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Interested in the Anthropology of Health?
Public Health? Environmental Health? Mexico?
study abroad program in Health and the Environment in Summer 2017! Our
research and service-based learning program will be in three locations: San Antonio, Texas; Rio Grande
Valley/South Padre Island, Texas, and Guadalajara, Mexico. Our 2017 topics are risk perceptions of Zika
We are offering a new
Virus infection and zoonotic diseases from wild primates to tourists. We will be collecting data in zoos and doing service
learning in wildlife rehabilitation and/or rescue organizations.
To apply, please visit our program website at:
http://studyabroad.utsa.edu/index.cfm?FuseAction=Programs.ViewProgram&Program_ID=11839
The Spring application deadline is February 2.
Financial aid applies, and scholarships are available through
UTSA's Study Abroad. Notification of acceptance will be sent by February 16.
Course Credits:
6 upper level credits in Anthropology: 4953 (Special Topics) and 4913 (Independent Study)
Basic Budget:
Package cost: $3800
•Program Fees $1400, including $150 UTSA Study Abroad fee
•Housing $1300 (not including within San Antonio)
•Food $750 (not including within San Antonio)
•Transportation $550 (not including within San Antonio)
•Excursions $200
•Research supplies $50
•Spanish conversation practice $50
•Discount! -$500
NOT included in above package cost:
•Tuition
•Passport
•Medicine (including vaccines if necessary)
•Cell phone airtime
•Souvenirs
Program Details:
Students will have the opportunity to learn biocultural research methods and ethics through a binational research and service
learning course in health and the environment. Students will be immersed in research and service-based learning around the
topics of risk perceptions of Zika Virus infection and zoonotic diseases from wild primates to tourists, using a comparative
approach by studying in San Antonio, Texas, the lower Rio Grande Valley (US-Mexico border), Texas, and Guadalajara,
Mexico. Students will develop short-term research projects around infectious disease, environmental change, and risk
perception under the guidance of supervising UTSA faculty as well as collaborating Guadalajara (GDL) faculty. Student
research projects will dovetail with the environmental and medical anthropology specialties of UTSA Anthropology faculty and
doctoral program. Student research projects will occur in zoos; students service based learning will be at local wildlife
rehabilitation or rescue organizations (see below). Student learning outcomes include:
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Define and execute a successful anthropological research project in health and the environment that is enhanced
through service-based learning.
Effectively communicate the relevance of anthropology to health research to community partners.
Upon return, effectively communicate the research to the university community.
To apply, please visit our program website at:
http://studyabroad.utsa.edu/index.cfm?FuseAction=Programs.ViewProgram&Program_ID=11839
Program Locations:
 San Antonio, Texas (Weeks 1, 2, 7, 8)
 South Padre Island and Brownsville, Texas (Weeks 3, 4)
 Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico (Weeks 5, 6)
Program Dates: June 19 - August 13, 2017
Program Partners:
1. San Antonio, Texas
A. Research: San Antonio Zoo
B. Service based learning: Primarily Primates
2. South Padre Island and Brownsville, Texas
A. Research: Gladys Porter Zoo, Brownsville
B. Service based learning: Sea Turtle Rescue, Inc., South Padre Island
3. Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
A. Research: Zoológico Guadalajara (Academic partners: Universidad de Guadalajara Program in Veterinary Medicine)
B. Service based learning: Centro Para la Conservación e Investigación de la Vida Silvestre
Program Benefits:
1. Biocultural methods and ethics training.
2. Cross-cultural research in situ.
3. International capstone experience that combines research and service-based learning.
4. Study abroad experience in Latin America.
5. Skills relevant to academic and applied anthropology and any health-related field.
6. Research collaboration with American and Mexican graduate and undergraduate students.
Questions?
Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact either of us, your faculty leaders. We will have a drop-in
information session. Come meet us from 4-6 PM on Tuesday, January 31, in the UC Starbucks and let us answer any questions
you may have.
Thank you,
Michael Muehlenbein ([email protected])
Jill Fleuriet ([email protected])
To apply, please visit our program website at:
http://studyabroad.utsa.edu/index.cfm?FuseAction=Programs.ViewProgram&Program_ID=11839