ED31I:
Geoscience Workforce Issues: Demography, Gender, and Diversity I

Session ID#: 1565

Wednesday, 17 December 2014: 8:00 AM-10:00 AM
301 (Moscone_South)
Chairs:  Dallas D Rhodes, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA, United States and Christopher M Keane, American Geosciences Institute, Alexandria, United States
Primary Convener:  Dallas D Rhodes, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, United States; Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA, United States
Co-Convener:  Chris Keane, American Geosciences Institute, Alexandria, VA, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Dallas D Rhodes, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA, United States
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • GC - Global Environmental Change
  • PA - Public Affairs
  • SI - Societal Impacts and Policy Sciences
Index Terms:

0850 Geoscience education research [EDUCATION]
0855 Diversity [EDUCATION]
6630 Workforce [PUBLIC ISSUES]
Virtual Option?: No

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

ED31I-01
How Accessible Are the Geosciences? a Study of Professionally Held Perceptions and What They Mean for the Future of Geoscience Workforce Development (Invited) (3461)
Christopher L. Atchison, University of Cincinnati, School of Education and Department of Geology, Cincinnati, OH, United States and Julie C Libarkin, Michigan State University, Earth and Environmental Sciences, East Lansing, MI, United States
ED31I-02
Diversity, Geosciences, and Societal Impact: Perspectives From a Geoscientist, Workforce Development Specialist, and Former Congressional Science Fellow (Invited) (3278)
Aisha R. Morris, U.S. National Science Foundation, Geosciences Directorate, Alexandria, United States
ED31I-03
DIVERSITY IN GEOSCIENCES" NONRESIDENT GRADUATES IN THE US AND GLOBAL DIVERSITY (Invited) (6052)
Elsa Velasco, Society of Exploration Geophysicists, Tulsa, OK, United States
ED31I-05
Recently Identified Changes to the Demographics of the Current and Future Geoscience Workforce (16937)
Carolyn E Wilson, American Geological Institute, Alexandria, VA, United States, Christopher M Keane, American Geosciences Institute, Alexandria, VA, United States and Heather R Houlton, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, United States
ED31I-06
The Two-Year Colleges’ Role in Building the Future Geoscience Technical Workforce (13268)
Ben Wolfe, Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City, Department of Natural Sciences, Kansas City, MO, United States
ED31I-07
The Geoscience Alliance--A National Network for Broadening Participation of Native Americans in the Geosciences (18956)
Diana M Dalbotten, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, St. Anthony Falls Laboratory, Minneapolis, MN, United States and Antony R Berthelote, Salish Kootenai College, Hydrology, Pablo, MT, United States
ED31I-08
Why Is My Slice of the Pie so Small? the Individual in Context of the Broader Geoscience Workforce. (11525)
Christopher M Keane and P Patrick Leahy, American Geosciences Institute, Alexandria, VA, United States
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