ED11A:
Aiming for Truly Diverse Diversity to Strengthen the Geoscience Community I


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Session ID#: 59258

Session Description:
The geosciences continue to lag other STEM disciplines in the engagement, recruitment, and retention of traditionally underrepresented and underserved groups. Diversity is a vital priority because it promotes innovation, strengthens the community's ability to tackle complex geoscience problems, and engenders widespread Earth science literacy. The geosciences need to develop an inclusive environment that proactively values individuals of all backgrounds, genders, sexualities, abilities, etc., and encourages them to bring their whole person to the discipline.  In spite of recent funding initiatives dedicated to strengthening education outcomes, diversity, and inclusiveness in STEM, there remains much room for improvement.  In this session, we invite sharing of programs that provide training in key skills and competencies, engage participants in experiential training, and foster inclusive environments to attract, retain, and prepare geoscience students from underrepresented groups. We seek examples, best practices, and innovative steps aimed at all aspects of diversity and inclusion across the geosciences.
Primary Convener:  Sharon K Cooper, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, NY, United States
Conveners:  Wesley Henson, U.S. Geological Survey, San Diego, CA, United States, Benjamin Andrew Keisling, University of Texas Institute for Geophysics, Austin, United States and Gari C Mayberry, USGS, Volcano Science Center, Vancouver, United States
Primary Liaison:  Sharon K Cooper, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, NY, United States
Chairs:  Wesley Henson, U.S. Geological Survey, San Diego, CA, United States and Sharon K Cooper, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, NY, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Gari C Mayberry, USGS, Volcano Science Center, Vancouver, United States

Cross-Listed:
  • PA - Public Affairs
  • SI - Societal Impacts and Policy Sciences
Index Terms:

0810 Post-secondary education [EDUCATION]
0850 Geoscience education research [EDUCATION]
0855 Diversity [EDUCATION]
6630 Workforce [PUBLIC ISSUES]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

A Student's Perspective of Being Disabled in the Field. (464816)
Leah Zeppelin Miller, Highline Community College, Des Moines, WA, United States
Increasing Inclusion and Accessibility in Undergraduate Geology Labs Through Scenario-Based TA Training (374022)
Emily Fairfax, University of Colorado Boulder, Geological Sciences, Boulder, United States and Megan R.M. Brown, University of Colorado Boulder, Department of Geological Sciences, Boulder, CO, United States
BRIDGE: a student-led effort to increase the diversity of speakers invited to campus (345126)
Nigel Allen Golden, Woodwell Climate Research Center, Falmouth, United States, Mariela Garcia Arredondo, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States, Raquel Bryant, Wesleyan University, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Middletown, CT, United States and Benjamin Andrew Keisling, University of Texas Institute for Geophysics, Austin, United States
You Are Welcome Here: How to Quadruple the Number of LGBTQ+ Graduate Students in Your Department in Two Years (418979)
Mel Abler and Bernard Lipat Jr, Columbia University of New York, Palisades, NY, United States
Peer-to-Peer Bystander Intervention Training for Employees in Science and Science-Support Roles: Best Practices and Lessons Learned (416088)
Alexandra Etheridge, USGS California Water Science Center Sacramento, Sacramento, CA, United States and Moses P Milazzo, US Geological Survey, Astrogeology Science Center, Flagstaff, United States
Geoscientists are humans too: Increasing inclusivity in geosciences through empathy building conversations with Diversi-Tea (447678)
Jesse B. Bateman, SUNY Cortland, Biological Sciences, Cortland, NY, United States, Ashley A. Kruythoff, University of California, Los Angeles, Institute of Environment and Sustainability, Los Angeles, CA, United States, Marianna Linz, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States, Mellisha Stokes, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States, Robert Nguyen Ulrich, University of South Florida, College of Marine Science, St. Petersburg, United States and Aradhna K Tripati, University of California Los Angeles, Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, Los Angeles, United States
Engaging and empowering students historically underrepresented in geoscience through an introductory-level community-centered writing assignment (341469)
Linda A Reinen, Pomona College, Claremont, CA, United States and Karen M Kortz, Comm College of Rhode Island, Lincoln, RI, United States
Diversifying and Replenishing the Geoscience Workforce through an Intensive Undergraduate Geoscience Internship Program for Non-Geoscience STEM Majors (452573)
Janet Liou-Mark, CUNY New York City College of Technology, Mathematics, Brooklyn, NY, United States, Reginald Blake, CUNY New York City College of Technology, Brooklyn, United States and Laura Yuen-Lau, CUNY New York City College of Technology, Brooklyn, NY, United States
Engaging Underrepresented Students in Geotechnical Careers in their Communities (438633)
David Mrofka, Mount San Antonio Community College, Earth Sciences and Astronomy, Walnut, CA, United States and Becca Walker, Mt. San Antonio College, Earth Sciences and Astronomy, Walnut, United States
Teach the Earth: Linking research and practice to attract, support, and prepare diverse students for geoscience careers (437496)
John Robert McDaris1, Cathryn Allen Manduca2, Ellen A R Iverson2 and Cailin Huyck Orr3, (1)University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Minneapolis, United States, (2)Carleton College, SERC, Northfield, MN, United States, (3)Carleton College, Northfield, MN, United States
Drivers of and Impediments to Diversity in Enrollment and Retention in Geology Programs (460409)
David Walter Sparks1, Julie Newman2 and Alison Snell1, (1)Texas A&M University College Station, College Station, TX, United States, (2)Texas A&M University, Geology and Geophysics, College Station, TX, United States
The Sociology of Recruitment and Retention of Underrepresented Groups in STEM: The Role of Faculty Members (441211)
Brian Chad Starks, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, United States

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