Jason Ricketts

Reimagining Geoscience Field Education Through Accessible and Community-Engaged Field Camp Models part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2026:Program:Poster Session:Tuesday Poster Session
Traditional geoscience field camp models have historically served as a gateway experience into the profession; however, these immersive formats may unintentionally create barriers for students with caregiving ...

Community engagement, professional development and internship opportunity: a revised geological sciences curriculum at the University of Texas at El Paso part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2026:Program:Oral Sessions:Wednesday Oral Session
We just revised the geological sciences bachelor's of science degree plan at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) to better recruit, retain and prepare our students for Geoscience careers. We utilized ...

A case study comparing undergraduate students' engagement, knowledge retention, and appreciation of geoscience after working in class with either locally or globally sourced data part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Previous Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2024:Program:Poster Sessions:Friday Poster Session
We developed in-class exercises that exposed students to real geoscientific data and delivered them to five sections of Physical and Historical Geology undergraduate lecture classes at two universities. Three class ...