Earth Educators' Rendezvous 2022

July 11-15, 2022 | Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Minnesota

Thank you for attending the 2022 Earth Educators' Rendezvous!

Save the date for the ninth annual Earth Educators' Rendezvous, July 10-14, 2023, hosted by the Division of Natural Sciences at Pasadena City College (PCC) and the Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences at California Institute of Technology (Caltech)!

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What happens at Rendezvous?

Save the date for the eighth annual Earth Educators' Rendezvous! The 2021 Rendezvous was a huge success and we look forward to another exciting event this year in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul. The 2022 Earth Educators' Rendezvous is hosted by the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Minnesota. Sign up to receive timely updates as the 2022 program, deadlines, and speakers becomes available.

Events include workshops, oral and poster sessions, teaching demonstrations, panel discussions, plenary talks, working groups, and special sessions.

  • Get more details in the Rendezvous overview
  • Take advantage of more than one hundred talks, posters, teaching demos, and Share-a-thon presentations. For an idea of sessions offered, see the contributed program

Rendezvous Overview Rendezvous Program

Who is Rendezvous for?

Our program is designed to appeal to everyone from instructors and graduate students attending their first Earth-education-themed meeting, to experienced STEM education researchers, to administrators who want to better support students in their programs. Among many options, participants can learn about new teaching approaches, discover opportunities to get involved in research programs, prepare for an academic career, or discuss how to approach teaching and learning challenges in their classroom.

Participant Information Travel and Accommodations


Conference Chairs

Cody Kirkpatrick, Indiana University-Bloomington
Megan Plenge, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Contributed Program Chairs

Chris Berg, Orange Coast College
Antoinette Abeyta, University of New Mexico-Gallup Campus

Local Hosts

Josh Feinberg, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Tom Hickson, University of St. Thomas
John McDaris, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities and Carleton College

Program Planning Committee

Antoinette Abeyta, University of New Mexico-Gallup Campus
Andrea Bair, Delta College
Mitchell Bender-Awalt, Carleton College
Christopher Berg, Orange Coast College
Amy Collette, Carleton College
Larry Collins, Longwood University
Joshua Feinberg, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Tom Hickson, University of St. Thomas (MN)
Cody Kirkpatrick, Indiana University-Bloomington
John McDaris, Carleton College
Janice McDonnell, Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Megan Plenge, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Enrique Reyes, Northside ISD - San Antonio - unmatched
Estefania Salgado-Jauregui, The University of Texas at Austin
Barbra Sobhani, University of Colorado at Boulder
Amy Weislogel, West Virginia University


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