GSA Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona, USA - 2019

Session No. 178
Tuesday, 24 September 2019: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 101AB, West Building (Phoenix Convention Center)

T180. Contentious Communication from the Classroom to the Chat Room: How to Have Productive Conversations about Emotionally Charged Topics

GSA Geology and Society Division; GSA Committee on Geology and Public Policy; National Earth Science Teachers Association; National Association of Geoscience Teachers; GSA Geoscience Education Division

 

Wendy Bohon, Beth Bartel and Justin Samuel, Advocates
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:10 AM
BE A VOICE FOR SCIENCE (Invited Presentation)
HILLS, Denise J., Geological Survey of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401
Handouts
  • Hills-VoiceForScience-GSA2019.pdf (14.2 MB)
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    8:25 AM
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    8:40 AM
    AFTERSHOCK FORECASTS FOLLOWING THE M7.0 ANCHORAGE, ALASKA EARTHQUAKE
    MCBRIDE, Sara K., U.S. Geological Survey, Earthquake Science Center, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, HARDEBECK, Jeanne, US Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA 94025, MICHAEL, Andrew, Earthquake Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, PAGE, Morgan T., USGS, Earthquake Science Center, 525 S. Wilson Ave, Pasadena, CA 91106, VAN DER ELST, Nicholas, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, NY 10964 and MARTINEZ, Eric, U.S. Geological Survey, Earthquake Hazards Center, 1711 Illinois St, Golden, CO 80401
    8:55 AM
    DIVIDE AND CONQUER – IMPROVING SHAKEALERT EARTHQUAKE EARLY WARNING OUTREACH, EDUCATION, AND TRAINING THROUGH SECTOR SYMPOSIUMS
    TERBUSH, Brian, Washington Military Department, Washington Emergency Management Division, Building 20/MS: TA-20, Camp Murray, WA 98430-5011
    9:10 AM
    LANDSLIDE RISK REDUCTION IN PUERTO RICO: SCIENCE AND RISK COMMUNICATION
    DAVIS, Lindsay A.1, GODT, Jonathan W.2 and PEEK, Lori A.1, (1)University of Colorado Boulder, Natural Hazards Center, Boulder, CO 80309, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Hazards Science Center, Denver Federal Center, P.O. Box 25046, MS 966, Denver, CO 80225
    9:25 AM
    A JOURNALIST’S TAKE ON REPORTING ON CONTENTIOUS SUBJECTS (Invited Presentation)
    LIN, Rong-Gong, Los Angeles Times, 2300 East Imperial Highway 7F, El Segundo, CA 90245
     
    9:40 AM
    Break
    9:55 AM
    BEST PRACTICES FOR COMMUNICATING ON CONTENTIOUS SCIENCE TOPICS
    WILSON, Augusta, Climate Science Legal Defense Fund, 475 Riverside Drive, Suite 244, New York, NY 10115
    10:10 AM
    CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE CROSSFIRE: HOW TO HAVE CONSTRUCTIVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE MOST POLITICALLY POLARIZED SCIENCE (Invited Presentation)
    HAYHOE, Katharine, Climate Science Center, Texas Tech University, Holden Hall 72, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409
    10:25 AM
    BROACHING THE TABOO TOPIC OF RELIGION IN EVOLUTION EDUCATION
    FRIEND, Dana S., Paleontological Research Institution, 1259 Trumanburg Road, Ithaca, NY 14850
    10:40 AM
    "FIGHT BACK AGAINST THE ZOMBIES": NARRATIVES AND NORMS IN CLIMATE CHANGE EDUCATION
    KIRBY, Caitlin K.1, RAPPOLEE, Eleanor1 and SINGER, Alison2, (1)Geocognition Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, 207 Natural Science, East Lansing, MI 48824, (2)Department of Community Sustainability, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824
    10:55 AM
    WHEN DRILL-BABY-DRILL MEETS HUG-A-TREE IN THE UNDERGRADUATE CLASSROOM
    ECHOHAWK, Barbara, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Metropolitan State University of Denver, Denver, CO 80217-3362
    11:10 AM
    FOCUS GROUP ON CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENCE
    BAHRAMVASH SHAMS, Shima, Civil and Environmental Eng, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99163 and AMMANN, Caspar M., Climate and Global Dynamics Division, National Center for Atmospheric Research, 1850 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, CO 80305
     
    11:25 AM
    Discussion
     
    11:55 AM
    Concluding Remarks
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