Maggie Speaks With Natural History Museum's Su Oh About Becoming Jane: The Evolution Of Jane Goodall

Su OhSenior Vice President, Education, Exhibitions and Community EngagementAs the Vice President of Education and Programs, Oh is responsible for increasing the Museum’s presence and influence in Southern California and developing new relationships with institutions and educational organizations in the region that engage the community in impactful lifelong learning relationships. At NHMLAC since 2007, most recently as Director of Education and Programs, Oh shaped and spearheaded educational and entertaining events during the Museum’s dynamic transformation into an indoor-outdoor museum. She oversaw the redesign of the award-winning Mobile Museum: An Ocean Experience, and transformed the performing arts, interpretation and training, volunteers, and school visits programs. In her new role, she will continue to oversee the Museum’s signature events, including sold-out First Fridays seasons, Summer Nights in the Garden, Dino Fest, L.A. Nature Fest, and Bug Fair—more than 100 programs a year.Becoming Jane: The Evolution Of Dr. Jane Goodall explores a hands-on, transportive, multimedia exhibition celebrating the extraordinary life and work of world-renowned conservationist and ethologist Dr. Jane Goodall. NOVEMBER 7, 2021 - APRIL 17, 2022 at the Natural History Museum in Los AngelesDr. Jane Goodall, DBE, founder of the Jane Goodall Institute & UN Messenger of Peace, started as an intrepid young woman with a dream to learn about animals in Africa. Dr. Goodall traveled to what is now Tanzania’s Gombe Stream National Park and immersed herself by observing chimpanzees in their natural habitat. Her work studying the lives of chimpanzees in the wild captured the imagination of the world. Rather than seeing the animals as subjects, she came to know them as individuals with personalities and emotions—a notion once rejected by the scientific world, yet now considered revolutionary. Today, in her current role as an activist, mentor and advocate for creating a better world for all life on Earth, she inspires us all. Her story—one of fearless determination, curiosity, the pursuit of knowledge and a passionate love of the natural world—has resonated with generations of people around the globe.Source: https://nhm.org/person/oh-suSource: https://nhm.orgThis episode is from an archive from the KPFK program Profiles adapted for podcast. Host Maggie LePique, a radio veteran since the 1980's at NPR in Kansas City Mo. She began her radio career in Los Angeles in the early 1990's and has worked for Pacifica station KPFK Radio in Los Angeles since 1994. Send us Fan MailSupport the show@profileswithmaggielepique@maggielepique