PA23C
What It Means to be a Geoscientist: Defining a Common Identity for the Public and Profession

Tuesday, 15 December 2015: 13:40-15:40
103 (Moscone South)
Primary Conveners:  Christopher M Keane, American Geosciences Institute, Alexandria, VA, United States
Conveners:  P Patrick Leahy, Maeve Boland and Christopher M Keane, American Geosciences Institute, Alexandria, VA, United States
Chairs:  Christopher M Keane, American Geosciences Institute, Alexandria, VA, United States and Maeve Boland, American Geosciences Institute, Alexandria, VA, United States
OSPA Liaisons:  Christopher M Keane, American Geosciences Institute, Alexandria, VA, United States
13:40
Communicating Geosciences with Policy-makers: a Grand Challenge for Academia (66477)
Wendy J Harrison, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, United States
13:55
Geoscientists and the Radical Middle (Invited) (61432)
Scott W. Tinker, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States
14:10
Lighting the path to the frontier we’re pushing: some insights from the 1906 San Francisco earthquake (Invited) (64957)
Richard B Alley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States
14:40
Geodesy Brings the Geoscience Community Together as Geophysicists (75712)
Sarah Kittross1, Linda R Rowan2, Carson Cameron MacPherson-Krutsky3, Aisha Renee Morris2 and Beth A Bartel4, (1)Union College, Schenectady, NY, United States, (2)UNAVCO, Inc. Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, (3)University of Montana, Missoula, MT, United States, (4)University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States
14:55
As Ethics is a Core Attribute of Science, So Geoethics Must Be at the Core of Geoscience (85720)
Vincent S Cronin, Baylor University, Geology, Waco, TX, United States
15:10
Defining the Geoscience Community through a Quantitative Perspective (80942)
Carolyn E Wilson and Christopher M Keane, American Geosciences Institute, Alexandria, VA, United States
15:25
Connecting Geoscience and Decision Makers Through a Common Interface (62797)
Leila M Gonzales1, Charlotte Wood2 and Maeve A Boland2, (1)American Geological Institute, Alexandria, VA, United States, (2)American Geosciences Institute, Alexandria, VA, United States
 
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