Danielle Sumy

Education and Public Outreach, Education and Public Outreach Program

EarthScope Consortium

Workshop Participant, Webinar Participant, Website Contributor

Website Content Contributions

Activities (2)

The 2014 La Habra earthquake: Teaching Risk and Resilience in Southern California with Citizen Science part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Teaching about Risk and Resilience:Activities
This exercise uses the example of the March 28, 2014 M5.1 La Habra earthquake to teach about earthquake risk and resilience in southern California. Students will examine seismic waveforms recording during the earthquake, as well as read reports from scientific agencies and news outlets to answer basic questions regarding earthquake risk and resilience.

Unearth Your Future: An online module about geoscience careers using DEI by design part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2023:Program:Teaching Demos:Tuesday
This is a 4-hour online, asynchronous module about geoscience careers using diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) by design. The module can accompany existing introductory curriculum to introduce students to a ...

Essay (1)

Induced Seismicity in the United States part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Teaching about Risk and Resilience:Real-World Examples
Danielle Sumy, Earth Science and Petroleum Engineering, University of Southern California Summary As the population of the United States continues to grow, so does the demand for energy resources. Earthquakes in ...

Conference Presentations (3)

Supporting Educators of Geosciences and Geophysics with EarthScope Consortium Resources part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2023:Program:Poster Sessions:Monday Poster Session
IRIS Consortium and UNAVCO Inc. merged to form EarthScope Consortium on January 1, 2023. EarthScope Consortium operates the SAGE (seismology) and GAGE (geodesy) facilities funded by the National Science Foundation. ...

IGUaNA: Introducing Geophysics for Urban and Near-surface Applications part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Previous Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2022:Program:Oral Sessions:Monday Oral Session B
Recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce begins with attracting a diverse student population into the geosciences. One key step in this process is transforming our curricula, looking beyond traditional topics ...

Educational Resources to support ShakeAlert®, the Earthquake Early Warning System for the West Coast of the United States: Development and Assessment part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Previous Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2021:Program:Poster Sessions:Friday:Poster Session II
Over 143 million people live in an earthquake prone region of the United States. Over 55 million people (or one-third) live in Washington, Oregon, and California, face much of this earthquake hazard and risk. In ...

Other Contributions (2)

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

Featured Stories in Diversity: Personal narratives of overcoming obstacles to inclusion and implications for the Geosciences part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Previous Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2021:Program
Join your fellow Geoscientists as we debut the NAGT Diversity Stories. This is a collection of lived experiences and lessons learned from within our community relating to the broad themes of diversity, equity, and ...