T210 Techniques and Tools for Effective Recruitment, Retention and Promotion of Women and Minorities in the Geosciences

Tuesday, 20 October 2009
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM
B117/118/119

Presentations

• 1:45 PM
  FROM A ONE-ROOM SCHOOL ON THE PRAIRIE TO TWO DECADES AS A MARINE SCIENCE PROFESSOR: THE UNLIKELY SAGA OF A PRE-TITLE IX GIRL
  Pamela Hallock, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL
  161214 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:00 PM
  DIVERSITY IN THE GEOSCIENCES
  Jacqueline E. Huntoon, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI and Melissa J. Lane, National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA
  166204 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:15 PM
  ALONG THE PATH TO A GEOSCIENCE CAREER: WHAT WE CAN DO TO TURN BARRIERS INTO BRIDGES
  Miriam Fuhrman, Carlsbad, CA and Katrien J. van der Hoeven Kraft, Mesa Community College at Red Mountain, Mesa, AZ and Steven Semken, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ and LeeAnn Srogi, West Chester Univ, West Chester, PA and Jenefer Husman, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
  164936 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:30 PM
  ALL GRADUATE STUDENTS ARE CREATED EQUAL
  William A. Thomas, Geological Survey of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL and Margaret C. Brewer-LaPorta, LaPorta and Associates, LLC, Geological Consultants, Warwick, NY
  164133 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:00 PM
  GAIN - WRITING RETREAT AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
  Suzanne OConnell, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT and Mary Anne Holmes, Univ of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE
  166181 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:15 PM
  SUGGESTIONS FOR RAISING THE STATUS OF WOMEN IN THE GEOSCIENCES
  Ann Vasko Givan, Highlands Ranch, CO
  164959 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:30 PM
  THE ROLE OF CAREER-ENHANCING TRAINING TO PROFESSIONAL SUCCESS IN THE GEOSCIENCES
  Lisa D. White, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
  167339 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:45 PM
  RESEARCH ON S&E EDUCATION AT MSIS: WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED?
  Marilyn J. Suiter, National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA
  160344 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:15 PM
  GeoFORCE TEXAS: A GEOSCIENCE OUTREACH PROGRAM CHANGING THE LIVES OF LATINO AND AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS IN GRADES 8-12 FROM RURAL AND URBAN TEXAS
  Danielle A. Horton, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX and Douglas C. Ratcliff, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
  165397 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:30 PM
  FOSTERING SCIENTIFIC ENTHUSIASM IN YOUNG WOMEN (AND THEIR MENTORS) THROUGH EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING
  Stephanie N. Mason, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM and Aviva Sussman, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM and Emily S. Schultz-Fellenz, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM
  167274 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:45 PM
  E-MENTORING AS A TOOL FOR RETENTION OF WOMEN AND MINORITIES IN THE SCIENCES
  Alejandra Velasquez, MentorNet, San Jose, CA and David Porush, MentorNet, San Jose, CA
  162526 (Technical Sessions)
• 5:00 PM
  BLOGS AS A RESOURCE AND SOCIAL SUPPORT NETWORK FOR WOMEN GEOSCIENTISTS
  Kimberly A. Hannula, Fort Lewis College, Durango, CO and Anne J. Jefferson, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC and Patricia B. Campbell, Campbell-Kibler Associates, Inc, Groton, MA and Suzanne E. Franks, Glenside, PA
  161556 (Technical Sessions)