132 Diversifying Geoscience Education Across the Academic Playing Field: Using Creative Methods to Foster the Current and Next Generations of Geoscience Professionals, Part II

A wide range of geoscience educators across several disciplines will share a multitude of diverse and innovative ideas regarding lesson plans, projects, and pedagogical techniques best suited for today’s ever-changing classrooms.

Monday, 20 October 2025
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM
HBGCC, 301A

Participants

• Chair Leonard Melzer
• Chair Steven Jaret
• Chair Maya Pincus
• Chair Sarah Sheffield

Presentations

• 1:35 PM
  All of the Sights, None of the Heat: A Virtual Field Trip to the Gould Mine in Saguaro National Park, Tucson Mountain District
  Evan Anderson, Pima Community College, Tucson, AZ
  414504 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:50 PM
  Case Study: Use of Test Question Templates to Allow Open Science During Open Exams in an Introductory Earth Science Course at Antelope Valley College
  Aurora Burd, Antelope Valley College, Math & Science Division, Lancaster, CA and Gregory Crowther, Everett Community College, Everett, WA and Benjamin Wiggins, Shoreline Community College, Shoreline, WA
  413554 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:05 PM
  Five years of ungrading in a mixed-level mineralogy course
  Katharine Johanesen, Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA
  414279 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:20 PM
  Structuring Belonging in Geosciences Through Continuous Cohort Support, Mentorship, and Experiential Learning and Reflection.
  Mary Poteet, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX and Staci Loewy, The Univ of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX and Ian Dalziel, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX and Christopher Bell, The Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
  412942 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:35 PM
  Using Project-Based Learning to Foster Creativity and Interest in the Geosciences
  Eleanor Cote, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
  414213 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:05 PM
  Disrupting ableism in geoscience communication and education: a language equity lens
  Michele Cooke, UMass Amherst, Amherst, MA
  412258 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:25 PM
  Teaching Plate Tectonics: Shifting Student Learning Potential with a Hands-On Project
  John Ezell, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS
  413329 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:40 PM
  Fostering Geoscience Identity and Belonging: the Effects of Team-Based Service-Learning Projects at a Hispanic-Serving Institution
  Madeline Haynes, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX and Cynthia Lima, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio and J. Haschenburger, Univ of Texas at San Antonio, Earth & Planetary Sciences, San Antonio, TX and Alexis Godet, UTSA, San Antonio, TX and Lisa Garbrect, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin
  414753 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:55 PM
  Towards a Citational Praxis: Teaching citational analysis through inter-connected active-learning activities in an undergraduate historical geology course
  Michelle Markley, Mount Holyoke College Geology & Geography, South Hadley, MA and Caro Pinto, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA
  412243 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:10 PM
  GenAI in the Geoscience Classroom: Adapting Syllabi and Assignments
  Christine Clark, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI and Lindsay Sochalski-Kolbus, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI
  412271 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:25 PM
  From Tests to Teamwork: Evolving GeoFORCE Texas Through Geoscience Education Project-Based Learning
  Jennifer Peña, GeoFORCE Texas, Austin, TX
  413375 (Technical Sessions)