailand. I moved to Chiang Mai to intern with the Amnuay Sook Camp, a project of The Northern Thailand Foundation for Enablement, focusing on the development of skills and talents of underprivileged kids. I lived with a young family in their village, helping to build the camp’s meeting hall and volunteering as an English teacher at the local school. Soon after finishing the internship, I began a fellowship with ISDSI.
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Marisa Tatiwong
Interviewed in 2015
StaffMarisa grew up in small-town America with a big passion to learn about different cultures. During her junior year in college, she finally got to fulfi...
Your career has taken you from the U.S. to India to Thailand. How did you end up working for ISDSI?
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ISDSI, Thailand is a leader in innovative study abroad programs with a focus on experiential education through a close collaboration with local communities. Our flagship semester program, Culture, Ecology and Community runs in the fall and spring semesters and has a strong emphasis on independent research. Students travel and study throughout Thailand, from remote mountain villages in the North to the islands in the South. On expeditions students live with local families and hike, sea kayak and travel through the landscapes they are studying. ISDSI also offers a variety of summer programs aimed to advance your personal, professional and academic goals. All of these run with the same focus on experiential learning and research as our semester program and are grounded in our 25 years of expe...
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ISDSI, Thailand is a leader in innovative study abroad programs with a focus on experiential education through a close collaboration with local communities. Our flagship semester program, Culture, Ecology and Community runs in the fall and spring semesters and has a strong emphasis on independent research. Students travel and study throughout Thailand, from remote mountain villages in the North to the islands in the South. On expeditions students live with local families and hike, sea kayak and travel through the landscapes they are studying. ISDSI also offers a variety of summer programs aimed to advance your personal, professional and academic goals. All of these run with the same focus on experiential learning and research as our semester program and are grounded in our 25 years of expe...
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