Transitioning from Faculty-Led Lecture to Student-Centered Field Learning Facilitated by Near-Peer Mentors: Preliminary Findings from the GeoFORCE/ STEMFORCE Program.

Michelle Berry1, Vashan Desmond Wright2, Katherine Kelly Ellins3, Mercy Grace Jackson Browder4, Rocio Castillo4, Alissa Kotowski5, Julie C Libarkin6, Johnny Lu5, Nishma Maredia5 and Nicole Butler5, (1)Brigham Resources, Austin, TX, United States, (2)Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, United States, (3)The University of Texas at Austin, Jackson School of Geosciences, Austin, United States, (4)Fort Valley State University, Fort Valley, GA, United States, (5)University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States, (6)Michigan State University, Earth and Environmental Sciences, East Lansing, MI, United States