Welcome to Geosciences: removing barriers to engagement, success, and persistence

Registration Deadline: December 30, 2018

This event has already occurred.

EVENT DATE: January 3-5, 2019
LOCATION: Pasadena City College Retreat Lodge, 1490 Rockspray Drive, Big Bear Lake, CA 92315

Southern California community colleges bring together a diverse student population that traditionally do not pursue geoscience as an academic pathway. Among the many reasons why this is the case, educational research shows that issues related to a sense of belonging, science identity, stereotype threat, and a poor understanding of geoscience career options are important factors that can be addressed with a number of classroom strategies. This workshop will focus on the value of well-documented classroom strategies in broadening participation among underrepresented groups in the geosciences.

Workshop Conveners

• Southern California 3
• Martha House
• Elizabeth Nagy-Shadman
• Michael Vendrasco

Workshop Goals

• Learn how to create a sense of science identity and belonging that promotes student comfort and performance in the geoscience classroom
• Provide tools to address the lack of immediate geoscience role models and family influences for first-generation students
• Learn about barriers to persistence in geosciences and how we can remove them as a program.

See Workshop Program.

If you would like further information about the workshop, please contact eanagy-shadman@pasadena.edu