ED22A
Strategies, Best Practices, Successes, and Lessons Learned for Advancing Entry-Level, Mid-Skill, and Professional-Level URM Participation in the Geosciences Workforce I

Tuesday, 15 December 2015: 10:20-12:20
310 (Moscone South)
Primary Conveners:  Ashanti Johnson, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, United States; Institute for Broadening Participation, Damariscotta, ME, United States
Conveners:  Vivian Williamson, Institute for Broadening Participation, Damariscotta, ME, United States, Melanie Harrison Okoro, NOAA, Boulder, CO, United States and Jerome Murphy, ExxonMobil Spring, Spring, TX, United States
Chairs:  Ashanti Johnson, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, United States, Vivian Williamson, Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States, Melanie Harrison Okoro, NOAA Camp Springs, Camp Springs, MD, United States and Jerome Murphy, ExxonMobil Spring, Spring, TX, United States
OSPA Liaisons:  Ashanti Johnson, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, United States
10:20
ED22A-01
Middle-Skilled Workforce Needs in a Changing Oil and Gas Industry: the Role of Flexibility. As the Oil Industry continues to shed jobs due to the global downturn in oil prices, one of the most vulnerable sectors to job loss are the middle-skilled workers such as the technicians and drill operators. We present options and ideas to mitigate the problem. (Invited) (83451)
Kim Waddell, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC, United States
10:35
ED22A-02
Challenges of Broadening Participation in the Geospatial Technology Workforce (Invited) (63565)
David DiBiase, ESRI, Redlands, CA, United States
10:50
ED22A-03
Innovative Training Experience for Advancing Entry Level, Mid-Skilled and Professional Level URM Participation in the Geosciences Workforce  (80379)
Melanie Harrison Okoro, NOAA Camp Springs, Camp Springs, MD, United States
11:05
ED22A-04
The Woods Hole Partnership Education Program (PEP): Broadening Participation in the Geosciences (84807)
Onjale Scott, NOAA-Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Woods Hole, MA, United States
11:20
ED22A-05
Partnering with a Community College and Research University to attract Underrepresented Students to the Geosciences: The Student Experience (81481)
John S Wickham1, Daniel Saunders1 and Gary Smith2, (1)University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, United States, (2)Tarrant County College District, VP Academic Affairs, NE Campus, Fort Worth, TX, United States
11:35
ED22A-06
“Fort Valley State University Cooperative Developmental Energy Program: Broadening the Participation of Underrepresented Minorities in the Geosciences” (85167)
Isaac Crumbly, Jackie Hodges, Aditya Kar and Lisa Rashidi, Fort Valley State University, Cooperative Developmental Energy Program, Fort Valley, GA, United States
11:50
ED22A-07
MS PHD’S: A Successful Model Promoting Inclusion, Preparation and Engagement of Underrepresented Minorities within the Geosciences Workforce (83010)
Elizabeth Padilla1, Onjale Scott2, Jeramie T Strickland3, Lois Ricciardi4, Warner I Guzman5, LaTanya Braxton4, Vivian Williamson4 and Ashanti Johnson6, (1)University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, United States, (2)Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL, United States, (3)U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge, Winona, MN, United States, (4)Institute for Broadening Participation, Damariscotta, ME, United States, (5)University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras Campus, Cidra, PR, United States, (6)University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, United States
12:05
ED22A-08
The Virtual Poster Showcase: Opportunities for students to present their research from anywhere (Invited) (66962)
Pranoti M Asher, Harry Furukawa, Billy M Williams and Bethany Holm Adamec, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, United States
 
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