GSA Connects 2023 Meeting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Session No. 204
Tuesday, 17 October 2023: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Ballroom B/C (David L Lawrence Convention Center)

P4. Encouraging Positive Mental Health in the Geosciences

International Association for Geoscience Diversity; U.S. National Committee for Geological Sciences; U.S. National Committee for Psychological Sciences; U.S. National Committee for Soil Sciences; U.S. National Committee for Quaternary Research; U.S. National Committee for Geodesy and Geophysics; GSA Continental Scientific Drilling Division; GSA Environmental and Engineering Geology Division; GSA Geoarchaeology Division; GSA Geochronology Division; GSA Geoinformatics and Data Science Division; GSA Geology and Health Division; GSA Geology and Society Division; GSA Geophysics and Geodynamics Division; GSA Geoscience Education Division; GSA Hydrogeology Division; GSA Limnogeology Division; GSA Marine and Coastal Geoscience Division; GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division; GSA Planetary Geology Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division

 

Jennifer Nocerino, Ester Sztein, Marjorie A. Chan and Jennifer Lansford, Conveners
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Start Time
1:30 PM
SUPPORTING MENTAL HEALTH IN THE WAKE OF TRAUMA
GARZIONE, Carmala, College of Sciences, University of Arizona, 1040 E 4th St, Tucson, AZ 85721
1:45 PM
PROMOTING MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS AND ADVOCACY
CYRANOWSKI, Jill M., Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, 3810 Sennott Square, 210 Bouquet Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15260
2:00 PM
PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING AND BEHAVIORAL ADJUSTMENT: PROMOTING WELLNESS IN THE WORKPLACE AND AT HOME
LANSFORD, Jennifer, Center for Child and Family Policy, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University, 302 Towerview Rd, Durham, NC 27708
2:15 PM
STRIVING FOR MENTAL WELL-BEING IN ACADEMIA
JOHNSON, Adam, Dept. of Anthropology, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78250
2:30 PM
CHANGING THE ACADEMIC CULTURE AROUND MENTAL HEALTH: DEPARTMENTAL AND UNIVERSITY-LEVEL INITIATIVES AT YALE
LONG, Maureen and YALE EPS, Disability, Mental Health, Chronic Illness Working Group, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Yale University, 210 Whitney Ave, New Haven, CT 06511
2:45 PM
MENTAL HEALTH AND GEOLOGISTS
QUIJADA, Maria, Management, Metropolitan State University Denver, Denver, CO 80031
3:00 PM
SUPPORTING FACULTY IN ADDRESSING STUDENT MENTAL HEALTH
SANDERS, Sara, CLAS-University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52240
 
3:15 PM
Discussion
 
3:30 PM
Break
3:45 PM
EMPOWERING FACULTY: RECOGNIZING & RESPONDING TO STUDENT MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS IN HIGHER EDUCATION
ZOUNLOMÈ, PHD, Nelson, Liberate The Block, 1329 Milton St, Pittsburgh, PA 15218
4:00 PM
FIELDSAFE: A PROGRAM PROVIDING TRAINING AND TOOLS TO CREATE SAFE, INCLUSIVE AND WELCOMING FIELD ENVIRONMENTS IN THE GEOSCIENCES
DRYÁK-VALLIES, Mariama1, HILL, Alice F.2, GOLD, Anne3, MATTHEIS, Allison4, SCHNEIDER, Blair5, WARD, Emily Geraghty6, MARIN-SPIOTTA, Erika7, TIAMPO, Kristy F.8, HASTINGS, Meredith9, JACQUEMART, Mylène10 and CASSOTTO, Ryan8, (1)Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, UBC449, Boulder, CO 80309-0001; Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, (2)National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Nelson, New Zealand, (3)Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Campus Box 216, Boulder, CO 80309-0216, (4)California State University Los Angeles, 3605 Copeland Pl, Los Angeles, CA 90032-2403, (5)Kansas Geological Survey, University of Kansas, 1930 Constant Avenue, Lawrence, KS 66047-3726; Kansas Geological Survey, 1930 Constant Ave, Lawrence, CO 66047-3724, (6)Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, UBC449, Boulder, CO 80309-0001, (7)University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, (8)Earth Science and Observation Center, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, (9)Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, (10)Laboratory for Hydraulics, Hydrology and Glaciology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology ETH, Zurich, Switzerland
4:15 PM
TOWARDS HOLISTIC WELL-BEING: RAISING AWARENESS, ADDRESSING THE CHALLENGES, AND BUILDING RESILIENCE
FARREHI, Angela, College of Engineering, University of Michigan, 129 Chrysler Center, 2121 Bonisteel Boulevard, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
4:30 PM
AN ETHICS OF CARE APPROACH TO TRANSFORMING WORKPLACE CLIMATE IN THE GEOSCIENCES
MARIN-SPIOTTA, Erika1, SCHNEIDER, Blair2, BELL, Christine3, BLOIS, Jessica4, BURT, Melissa5, HASTINGS, Meredith6, HENDRICKSON, Kjir7, HORINEK, Hannah2, MAERTENS, Julie8, MATTHEIS, Allison9 and WILLIAMS, Billy10, (1)Geography, 550 N Park St, Madison, WI 53706, (2)Kansas Geological Survey, University of Kansas, 1930 Constant Avenue, Lawrence, KS 66047-3726, (3)Wisconsin Center for Education Research, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53705, (4)School of Natural Sciences, University of California, Merced, Merced, CA 95343, (5)Colorado State University, Ft Collins, CO 80523, (6)Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, (7)Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, (8)CSU STEM Center, Colorado State University, Ft Collins, CO 80523, (9)California State University Los Angeles, 3605 Copeland Pl, Los Angeles, CA 90032-2403, (10)American Geophysical Union, 2000 Florida Ave NW, Washington, DC 20009-1231
4:45 PM
PROMOTING POSITIVE MENTAL HEALTH IN GEOSCIENCE CLASSROOMS
GLUMAC, Bosiljka1, AGENA, Taylor1, DE WET, Gregory A.1, SEIBERT, E.J.2 and JENNETT, Tehya3, (1)Department of Geosciences, Smith College, Northampton, MA 01063, (2)Office of Disability Services, Smith College, Northampton, MA 01063, (3)Stranded Astronaut Productions, Los Angeles, CA 90020
5:00 PM
A FACULTY PERSPECTIVE ON MENTAL HEALTH IN THE GEOSCIENCES
LOVE, Renee, Department of Earth and Spatial Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844
 
5:15 PM
Concluding Remarks | Jennifer Nocerino