
Mitchell Bender-Awalt
Science Education Resource Center (SERC)
Carleton College
I became a part of the SERC web team in the fall of 2017. I am involved in developing and maintaining web content, supporting webinars and workshops, and participating in education research and evaluation projects.
My research background is in structural geology and metamorphic petrology. My work focused on ocean-continent convergent margins, where metamorphosed and deformed oceanic crust can be used to track the evolution of these plate margins. Before joining SERC I was an adjunct instructor at the University of St. Thomas where I taught courses on Structural Geology and Field Methods.
Website Content Contributions
Conference Presentations (6)
Assessing Student Transdisciplinary Thinking about Sustainability through Wicked Problems part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2022:Program:Oral Sessions:Monday Oral Session A
To address the wicked problems of sustainability in a global economy, students need instruction that drives them to use systems thinking and integrate ideas from across multiple disciplines. The NSF-funded Business ...
Other Contribution (1)
Facilitating Departmental, Programmatic, and Curricular Change through Traveling Workshops part of Accelerating Systemic Change Network:Transforming Institutions Conference:Program:Poster Presentations
Academic departments and programs in higher education face challenges in adapting to shifting institutional priorities, fluctuating budgets, evolving research landscapes, and changing employment prospects for ...
Communities

Central Section, Geo2YC: The Two-Year College Division, Geoscience Education Research Division, Teacher Education Division
July 2022 2021 Transforming Institutions Conference
June 2021 2019 Transforming Institutions Conference
April 2019 BASICS Interest
NAGT Diversity Committee
Teach the Earth
tte-website
Teaching with Augmented and Virtual Reality Interest
Teaching Geoscience Online
Teaching Computation Interest Group
NAGT Investment Committee
Planning for Failure: Landslide Analysis for a Safer Society Interest Group
Flood Hazards Interest Group
Monitoring Volcanoes and Communicating Risks Interest Group
NAGT Webinar Series Interest
NAGT All
Workshop Leader
Workshop Participant (37 workshops)
July 2021 Building Structural Equity: National Networks' Role in Promoting Justice
May 2021 Teaching Online Introductory Geoscience Labs
July 2020