GSA Connects 2024 Meeting in Anaheim, California

Session No. 85
Monday, 23 September 2024: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
208B (Anaheim Convention Center)

T63. Geoscience “Ambassador” Programs : Insights on Critical Issues of Power, Dignity, Agency, and Belonging

 

Elizabeth Long, Julia Clarke, Adam Papendieck, Katherine Ellins, Stephen K. Boss and Lucas Legendre, Advocates
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:05 AM
THE WORLD NEEDS SCIENTISTS ENGAGED IN ADVOCACY & ACTIVISM — HERE’S WHERE TO START
MARCHESANO, Christopher, Climate Science Legal Defense Fund, New York City, NY 10115
8:20 AM
AMBASSADORS AS PARTNERS: HOW INCORPORATING AMBASSADORS INTO PROGRAMMING STRENGTHENS, DIVERSIFIES AND ENHANCES THE PARTICIPANT EXPERIENCE
CHARLEVOIX, Donna, Engagement, EarthScope Consortium, Washingtotn, DC 80301 and HUBENTHAL, Michael, EarthScope Consortium, 1200 New York Ave NW Ste 400, Washington, DC 20005-3929
8:35 AM
GEOSCIENCE AMBASSADORS: AN EXTRACURRICULAR COLLEGE-LEVEL PROGRAM TO CULTIVATE TRANSFORMATIONAL GEOSCIENTIFIC IDENTITIES THROUGH STUDENT-CRAFTED STORIES
LEGENDRE, Lucas1, ELLINS, Katherine K.2, PAPENDIECK, Adam1 and CLARKE, Julia3, (1)Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, 2305 Speedway Stop C1160, Austin, TX 78712-1692, (2)Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, 2305 Speedway Stop C1160, AUSTIN, TX 78712-1692, (3)Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, 2305 Speedway Stop C1160, Austin, TX 78712
8:50 AM
BUILDING BRIDGES BETWEEN INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE AND WESTERN SCIENCE: JR ACADEMY SETS SAIL FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF GEOSCIENTISTS
NOBLE, Rachael, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, DUTTON, Meaghan, St. Nobert College, De Pere, WY 54115, APRIL, Brenna, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX 79968, DAVIS, Clarene, Diné College, Tsaile, AZ 86556 and COOPER, Sharon, U.S. Science Support Program, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY 10964
9:05 AM
AMBASSADORS FOR THE HIGH SEAS: STUDENTS SHARE THEIR NEWFOUND OCEAN ENTHUSIASM WITH BROAD AUDIENCES (Invited Presentation)
WHITE, Lisa, Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, COOPER, Sharon, U.S. Science Support Program, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY 10964 and LEWIS, Jon, Ph.D., Geography Geology Environment & Planning Department, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 975 Oakland Ave., Indiana, PA 15705
 
9:25 AM
Break
9:40 AM
STEMSEAS 3.0: GOING OUT TO SEA, FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH (Invited Presentation)
COOPER, Sharon, U.S. Science Support Program, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY 10964, LEWIS, Jonathan C., Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA 15701, WHITE, Lisa, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208 and BURRELL, Shondricka, Science Education , Advanced Studies, Leadership & Policy, Morgan State University, 1700 East Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, MD 21251
10:00 AM
STUDENT PERSPECTIVES ON GEOSCIENCE AMBASSADORSHIP PROGRAMS
VALDES, Jessica and IBARRA, Bradley, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712
10:15 AM
PATHWAYS TO THE GEOSCIENCES AND THE ROLE OF AMBASSADORSHIP: A CASE STUDY
IBARRA, Bradley, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712
10:30 AM
CRITICALLY EXAMINING “AMBASSADORSHIP” AS A METAPHOR AND MODEL FOR DRIVING CULTURAL CHANGE IN THE GEOSCIENCES
PAPENDIECK, Adam1, LONG, Elizabeth2, CLARKE, Julia3, ELLINS, Katherine1, BOSS, Stephen K.4 and LEGENDRE, Lucas1, (1)Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, 2305 Speedway Stop C1160, Austin, TX 78712-1692, (2)Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Geological Society of America, P.O. Box 9140, Boulder, CO 80301, (3)Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, 2305 Speedway Stop C1160, Austin, TX 78712, (4)Department of Geosciences, University of Arkansas, Dept. of Geosciences, 216 Gearhart Hall, Fayetteville, AR 72701
 
10:45 AM
Panel on Ambassadorship
 
11:15 AM
Concluding Remarks
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