2004 Denver Annual Meeting (November 7–10, 2004)
Session No. 116 Monday, November 8, 2004
1:30 PM-5:30 PM, Colorado Convention Center: 603

T137. Minorities, Women, and Persons with Disabilities in the Geosciences: Continuing Issues and Innovative Solutions

Maya Elrick, Marc Carrasco, John William Pennington and Cassandra Runyon, Presiding
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116-11:30 PM THE GEOSCIENCES WORKFORCE: A STATISTICAL OVERVIEW: CZUJKO, Roman, Statistical Research Center, American Institute of Physics, One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, rczujko@aip.org.
116-21:50 PM THE SOCIETY FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF CHICANOS AND NATIVE AMERICANS IN SCIENCE (SACNAS) GEOSCIENCE INITIATIVE: VELASCO, Aaron A., Geological Sciences, Univ of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX 79968-0555, velasco@geo.utep.edu.
116-32:10 PM PROMOTING GEOSCIENCE LITERACY FOR AMERICAN INDIAN TEACHERS: A PRACTICAL LONG-TERM INVESTMENT IN DIVERSITY: SEMKEN, Steven, Department of Geological Sciences, Arizona State Univ, POB 871404, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404, semken@asu.edu.
116-42:30 PM THE STATUS OF WOMEN IN GEOSCIENCE ACADEMIA: DATA AND PERCEPTIONS: HOLMES, Mary Anne, Geosciences, Univ of Nebraska-Lincoln, 214 Bessey Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588-0340, mholmes2@unl.edu, O'CONNELL, Suzanne, E&ES, Wesleyan Univ, 265 Church St, Middletown, CT 06459, FREY, Connie, Bureau of Sociological Research, Univ of Nebraska-Lincoln, 730 Oldfather Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588-0340, and ONGLEY, Lois, 221 Pease Hill Rd, Monmouth, ME 04259
116-52:45 PM "SPICING" UP GEOSCIENCE EDUCATION: UTILIZING INNOVATIVE PARTNERSHIPS TO ENGAGE MINORITIES AND FEMALES IN GEOSCIENCES THROUGH INQUIRY-BASED COLLABORATIVE EDUCATION: GRAWE, Larisa R., Department of Zoology/FLMNH, Univ of Florida, 223 Bartram Hall, POB 118525, Gainesville, FL 32611-8525, lgrawe@ufl.edu and GRAY, Felica, Lincoln Middle School, 1001 S.E. 12th Street, Gainesville, FL 32641
116-63:00 PM INGEOS – INDIANS INTO GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES: AN APPROACH TO MENTOR YOUNG SCIENTISTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA: HARTMAN, Joseph H.1, MITCHELL, Lloyd W. III1, DAVIS, Mike A.1, GERLA, Phil J.1, and DAHLBERG, Steven2, (1) Geology and Geological Engineering, Univ of North Dakota, Box 8358, Grand Forks, ND 58202, joseph_hartman@und.nodak.edu, (2) White Earth Tribal Community College, 202 South Main Street, PO Box 478, Mahnomen, MN 56557
116-73:15 PM TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES FOR DIVERSITY ENHANCEMENT IN THE GEOSCIENCES THROUGH THE BUFFALO GEOSCIENCES PROGRAM (BGP): BAKER, Gregory S.1, STOKES, Phil1, BIRDD, Don2, DORSEY, Dara2, SPLETT, John3, and STALEY, John4, (1) Dept. of Geology, Univ at Buffalo (SUNY), 876 Natural Sciences Complex, Buffalo, NY 14068-3050, gbaker@geology.buffalo.edu, (2) Earth Sciences and Science Education, Buffalo State College, 1300 Elmwood Ave, Buffalo, NY 14222, (3) Physics, Erie County Community College - City Campus, 121 Ellicott Street, Buffalo, NY 14203, (4) Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, Univ at Buffalo (SUNY), 548 Capan Hall, Buffalo, NY 14068-3050
116-83:30 PM EAST ALLIANCE IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS: AN INTEGRATIVE PROGRAM TO SUPPORT STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES IN SCIENCE: LOCKE, Sharon, Department of Geosciences and USM Research Initiatives, Univ of Southern Maine, PO Box 9300, 96 Falmouth Street, Portland, ME 04104, slocke@usm.maine.edu and COHEN, Libby, The Spurwink Institute, 60 Pineland Drive, Building 4, New Gloucester, ME 04260
 3:45 PM Discussion
116-94:00 PM EFFORTS TO INCREASE DIVERSITY IN THE GEOSCIENCES AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL: THE SF-ROCKS PROGRAM AT SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY (SFSU): WHITE, Lisa D., GROVE, Karen, GARCIA, Oswaldo, PESTRONG, Raymond, DEMPSEY, Dave, LA FORCE, Matthew J., SNOW, Mary K., DAVIS, Jennifer, and FRIEBERG, Elizabeth, Department of Geosciences, San Francisco State Univ, 1600 Holloway Ave, San Francisco, CA 94132, lwhite@sfsu.edu
116-104:15 PM THE “TOP-DOWN” APPROACH: A COURSE DESIGN TO STIMULATE MINORITY INTEREST IN GEOSCIENCE: FERRELL, Ray E., ANDERSON, Laurie C., BAO, Huiming, BART, Philip, BLANFORD, William J., BYERLY, Gary R., ELLWOOD, Brooks B., LORENZO, Juan M., TOMKIN, Jonathan H, and WRENN, John H., Department of Geology & Geophysics, Louisiana State Univ, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, rferrell@lsu.edu
116-114:30 PM TEACHING NONTRADITIONAL GEOLOGY STUDENTS HOW TO LEARN GEOLOGY: GIBB, Connie L, College of Education and Human Sciences, Univ of Nebraska-Lincoln, 4230 Mason Dr, Lincoln 68521-1266, connie.gibb@doane.edu.
116-124:45 PM IMPROVING ACCESS TO AND INTEGRATION OF LABORATORY AND FIELD-BASED LEARNING IN EARTH SCIENCE USING STREAMING VIDEO TECHNOLOGY: HYATT, James A.1, DRZEWIECKI, Peter A.2, SCHROEDER, Timothy J.2, CORON, Cynthia R.3, and FLEMING, Thomas3, (1) Environmental Earth Science, Eastern Connecticut State Univ, 83 Windham Street, Willimantic, CT 06226, hyattj@easternct.edu, (2) Environmental Earth Sciences Department, Eastern Connecticut State Univ, 83 Windham Street, Willimantic, CT 06226, (3) Earth Sciences, Southern Connecticut State Univ, 501 Crescent Street, New Haven, CT 06515
116-135:00 PM NOTETAKING AS A CRITICAL ELEMENT IN TEACHING GEOLOGY TO NON-TRADITIONAL AND DISABLED STUDENTS: KAPLAN, Sanford S., Department of Geosciences, Univ of Nebraska-Lincoln, 214 Bessey Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588-0340, skaplan2@unl.edu.
116-145:15 PM TEACHING PHYSICAL GEOLOGY LABS TO VISUALLY IMPAIRED STUDENTS: HANDS ON AND COMPUTER OFF: HOWE, Mark, Geological Sciences, Arizona State Univ, Box 871404, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404, mark.howe@asu.edu.

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