GSA Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington, USA - 2017

Session No. 61
Sunday, 22 October 2017: 2:00 PM-5:30 PM
Ballroom 6A (Washington State Convention Center)

P1. The Changing Face of Geoscience in the 21st Century: Increasing Diversity and Inclusion to Solve Complex Problems

GSA Geology and Society Division; GSA Committee on Diversity in the Geosciences; Earth Science Women’s Network; International Association for Geoscience Diversity; Geoscience Alliance; Association for Women Geoscientists
Barbara P. Nash and Carol B. de Wet, Conveners
 
2:00 PM
Welcome and Introduction by GSA President Isabel Montanez
2:10 PM
Why Diversity? Keynote Presentation
TAYLOR, Dorecta, School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan, 500 S. State Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, dorceta@umich.edu
 
2:45 PM
Why Diversity? Moderator Sam Mukasa: Panelists include Aradhna Tripati; Wendy Smythe; Wes Ward
 
3:25 PM
Take Home Message
 
3:35 PM
Break
3:50 PM
How Diversity? Keynote Presentation
GATES, Alexander E., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University, 101 Warren St, Smith Hall Room 136, Newark, NJ 07102, agates@rutgers.edu
 
4:25 PM
How Diversity? Moderator Marilyn Suiter: Panelists include Suzanne O'Connell; Lisa White; Christopher Atchison
 
5:05 PM
Take Home Message
 
5:15 PM
Concluding Remarks