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GSA2016 ANNUAL MEETING & EXPOSITION
GEOSCIENCE INFO/ COMMUNICATION Advocate: Christopher A. Badurek
T89. Bringing the Horse to Water and Getting It to Drink: This poster session examines the effective use of geoscience
Obstacles and Innovative Ways of Getting the Religious Public data resources in successful teaching or research activities,
to Consider Scientific Evidence including repositories, federal data centers, academic research
centers, and/or commercial sources for data visualization,
Cosponsors: GSA Geology and Society Division; GSA Geoscience mapping, or analysis.
Education Division
Disciplines: Geoscience Information/Communication, T94. Women and Geology: Who Are We, Where Have We Come
Geoscience Education, Geoscience and Public Policy From, and Where Are We Going?
Advocates: Carol A. Hill; Gregg R. Davidson Cosponsors: Association for Women Geoscientists; GSA Geology
and Society Division
New ways of thinking and approaches to outreach are needed to
overcome entrenched science-skepticism among the religious Disciplines: Geoscience Information/Communication, History
public. Presentations are welcome that go beyond “trying the and Philosophy of Geology
same thing harder” to make inroads or that provide new insights
into the culture. Advocate: Beth A. Johnson
T90. Earth Science as the Inspiration for Creative Endeavors This session explores the roles of women in geology, perceptions
on their positions and their work, the challenges faced profession-
Cosponsors: GSA Hydrogeology Division; GSA Geology and ally and personally, and those steps designed to encourage diver-
Society Division sity and success among incoming geology students.
Disciplines: Geoscience Information/Communication, HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF GEOLOGY
Geoscience Education, Geology and Health
T95. Museums at the Forefront of the History and Philosophy
Advocates: F. Edwin Harvey; Donald I. Siegel of Geology
This session celebrates earth science as the inspiration for orig- Cosponsors: GSA History and Philosophy of Geology Division; GSA
inal creative endeavors, such as music, poetry, painting, dance, Geology and Society Division; GSA Geoscience Education Division;
and sculpture. Presenters will describe the source of their inspira- History of Earth Sciences Society; Paleontological Society;
tion and then present the resulting creative product. Paleontological Research Institution
T91. Geologic Maps and Their Derivatives (Posters) Disciplines: History and Philosophy of Geology, Geoscience
Education, Geoscience Information/Communication
Cosponsor: Association of American State Geologists Advocates: Gary Rosenberg; Renee M. Clary
Discipline: Geoscience Information/Communication Presentations explore the unique influence of museums on the
geosciences and on their place in Western culture since the 17th
Advocates: Richard Berg; Holger Kessler; Hazen A.J. Russell; century, through exhibits for the general public, museum expedi-
David Soller; Harvey Thorleifson tions, collections, and research.
This poster session will highlight new geologic maps, mapping T96. The Geology of Art: The Use of Earth-Derived Materials in
programs, and innovations in geological mapping, including data the Manufacture of Modern and Ancient Art Forms (Posters)
management, Web accessibility, 3D, and applications in water and
land management.
T92. Open Data, Open Access: Trends in Geoscience Cosponsors: GSA Geology and Society Division; GSA Archaeological
Publications and Data Sources Geology Division
Cosponsor: Geoscience Information Society Disciplines: History and Philosophy of Geology, Archaeological
Geology
GSA TODAY | MAY 2016 Disciplines: Geoscience Information/Communication, Advocate: Douglas W. Haywick
Geoscience and Public Policy, Geoscience Education This topical session will focus on geological materials used in
Advocate: Christopher A. Badurek
the production of modern and historical art forms including
Open data and open access policies are changing the landscape ceramics, glass, castings, sculptures, and paint pigments.
of geoscience publications as well as sources of geoscience data.
This session addresses these impacts on researchers, government T97. Unearthing the History of Women in Geosciences
agencies, and academic libraries. Cosponsors: GSA History and Philosophy of Geology Division;
History of Earth Sciences Society; GSA Geology and Society Division
T93. Use of Geoscience Data Resources in Education and Disciplines: History and Philosophy of Geology, Geoscience
Research (Posters) Education, Geoscience and Public Policy
Cosponsor: Geoscience Information Society
Disciplines: Geoscience Information/Communication,
Geoscience Education
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