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Joint 52nd Northeastern Annual Section / 51st North-Central Annual Section Meeting - 2017

Session No. 39
Monday, 20 March 2017: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Allegheny, 17th Floor (Omni William Penn Hotel)

T11. Improving Undergraduate STEM Education and Advancing Diversity in the Geosciences—How Are We Doing?

GSA Geoscience Education Division; GSA Geophysics Division; International Association for Geoscience Diversity

 

Jonathan Lewis, Sharon Cooper and Karen B. Thomson, Advocates
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Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
39-1
1:35 PM
CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MULTI-INSTITUTION FIELD-BASED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR ENVIRONMENTAL-STEM (ESTEM) UNDERGRADUATES
HALL, Sarah R., College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, ME 04609, SCHMIDT, Calla M., Department of Environmental Science, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94117 and WALKER, Becca, Department of Earth Sciences and Astronomy, Mt. San Antonio College, Walnut, CA 91789, shall@coa.edu, shall@coa.edu
39-2
1:55 PM
A NEW DUAL ENROLLMENT RESEARCH SKILLS CLASS TO BUILD CONFIDENCE AND INTEREST IN A POPULATION OF POTENTIAL GEOSCIENCE MAJORS
DAVIS, Jennifer, Department of Geosciences, University of Rhode Island, 15 peace pipe trail, smithfield, RI 02917, CARDACE, Dawn, Department of Geosciences, University of Rhode Island, 9 East Alumni Avenue, Woodward Hall, Kingston, RI 02881, KORTZ, Karen, Physics Department, Community College of Rhode Island, 1762 Louisquisset Pike, Lincoln, RI 02865, RIEGER, Duayne, Physics, Community College of Rhode Island, 400 East Avenue, Warwick, RI 02886 and SAVAGE, Brian, Department of Geosciences, University of Rhode Island, 317 Woodward Hall, 9 East Alumni Ave, Kingston, RI 02881, jdavis16@uri.edu, jdavis16@uri.edu
39-3
2:15 PM
STUDENT ATTITUDES IN INTRODUCTORY GEOSCIENCE COURSES
MCCARTHY, Heather J. and WILLIAMS, Kevin K., SUNY Buffalo State, Department of Earth Sciences and Science Education, 1300 Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14222-1095, mccarth01@mail.buffalostate.edu, mccarth01@mail.buffalostate.edu
39-4
2:35 PM
LEVERAGING IODP SAMPLES, DATA AND EDUCATION/OUTREACH RESOURCES IN SUPPORT OF A COURSE-BASED UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH EXPERIENCE (CURE): BENEFITS AND CHALLENGES
RYAN, Jeffrey1, LUNA, Antonio1, VIDITO, Chris2, HICKEY-VARGAS, Rosemary3, MACDONALD Jr, James H.4 and BECK, Mary A.5, (1)University of South Florida School of Geosciences, University of South Florida, 4202 East Fowler Ave, Tampa, FL 33620, (2)Florida Center for Analytical Electron Microscopy/Dept. Earth and Environment, Florida International University, University Park 11200 S.W. 8th Street, Miami, FL 33199, (3)Earth and Environment, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, (4)Florida Gulf Coast University, Dept. of Marine and Ecological Science, Fort Myer, FL 33965, (5)Science, Valencia College, 1800 S. Kirkman Rd, Mail-code 4-3, Orlando, FL 32811, ryan@mail.usf.edu, ryan@mail.usf.edu
 
2:55 PM
Break
39-5
3:10 PM
INITIAL RESULTS AND SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE OF THE STEM STUDENT EXPERIENCES ABOARD SHIPS (STEMSEAS) PROGRAM
COOPER, Sharon, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964 and LEWIS, J.C., Geoscience Department, Indiana Univ. of Pennsylvania, 114 Walsh Hall, Indiana, PA 15701, scooper@ldeo.columbia.edu, scooper@ldeo.columbia.edu
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3:30 PM
THE ROLE OF SOCIAL MEDIA IN RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION OF DIVERSE GEOSCIENCE UNDERGRADUATES
BRYANT, Raquel M., Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003, COOPER, Sharon, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964, LEWIS, Jonathan C., Geoscience Department, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 302 East Walk, Walsh Hall, Rm 111, Indiana, PA 15705 and THOMSON, Karen B., Independent Consultant, 171 Clermont Ave, #3C, Brooklyn, NY 11205, rmbryant@geo.umass.edu, rmbryant@geo.umass.edu
39-7
3:50 PM
AN INTERACTIVE SCALE-UP CLASSROOM VS. A TRADITIONAL INSTRUCTOR-LED CLASSROOM: A COMPARISON OF STUDENT LEARNING GAINS IN AN EARTH SCIENCE COURSE FOR NON-SCIENCE MAJORS
STARK, Baylee S., Earth and Environmental Sciences, Wright State University, Dayton, OH 45435 and HUNDLEY, Stacey A., Earth & Environmental Sciences, Wright State University, 3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy, 260 Brehm Lab, Dayton, OH 45435, stark.19@wright.edu, stark.19@wright.edu
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4:10 PM
OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES AND AFFORDABLE INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES – CAN THEY PROMOTE RETENTION AND DIVERSITY?
MUSSER, Linda R., Fletcher L. Byrom Earth & Mineral Sciences Library, Pennsylvania State Univ, 105 Deike Building, University Park, PA 16802, Lrm4@psu.edu, Lrm4@psu.edu
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