ED33A:
Changing the Culture: Preparing a Diverse and Inclusive Ocean Sciences Workforce I

Session ID#: 92729

Session Description:
Broadening participation in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) is recognized as critical to the science and engineering enterprise; diversity being an important driver of discovery and innovation. In the ocean sciences, the percentage of Underrepresented Minority (URM) degree attainment has not increased, despite increased URM degree attainment in other STEM fields. This session invites presentations that focus on broadening participation strategies that are currently being used to increase recruitment and retention of URMs in ocean sciences as well as discussion of strategies that are needed to change the culture for improved recruitment and retention.  Discussion of strategies to mitigate harassment, discriminatory practices, subconscious bias, structural and cultural biases or other barriers to inclusion are welcome. The goals of this session are to highlight work that focuses on: 1) addressing short- and long-term impacts of toxic work/learning environments in ocean sciences, 2) enhancing recruitment and retention of URMs in ocean sciences, 3) improving the work climate with a goal of preparing a diverse and inclusive ocean sciences workforce (allyship); and 4) exploring ways in which the ocean sciences can support and advance environmental justice. Please indicate in your abstract which goal(s) your submission addresses.
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • SI - Social-Ocean Science Interactions and SDGs
Index Terms:

0810 Post-secondary education [EDUCATION]
0855 Diversity [EDUCATION]
6319 Institutions [POLICY SCIENCES & PUBLIC ISSUES]
6630 Workforce [POLICY SCIENCES & PUBLIC ISSUES]
Primary Chair:  Sarah E Kolesar, Oregon Sea Grant, Corvallis, OR, United States
Co-chairs:  Lisa D White, University of California Berkeley, Museum of Paleontology, Berkeley, United States, Corey Garza, California State University Monterey Bay, Marine Science, Seaside, United States and Brandon Jones, National Science Foundation, Directorate for Geosciences, Arlington, VA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Sarah E Kolesar, Oregon Sea Grant, Corvallis, OR, United States
Moderators:  Lisa D White, University of California Berkeley, Museum of Paleontology, Berkeley, United States, Corey Garza, California State University Monterey Bay, Marine Science, Seaside, United States, Sharon K Cooper, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, U.S. Science Support Program, Palisades, United States, Jonathan C Lewis, Indiana University of Pennsylvania Main Campus, Geography Geology Environment & Planning, Indiana, United States, Sonya Legg, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, United States and Dr. Mona Behl, University of Georgia, Georgia Sea Grant, Athens, GA, United States
Student Paper Review Liaisons:  Sarah E Kolesar, Oregon Sea Grant, Corvallis, OR, United States and Brandon Jones, National Science Foundation, Directorate for Geosciences, Arlington, VA, United States

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

ED33A-01
Understanding Experiences of Women in Marine Science: Results of an initial pilot study (646858)
Lindsey Williams, MIT Sea Grant College Program, Cambridge, MA, United States and Tracey Dalton, University of Rhode Island, Marine Affairs, Narragansett, United States
ED33A-02
Exciting interest in physics and geophysics among young women of color through the medium of dance. (637651)
Lawrence J Pratt1, Folashade Cromwell Solomon2, Tracey Wright2, Singh Vandana3, Mariah Steele4 and Dionne Champion5, (1)Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, United States, (2)TERC, United States, (3)Framingham State University, United States, (4)University of Rochester, United States, (5)University of Florida, College of the Arts, United States
ED33A-03
Sea(ing) a Change in the Demographics of Oceanographic Research in South Africa (653632)
Katye Altieri1, Isabelle Jane Ansorge2, Sarah Fawcett1 and Juliet Hermes3, (1)University of Cape Town, Oceanography Department, Cape Town, South Africa, (2)University of Cape Town, Department of Oceanography, Cape Town, South Africa, (3)South African Environmental Observation Network, Pretoria, South Africa
ED33A-04
Python and Open-Source Software for Developing Countries: A Catalyst for Change (657037)
Paige Martin, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, United States, Christian E. Buckingham, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Département de Physique, Brest, France and Brian K Arbic, University of Michigan, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
ED33A-05
A place-based, oceanography summer bridge course as part of an academic and curricular pathway from 2YCs to a 4YC for Native Hawaiian and other underrepresented students in the geosciences (641168)
Michael Guidry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Global Environmental Science Program, Honolulu, HI, United States, Rosie Alegado, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, United States, Margaret Anne McManus, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Oceanography, Honolulu, HI, United States, Alma CAROLINA Castillo-Trujillo, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States, Haunani H Kane, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Department of Earth Sciences, Honolulu, United States, Mariko Hatta, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Oceanography, Honolulu, United States, Victoria Sindorf, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, Honolulu, HI, United States, Kimberley Kanani Mayfield, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, United States and Maxime Grand, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, Moss Landing, United States
ED33A-06
Increasing Undergraduate Participation in the Geosciences Through the Partnership of University Housing and Academics (637539)
William Jones, University of South Carolina, Green Quad Living, Learning Community / Housing, Columbia, SC, United States, Claudia R Benitez-Nelson, University of South Carolina, School of the Earth, Ocean, and Environment, Columbia, United States and Karen McNeal, Auburn University, Geosciences, Auburn, AL, United States
ED33A-07
Embedded in an Oceanographic Research Lab: A Partnership with a K-12 Teacher to Bring Diversity to Ocean Sciences. (650893)
Anna Michel, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering, Woods Hole, MA, United States, Stacey Strong, Falmouth Public Schools, Falmouth, MA, United States and Judith Fenwick, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, United States
ED33A-08
Ocean Discovery Institute’s Scientist-in-Residence Program: A model of how science mentorship can prepare underrepresented minority students for careers in ocean science (640952)
Joel Barkan, Ocean Discovery Institute, San Diego, CA, United States, Catalina Martinez, NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Narragansett, RI, United States and Jasmin G John, NOAA/GFDL, Princeton, NJ, United States
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