ED34A:
Pathways for Increasing and Advancing Diversity and Gender Parity in the Next Generation of Geoscientists II

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Session ID#: 35449

Session Description:
There are many opportunities for enhancing diversity and gender parity in the geosciences. With these opportunities in mind, this session is focused on addressing effective and practical methods/strategies to improve these matters. Geoscience addresses critical components of the natural environment that is shared by all communities. An expanded D&I footprint creates opportunities for a more vested interest in the environment among all communities and stakeholders. Subtopics of the session include broadening participation across underrepresented groups including faculty and students, tactics for recruiting diverse applicants in the geoscience workforce, reducing implicit bias, strengths and weaknesses of pipeline programs, increasing gender parity, and the impacts of affinity/employee resource groups on broadening participation and increasing recruitment and retention. The target audience includes hiring/program managers, supervisors, heads/chairs, and all others interested in a more inclusive and diverse earth science community. The session will be convened by NOAA’s Diversity and Professional Advancement Working Group.
Primary Convener:  Alisa Holley Young, NOAA Boulder, NESDIS/NCEI, Boulder, United States
Conveners:  DaNa L Carlis, NOAA Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, Global Systems Laboratory, Boulder, CO, United States, Hernan Eduardo Garcia, NOAA/NODC, Silver Spring, MD, United States and Martin Yapur, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Silver Spring, MD, United States
Chairs:  DaNa L Carlis, NOAA Ocean and Atmospheric Research, College Park, MD, United States and Alisa Holley Young, NOAA Boulder, NESDIS/NCEI, Boulder, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Martin Yapur, NOAA Washington DC, Washington, DC, United States
Index Terms:

0855 Diversity [EDUCATION]
1699 General or miscellaneous [GLOBAL CHANGE]
6630 Workforce [PUBLIC ISSUES]
6699 General or miscellaneous [PUBLIC ISSUES]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Teen Science Cafés: A Model for Addressing Broader Impacts, Diversity, and Recruitment (257119)
Michael A Mayhew and Michelle Hall, Science Education Solutions, Los Alamos, NM, United States
Caminos a la Ciencia: Recruiting and Retaining Latina High School Students in the Geosciences and Other STEM Disciplines through Cohort Learning (287517)
Prof. Rebecca R H Michelsen1, Rachele Dominguez2 and April H Marchetti1, (1)Randolph-Macon College, Department of Chemistry, Ashland, VA, United States, (2)Randolph-Macon College, Department of Physics, Ashland, VA, United States
Multicontext Diversity: The critical dimension of diversity that can attract students and help them thrive (266962)
Gary S Weissmann, University of New Mexico Main Campus, Albuquerque, NM, United States, Roberto Ibarra, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, United States and Michael Howland-Davis, University of New Mexico Main Campus, Department of Sociology, Albuquerque, NM, United States
Engaging diverse community college students in the geosciences through a year-round career mentoring and research workforce program (290669)
Valerie Sloan, NCAR|UCAR, Education & Outreach, Boulder, CO, United States, Laura M Barge, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States and Marianne Smith, Citrus College, Glendora, CA, United States
Increasing the Presence of Underrepresented Minorities in the Geosciences: The Woods Hole Partnership Education Program Model and Outcomes (281193)
Adrienne George, Woods Hole Partnership Education Program, Woods Hole, MA, United States, Benjamin Gutierrez, U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole, MA, United States, Ambrose Jearld Jr, The Woods Hole Partnership Education Program, Woods Hole, United States, George Liles, NOAA Fisheries Woods Hole Laboratory, Woods Hole, United States, Onjalé Scott Price, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL, United States and Benjamin Harden, Sea Education Association, Woods Hole, United States
Through the Lens of TEK – Building GeoScience Pathways for American Indian/Alaska Native Students (294127)
William J Thomas, NOAA Honolulu, Honolulu, HI, United States, Suzanne van Cooten, NOAA/NWS River Forecasting Center, Slidell, United States, Beth Wrege, Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States and Dan Wildcat, Haskell Indian Nations University, Lawrence, KS, United States
Balance in Representation - More Than One Way to Tip the Scales (254770)
DaNa L Carlis, NOAA Ocean and Atmospheric Research, College Park, MD, United States and David S. Rowell, NOAA National Weather Service, Kansas City, MO, United States
Are there any upticks in federally employed women and minorities in STEM at the leading U.S. science agencies? (208690)
Alisa Holley Young, NOAA Boulder, NESDIS/NCEI, Boulder, United States, DaNa L Carlis, NOAA Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, Global Systems Laboratory, Boulder, CO, United States and Daniel J Melendez Alvira, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, CO, United States

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