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Megan McGinty: Outward Bound, NOLS - Students Engulfed In A Forest Fire
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Megan is currently living in Fairbanks, Alaska, on the lands of the Upper Tanana people, finishing up a Post Doctorate contract with the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Megan has had an extensive career working in outdoor education. In 1992 she began the first of her eight years working for the North Carolina Outward Bound and later the Pacific Crest Outward Bound School. She also instructed for a few years with NOLS and held various coordinator positions with the North Cascades Institute.
She instructed backpacking, rock climbing, canoeing, mountaineering, and educator courses in North Carolina, the Everglades, Costa Rica, Oregon, Washington, and Chile. In 2016 Megan earned her Ph.D. in, Education, focusing on Learning Sciences and Human Development. She will soon be leaving Alaska to pursue other opportunities in Washington State, where she can also be much closer to family.
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