Jill Schneiderman

Earth Science and Geography

Vassar College

Jill S. Schneiderman, Professor of Earth Science at Vassar College teaches courses in introductory earth science, sedimentology, environmental justice, the Anthropocene, and feminist approaches to science and technology. She is editor of The Earth Around Us: Maintaining a Livable Planet, as well as three other books that reflect her commitment to interdisciplinary earth science education. Her current area of research is microplastics in terrestrial environments.

Workshop Leader, Webinar Participant, Website Contributor

Website Content Contributions

Course Modules (5), Activity (1), Essay (1), Other Contribution (1)

Course Modules (5)

Unit 5: Hazardous Waste and Love Canal part of Environmental Justice and Freshwater Resources
Students explore the classic case of Love Canal, New York, in which Lois Gibbs—originally described as a "hysterical housewife"—mobilized her community and called attention to the contamination of ...

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Unit 4: Women and Water part of Environmental Justice and Freshwater Resources
Students explore water quality and freshwater access issues around the globe. The activities require students to investigate region-specific water problems in different parts of the world and analyze how those ...

Unit 1: Introduction to Environmental Justice part of Environmental Justice and Freshwater Resources
Students will investigate the history of the environmental justice movement in the United States by situating it within the context of the US civil rights and environmental movements. The unit also makes ...

Unit 3: Streams and Water Diversion part of Environmental Justice and Freshwater Resources
Unit 3 communicates the critical need for management of fresh water and ways in which citizens may take part in its conservation and restoration. Students explore the relationships between watersheds, drainage ...

Environmental Justice and Freshwater Resources part of Environmental Justice and Freshwater Resources
This module enables students to identify the freshwater components of the hydrologic cycle and connect them to the basic need of all human beings for equal access to clean freshwater. This is accomplished by ...

Activity (1)

Virtual field trip to Giant's Causeway, Ireland part of Cutting Edge:Enhance Your Teaching:Teaching with Online Field Experiences:Activities
This online assignment takes the students on a virtual field trip to Giant's Causeway in northern Ireland. It begins with a brief video of the geological site, includes some questions relevant to the history ...

Essay (1)

A Science Writing Seminar on Geology and Justice part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Teaching Environmental Justice: Interdisciplinary Approaches:Essays
Jill S. Schneiderman, , Vassar College I taught my first multidisciplinary "Earth System and Environmental Justice" course in 1997 after winning a National Science Foundation Curriculum Development Grant ...

Other Contribution (1)

Precambrian chert. Stromatolites. part of NAGT:Our Resources:Teaching Resources:Rock and Mineral Exchange:Postings
Jill Schneiderman, Vassar College schneiderman@vassar.edu Description of Desired Specimens I would like stromatolite samples identified by location. I would also like chert that shows evidence of microbial life in ...

Communities

Earth Educators Rendezvous 2020
July 2020 Environmental Justice and Freshwater Resources Interest Group
NAGT Webinar Series Interest
Teaching Geoscience Online
Earth Educators' Rendezvous Interest Group
Teach the Earth
Integrate/GETSI 2023 Survey
InTeGrate Materials Developers

Workshop Leader

Teaching Environmental Justice: Interdisciplinary Approaches
April 2013

Workshop Participant (5 workshops)

EER 2020 Inquiry Based Labs
July 2020 Temporal Learning Journal Club 2011
January 2011 EER 2020 Tuesday

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Webinar Participant

2016 EJ Webinar
February 2016 Presenter