ED33F:
Graduate Student Experiences, Preparation, and Pathways into the Workforce II Posters


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Session ID#: 61662

Session Description:
The majority of graduate students in the geosciences follow career paths outside of academia, and need to adapt their transferable skills to a broader workforce, particularly since there has been a decrease in hiring of new graduates at all degree levels since 2013 (AGI, Status of Recent Geosciences Graduates 2017). This session will explore new models of graduate school education. It will examine the Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) experience in what is an increasingly technologically advanced landscape, and innovative models for engaging undergraduate students. We will then address preparing for a career in an evolving profession, and host a panel of geoscientists from beyond academia.
Primary Convener:  Valerie Sloan, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Education & Outreach, Boulder, United States
Conveners:  Kannikha Parameswari Kolandaivelu, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, United States, Jeremy S Littell, US Geological Survey, Alaska Climate Adaptation Science Center, Anchorage, United States and Carolyn E Wilson, American Geological Institute, Alexandria, VA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Valerie Sloan, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Education & Outreach, Boulder, United States
Chairs:  Valerie Sloan, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Education & Outreach, Boulder, United States, Kannikha Parameswari Kolandaivelu, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, United States, Carolyn E Wilson, American Geological Institute, Alexandria, VA, United States and Jeremy S Littell, US Geological Survey, Alaska Climate Adaptation Science Center, Anchorage, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Valerie Sloan, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Education & Outreach, Boulder, United States
Co-Organized with:
Education, and Global Environmental Change

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

Proposed Co-Organized Session with:
  • GC - Global Environmental Change
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Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Carolyn E Wilson1, Chris Keane1 and Annika M Leiby2, (1)American Geosciences Institute, Alexandria, VA, United States, (2)American Geosciences Institute, Alexandria, United States
Philip Andrew McGillivary, US Coast Guard Ice Breaker Operations, Alameda, CA, United States and April Peebler, Heirs To Our Oceans, Redwood City, CA, United States

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