Thailand and Cambodia – The Simpsonian

Students interested in doing a May Term study abroad program this spring will have the opportunity to go to Thailand and Cambodia, known as “the land of smiles”. 

The course instructors will be Kelly Swinton, Assistant Professor of Accounting, and John Walker, Associate Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship. 

This will be the third iteration of this trip. The first two times, it was to Thailand and Vietnam. 

“The purpose of this course is to study business and social entrepreneurship with business visits to the U.S. Embassy and a law firm in Bangkok,” Swinton said. “The social entrepreneurship piece is interacting with local organizations that have a business, and the profit is then put back towards a social purpose.”

The class will be accompanied by a tour guide to help with the language barrier that comes with traveling to a foreign…