Exploring Geoscience-related Careers through Sustainability
Sequoyah McGee, American Geosciences Institute
The American Geosciences Institute (AGI) has created free online resources for students to explore and get excited about careers in the geosciences that can help to develop solutions to many of the problems faced ...

Preparing for an Academic Career in the Geosciences
Brendan Hanger, Colorado School of Mines; Lynsey LeMay, Virginia Peninsula Community College; Christy Visaggi, Georgia State University; Rebecca Beadling, Temple University
This workshop is designed specifically for graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, and others who are interested in pursuing academic careers in the geosciences. Workshop leaders from a variety of institution ...

Geoscience career-readiness seminars, featuring geoscience and related professionals, enhance student's career skills, guide their coursework and career-planning decisions, and increase their potential for success beyond graduation
Robert Graziano, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Dyanna Czeck, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Career-readiness seminars have been developed in the Department of Geosciences at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) through a NSF-sponsored program, LET'S GEO (Learning Ecosystem for Training Student ...

Developing Dispositions to Help Students Succeed in the Workforce
Karen Viskupic, Boise State University; Kaelyn Lagerwall, Boise State University; Anne Egger, Central Washington University
Recent work by Shafer et al. (2023) and unpublished employer interview data identified dispositions that employers of entry-level geoscientists are seeking. Such dispositions include a desire to learn, initiative, ...

A Beginners Guide to Universal Design and Modifications in the Classroom: A Professional Development Activity for All
Lauren Neitzke-Adamo, Rutgers University-New Brunswick; Jaime Sarcona, Rutgers University-New Brunswick; Daana Kamal, Rutgers University-New Brunswick; Christina Bifulco, Rutgers University-New Brunswick
The Classroom Inclusivity Series was created by the Office of Teaching Evaluation and Assessment Research and the University Equity and Inclusion Office with the goal of increasing the understanding and use of ...

Supporting early-career researchers in today's job market - Lessons from a Career Development Retreat for Postdoctoral Fellows
Patricia Montano, NCAR/UCAR; Rebecca Haacker, National Center for Atmospheric Research; Valerie Sloan, NCAR/UCAR; Scott Landolt, NCAR/UCAR; Scott Briggs, NCAR/UCAR; Man-Yau Chan, NCAR/UCAR; Samantha Hartke, NCAR/UCAR
Being a postdoctoral fellow can be a rewarding, yet stressful time in the life of a researcher. The pressures of establishing a research portfolio while looking for the next career position can be challenging. ...

Designing Field-Learning Experiences with Accessibility and Inclusion Scenarios in Mind: A Reflection and Planning Tool
Silvia Mazabel, University of British Columbia; Laura Lukes, University of British Columbia; Brett Gilley, University of British Columbia; Shandin Pete, University of British Columbia; sarah Sherman, University of British Columbia
Field-based learning experiences (e.g., field trips, field-based courses, research stations) are shaped by disciplinary traditions, contextual factors, and students' and educators' identities, background, ...

Evaluating the Course Curriculum for a Graduate Course Focused on Teaching and Learning in Informal Spaces
Emma Betz, University of British Columbia; Laura Lukes, University of British Columbia; Frederick Beeby Maglaque, University of British Columbia; Kirsten Hodge, University of British Columbia
The SCI-LEnS (Student-Curated Informal Learning and Engagement Spaces) Project at the University of British Columbia (UBC) seeks to create a new graduate course that develops graduate students' science ...

Improve the competitiveness of your next NSF Proposal: Assessing the Broader Impacts Plan
Ellen Iverson, Carleton College; Kristin O'Connell, Carleton College; Janice McDonnell, Rutgers University-New Brunswick; LIESL HOTALING, Eidos
Any project that receives funds from the National Science Foundation must address two merit criteria: intellectual merit, the potential to advance knowledge, and broader impacts, the potential to benefit society ...

Improving Food-Energy-Water-Nexus-based Education: Defining new research directions from problems of practice
Hannah Scherer, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Doug Lombardi, University of Maryland-College Park; Shondricka Burrell, Morgan State University
The Food-Energy-Water (FEW)-Nexus framework helps describe and address natural resource challenges in complex coupled human-natural systems. As this framework gains traction in informal, non-formal, K-12, and ...