ED12A:
Aiming for Truly Diverse Diversity to Strengthen the Geoscience Community II


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Session ID#: 59264

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 and Benjamin Andrew Keisling, University of Texas Institute for Geophysics, Austin, United States
Primary Liaison:  Sharon K Cooper, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, NY, United States
Chairs:  Sharon K Cooper, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, NY, United States, Wesley Henson, U.S. Geological Survey, San Diego, CA, United States and Benjamin Andrew Keisling, University of Texas Institute for Geophysics, Austin, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Sharon K Cooper, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, NY, 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:

Caminos a la Ciencia: Two Years of Engaging Young Latinas in STEM in Central Virginia (397788)
Prof. Rebecca R H Michelsen and April H Marchetti, Randolph-Macon College, Department of Chemistry, Ashland, VA, United States
DC Rocks: Getting Kids in DC from Underrepresented Groups Hooked on Rocks (and Other Geoscience Topics) While They Are Young (374917)
Gari C Mayberry, USGS Volcano Science Center, Washington, DC, United States and Giuseppina Kysar Mattietti, George Mason University Fairfax, Fairfax, VA, United States
Incorporation of geoscience topics in STEM programs supporting underrepresented minority students in Los Angeles (371455)
Dieuwertje Kast, University of Southern California, USC Joint Educational Project, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Engaging high school students from underrepresented minorities in the geosciences through graduate student-led, challenge-based learning (448035)
Alissa Kotowski, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States, Vashan Desmond Wright, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, United States, Nick Soltis, Auburn University at Montgomery, Montgomery, AL, United States and Katherine Kelly Ellins, The University of Texas at Austin, Jackson School of Geosciences, Austin, United States
Increasing Underrepresented High School Students’ STEM Career Awareness and Interest: An Informal Geospatial Science Program (459696)
Garrett Millar, North Carolina State University Raleigh, Center for Geospatial Analytics, Raleigh, NC, United States, Eric S Money, North Carolina State University Raleigh, Center for Geospatial Analytics, Raleigh, United States, Kyle S Bunds, North Carolina State University Raleigh, Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management, Raleigh, NC, United States and Helena Mitasova, North Carolina State University, Center for Geospatial Analytics, Raleigh, United States
Using data of IODP Expedition 362 in a classroom activity to illustrate and quantify the erosion of the Himalaya mountains (391902)
Pointu Agnes, Integrated Ocean Drilling Program, Tx, Crespieres, TX, France and Hugo Pouderoux, University de Rennes, Geosciences Rennes, Rennes, France
Improved STEM Education for 21st Century Environmental Scientists through Stratified Mentoring and Professional Networking at a Hispanic Serving Institution (390756)
Lixin Jin1, Vanessa Lougheed2, Elizabeth Walsh2, Diane Irene Doser3, Maryam Zarei Chaleshtori4 and Guadalupe Corral5, (1)The University of Texas at El Paso, Department of Earth, Environmental and Resource Sciences, El Paso, United States, (2)University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX, United States, (3)University of Texas at El Paso, Department of Earth, Environmental and Resource Sciences, El Paso, United States, (4)University of Texas at El Paso, Geological Sciences, El Paso, TX, United States, (5)University of Texas at El Paso, Research Evaluation and Assessment Services, El Paso, TX, United States
CU-STARs: Cultivating Undergraduate Physics Identity Through Outreach and Multilevel Mentoring (447738)
Andrew Paul Sturner, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, CO, United States, Erica Ellingson, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, United States and CU-STARs Graduate Administrators Team
STEMSEAS: An Innovative Approach to Filling the Exposure Gap for Students from Diverse Communities (400745)
Jonathan C Lewis, Indiana University of Pennsylvania Main Campus, Anthropology, Geospatial and Earth Sciences, Indiana, PA, United States and Sharon K Cooper, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, NY, United States
Mentoring opportunities for graduate students through STEM SEAS (369773)
Raquel Bryant, Wesleyan University, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Middletown, CT, United States and Sharon K Cooper, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, NY, United States
A-STEP to Understanding Science: IODP School of Rock and Ambassadors for STEM Education to Enhance Participation (468507)
Lisa D White, University of California Berkeley, Museum of Paleontology, Berkeley, CA, United States, Sharon K Cooper, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, NY, United States and Jonathan C Lewis, Indiana University of Pennsylvania Main Campus, Anthropology, Geospatial and Earth Sciences, Indiana, PA, United States

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