John McDaris

Science Education Resource Center (SERC)

Carleton College

Education Associate

Pronouns: he/him/his

507-222-5634, jmcdaris@carleton.edu
Curriculum Vitae (Acrobat (PDF) 243kB May31 24)

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Project Leader, Webinar Leader, Workshop Leader, Website Contributor, Reviewer

Project Leader

Cultural Change in Geoscience (C-ChanGe) part of C-ChanGe
The Cultural Change in Geoscience (C-ChanGe) project works toward a vision of the future where all people at each stage of their career experience academic geoscience as a safe and welcoming environment where they feel empowered to learn and contribute without stifling their identities, and the community recognizes contributions from everyone. SERC leads the professional development of 2 cohorts of faculty change agents empowered to work in their own context to make successive, incremental changes, leading to positive cultural shifts within their home departments with the support of a community of practice made up of local and national peers. The project also raises the visibility of the many other groups working towards an inclusive geoscience discipline through a web-based network to support awareness, recognition, and connectivity of national partner projects working on geoscience cultural change.

Website Content Contributions

Activities (8)

Hurricanes and Heat Transfer part of EarthLabs for Educators:Hurricanes
The lab activity described here was created by John McDaris of SERC for the EarthLabs project. Summary and Learning Objectives In this activity students investigate how hurricanes transfer heat by conducting ...

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Conference Presentations (18)

Four Years of Discovery Improvements for SERC website visitors part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2024:Program:Poster Sessions:Friday Poster Session
The Science Education Resource Center (SERC) hosts materials from more than 120 geoscience education projects. However, the project-focused nature of the SERC website means that information is siloed which presents ...

Other Contributions (9)

Using Geophysics to Address Societally-relevant, Urban and Environmental Real-world Questions in Introductory-level Geoscience Courses part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Previous Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2023:Program:Afternoon Mini-Workshops
Introducing Geophysics for Urban and Near-surface Applications (IGUANA) Recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce begins with attracting a diverse student population into the geosciences. The IGUaNA project, ...

Communities

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Workshop Leader

Workshop Participant (107 workshops)

Fostering Two-Year College Collaborations with Disciplinary Societies Workshop 2023
April 2023
Strengthening Engagement between Disciplinary Societies and Community Colleges
January 2022
EER 2020 Science Communication
July 2020

Webinar Leader (4 webinars)

Webinar Participant (32 webinars)

Exploring models for engaging community college students in field research
January 2023
Guiding Students to use Data to Support their Scientific Reasoning Webinar
December 2022
NC FEW Kickoff and Introduction
December 2022