GSA 2020 Connects Online

Session No. 261
Friday, 30 October 2020: 10:00 AM-2:00 PM

T250. Expanding Opportunities in the Geosciences: Exploring Examples of GEO-STEM Learning Ecosystems that Promote Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT); GSA Geoscience Education Division; GSA International

 

Cheryl L.B. Manning and M. Brandon Jones, Advocates
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Start Time
 
10:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
10:15 AM
GEOFORCE ALASKA: DESIGNING FIELD EXPERIENCES AND BUILDING A LEARNING COMMUNITY TO ATTRACT, PREPARE, AND RETAIN RURAL, ALASKA NATIVE, AND FIRST-GENERATION STUDENTS (Invited Presentation)
FOWELL, Sarah J., Dept. of Geosciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks, P.O. Box 755780, Fairbanks, AK 99775-5780 and REGGIANI, Brian, College of Natural Science and Mathematics, University of Alaska Fairbanks, P.O. Box 755940, Fairbanks, AK 99775-5940
10:20 AM
A NOVEL APPROACH TO IMPROVING GEOSCIENCE DIVERSITY AND PARTICIPATION IN KANSAS: THE GEOSCIENCE CAREER AMBASSADOR TRAINING (GEOCAT) WORKSHOPS
FAROUGH, Aida, Department of Geology, Kansas State University, 108 Thompson Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506, KEMPTON, Pamela D., Department of Geology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, SPEARS, Jacqueline, Kansas State University, Olathe, KS 66061 and ALLEN, David, College of Education, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506
10:25 AM
COMMUNITY BUILDING FOR RESILIENCE AMONG EARLY-CAREER GEOSCIENCE LEADERS
KEISLING, Benjamin Andrew, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, NY 10964 and BRYANT, Raquel, Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003
10:30 AM
AGU BRIDGE PROGRAM: A STEP TOWARDS EQUITY, DIVERSITY, AND INCLUSION IN GEOSCIENCE GRADUATE PROGRAMS
ASHER, Pranoti M. and DOLET, Nakita, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC 20009
10:35 AM
DEMOGRAPHIC DYNAMICS OF THE UNITED STATES GEOSCIENCE WORKFORCE
BOSS, Stephen K., Department of Geosciences, University of Arkansas, 216 Gearhart Hall, Fayetteville, AR 72701
10:40 AM
FROM YOUNG LEARNER TO YOUNG PROFESSIONAL: CREATING A GEOSTEM ECOSYSTEM WITHIN A LARGE GEOSCIENCE COLLEGE
THOMAS, Dana L., MOORE, Samuel and TURNER, Leah M., Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, 10100 Burnet Rd, Bldg 196, Austin, TX 78758
 
10:45 AM
Panel Discussion
 
11:15 AM
Break
 
11:25 AM
Q&A
12:15 PM
THE ROLE OF THE STEM STUDENT EXPERIENCES ABOARD SHIPS (STEMSEAS) PROJECT IN THE GEO-STEM LEARNING ECOSYSTEM
LEWIS, Jonathan C., Geoscience Department, Indiana Univ. of Pennsylvania, 975 Oakland Ave., Indiana, PA 15701 and COOPER, Sharon, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964
12:20 PM
AN ECOLOGICAL MODEL TO THE ECOLOGY OF BRIDGE PROGRAMS: POSITIVE STRUCTURES FOR STUDENT DEVELOPMENT, RECRUITMENT, AND RETENTION IN STEM
MUELLER, Carlton, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309-0399 and ARTHURS, Leilani, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado at Boulder, 2200 Colorado Avenue, Boulder, CO 80309-0399
12:25 PM
HOW THE SIMULATION-BASED LEARNING GAME, WORLD CLIMATE, SHAPES CLIMATE CHANGE PERSPECTIVES AMONG HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE STUDENTS, TRADITIONALLY UNDER-REPRESENTED IN STEM FIELDS
HENSEL, Margaret1, BRYAN, Jovan1, MCCARTHY, Carolyn2, MCNEAL, Karen S.3, NORFLES, Nicole4, RATH, Kenneth5, STERMAN, John6 and ROONEY-VARGA, Juliette7, (1)Environmental, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, UMass Lowell, Lowell, MA 01854, (2)UMass Lowell Climate Change Initiative, Lowell, MA 01854, (3)Geosciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849, (4)Council for Opportunity in Education, Washington, DC 20005-3516, (5)Rath Educational Evaluation and Research, Amherst, MA 01002, (6)System Dynamics Group, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, (7)Environmental, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, UMass Lowell Climate Change Initiative, Lowell, MA 01854
12:30 PM
DRONE TECHNOLOGY AND 3D VISUALIZATION SOFTWARE TO RECREATE IN-FIELD EXPERIENCES IN THE NEWARK BASIN
SPECTOR, Ashlyn, Earth and Planetary Science, 610 Taylor Rd, Piscataway, NJ 08854, NEITZKE ADAMO, Lauren, Rutgers University Geology Museum, Rutgers University, Geology Hall, 85 Somerset Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, MILLER, Kenneth G., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854, BROWNING, James V., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854 and ROWAN, Christian M., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
12:35 PM
THROUGHPUT: A TOOL TO CONNECT RESEARCH DATA AND CODE EXAMPLES TO IMPROVE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES AND HELP BUILD BETTER DOCUMENTATION
GORING, Simon, Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, WI 53706, THOMER, Andrea K., School of Information, University of Michigan, 105 S. State St., Ann Arbor, MI 41804, LOEFFLER, Shane, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, KUEHN, Stephen C., Department of Physical Science, Concord University, Athens, WV 24712-1000, NOREN, Anders J., LacCore/CSDCO, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota, 500 Pillsbury Dr. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, MCKAY, Nicholas P., School of Earth and Sustainability, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, FILS, Douglas, Ocean Leadership, 1201 New York Ave, NW, 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005 and LEHNERT, Kerstin A., Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964
12:40 PM
GREEN AMBASSADORS: SCIENCE, ROLE-PLAYING, AND COMMUNITY TRANSFORMATION
HORODYSKYJ, Lev, University of the Virgin Islands, Charlotte Amalie West, AA 00802, Virgin Islands (U.S.); Science Voices, Tempe, AZ 85282; Blue Marble Space Institute of Science, Seattle, WA 98154, UMANAHU, Erlena, Universitas Khairun, Ternate, Indonesia and LENNON, Tara, School of Politics and Global Studies, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404
 
12:45 PM
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