We are grateful to all of the students who joined us in the field in 2025. The data you collected and the research you advanced makes an impact well beyond your semester or summer with us. We appreciate your hard work, dedication and passion for conservation – we can’t wait to see where you’ll go next.

Botswana – Spring 2025

Instructors & Staff: Dikatholo ‘Dix’ Kedikilwe (Botswana Program Director), Domini Bowen (Instructor), Pedro Reali (Instructor) & Pabalelo Motswadi (Assistant Instructor)

  • Helena Karcher (Weber State University)
  • Katrina Hardy (Ithaca College)
  • Ula Simonsen-Webb (California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt)
  • Jonathan Cohen (University of Vermont)
  • Reese Widowski (University of Vermont)
  • Arryn Weeramuni (University of Vermont)

Patagonia – Spring 2025

Instructors & Staff: Claudia Scognamillo (Patagonia Program Director), José Cruz San Martín (Patagonia Program Director), Maria Paz Quercia Raty (Instructor), Felipe Alegria (Instructor), Lily Harrison (Instructor), Ben Schmidt (Instructor), Dantiza Cayun (Camp Manager)

  • Christina Conklin (University of Vermont)
  • Oliver Casey (University of Vermont)
  • Avrie Dreyer (University of Puget Sound)
  • Cora Murphy (Western Washington University)
  • Kate Hanson (Colby College)
  • Gavin Boothby (SUNY College of Environmental Science & Forestry)
  • Margaret McCarthy (Colby College)
  • Tim Hayden (University of Vermont)
  • Alannah Fleming (University of Vermont)
  • Jillian Downey (Sterling College)
  • Lucas Dymit (University of Montana)
  • Kiera Burke (Colby College)
  • Miles Al-Chokhachy (University of Vermont)

Mongolia – Summer 2025

Instructors & Staff: Badamgarav Dovchin (Mongolia Program Director), Chris Smith (Instructor) & TJ Guercio (Assistant Instructor)

  • Tristan Jeo (University of Oregon)
  • Greyson Fesko (SUNY College of Environmental Science & Forestry)
  • Giovanna Silverman-Randolph (Harper College)
  • Fabian Espinoza (SUNY College of Environmental Science & Forestry)
  • Sophie Scothern (Montana State University, post-bach)
  • Cade Conahey (Westminster University)
  • Clare Freid (College of Saint Benedict & Saint John’s University)
  • Campbell Stewart (Colby College)
  • Samantha Herzig (University of California, Davis)
  • Aidan Stevens (University of Montana)

Taku – Summer 2025

Instructors & Staff: Gabriel Kayano (Instructor, RRCS Student Programs Associate Director) & Benjamin Szydlowski (Instructor, RRCS Student Programs Director)

  • Wyatt Skopov-Normane (University of Vermont)
  • Michael Minnick (University of Tennessee, Chattanooga)
  • Ruby Borden (Northland College)
  • Kathryn Anthony (University of Vermont)
  • Lauren Schagel (Lake Superior State University)
  • Karyssa Hiller (University of Vermont)
  • Mariam Adegoke (Colby College)

Botswana – Fall 2025

Instrcutors & Staff: Dikatholo ‘Dix’ Kedikilwe (Botswana Program Director), Lily Harrison (Instructor) & Pabalelo Motswadi (Assistant Instructor)

  • Sierra Rothman-Haji (Colby College)
  • Samuel Hoving (Carleton College)
  • Colin Lane (University of Vermont)
  • Berkley Scharmann (Weber State University)
  • Stephanie Holmes (Carleton College)

Patagonia – Fall 2025

Instructors & Staff: Claudia Scognamillo (Patagonia Program Director), José Cruz San Martín (Patagonia Program Director), Maria Paz Quercia Raty (Instructor), Felipe Alegria (Instructor), Martín Arellano (Program Intern)

  • Sophie Pentz (Duke University)
  • Nicholas Hochanadel (University of Vermont)
  • Margaret Lowell (Carleton College)
  • Samuel Holmes (University of Vermont)
  • Magnus Ames (Carleton College)
  • Panya Cao (Reed College)
  • Noah Besemann (College of Saint Benedict & Saint John’s University)
  • Owen Smith (University of Vermont
  • Oliver Bunker (University of Montana)
  • Kate Loomis-Adams (Middlebury College)