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Disciplines: Geoscience Education, Geoscience Information/ Advocates: Gabriel Duran; Phoebe Cohen
Communication, Geoscience and Public Policy Unlearning Racism in Geoscience (URGE) is a community-
Advocates: Gregory R. Wessel; Rudy Schuster; Chloe Hill; wide reading and action group that began in January of 2021. In
Nina Burkhardt this session, we encourage those who participated in URGE to
Through grassroots case studies, this session will show how share their department/institutions/groups’ specific actions toward
geoscientists can facilitate engagement and re-development to making the geosciences anti-racist.
benefit society and enhance resilience. It is a partner to the Pardee
Symposium of the same name. T163. Long-Term Changes to the Geoscience
Enterprise from COVID-19
T159. Hands-On Teaching Demonstrations that Endorsers: GSA Geoscience Education Division; GSA Geology
Combine Geoscience and Societal Issues: Audience and Society Division
Participation Requested! Disciplines: Geoscience Education, Geoscience and Public Policy
Endorsers: GSA Geoscience Education Division; National Advocates: Leila M. Gonzales; Christopher Keane
Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT); GSA Structural This session explores the impacts that COVID-19–related
Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Marine and Coastal changes to geoscience workplace environments have on recent
Geoscience Division; GSA Soils and Soil Processes Division geoscience graduates and professionals as well as the impacts on
Discipline: Geoscience Education the workforce preparation of students.
Advocates: Elizabeth A. Nagy; Tiffany A. Rivera
This is a geoscience education session that practices what it T164. Making Sense of Methodologies and Theoreti-
preaches. Authors present micro-demonstrations of effective cal Frameworks in Geoscience Education Research
teaching activities that integrate geoscience content with societal Endorsers: GSA Geoscience Education Division; National
concerns. Presentations include audience participation, assessment Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT) Geoscience
results, and reflections on effectiveness. Education Research (GER) Division
Disciplines: Geoscience Education, Geoscience Information/
T160. How Has the COVID-19 Pandemic Communication
Transformed K9–16 Students’ Ability to Engage in Advocates: Kelsey S. Bitting; Emily Ward; Leilani Arthurs;
Multi-Faceted Research in the Geosciences Using a Lauren Neitzke Adamo; Cory Forbes; Bailey Kreager; Peggy McNeal
Virtual Platform? (Posters) Methods and theoretical frameworks can come from within and
Endorsers: GSA Environmental and Engineering Geology outside of geoscience education research to shape of our field.
Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Presenters are encouraged to highlight decision-making processes
Division; GSA Geology and Society Division; GSA Geoscience in research studies that advance the field. New approaches and
Education Division applications of established methods/frameworks are welcome.
Disciplines: Geoscience Education, Geoscience Information/
Communication, Geoscience and Public Policy T165. Measuring Learning in Geoscience Education
Advocates: Nazrul I. Khandaker; Arif Sikder Endorsers: National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT);
K9–16 students engaged in research on topics related to natural National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT) Geoscience
hazards, extreme weather-related events, coastal erosion, geomor- Education Research (GER) Division; GSA Geoscience Education
phology, fluvial processes, and geoscience education outreach are Division
encouraged to submit posters providing examples or experiences Disciplines: Geoscience Education
with creative use of virtual platforms. Advocates: Virginia Isava; Argenta Price
This session aims to highlight assessments in K–12 and higher-
T161. Institutional and Grassroots Efforts Promoting education classroom environments. We welcome presentations on
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Scientific assessment theory (deciding what to assess, benchmarks, timing,
Workplace etc.), as well as innovative measurements and tools for learning.
Endorsers: GSA Geophysics and Geodynamics Division;
GSA Geoscience Education Division T166. The Intersection of Physical and Social
Disciplines: Geoscience Education, Geoscience Information/ Science Research: How Critical Theories Can Be
Communication, Geoscience and Public Policy Used to Improve Geoscience Education Research
Advocates: Jenna L. Shelton; Tina Roberts-Ashby; Jennifer Malpass and Pedagogy
The session will be focused on unique efforts that individuals Endorsers: GSA Geoscience Education Division; GSA Diversity
(i.e., grassroots) and institutions are developing or implementing to in the Geosciences Committee; International Association for
promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in the geoscience workplace. Geoscience Diversity
Disciplines: Geoscience Education, Geoscience Information/
T162. Lessons Learned from URGE 2021: Unlearning Communication
Racism in the Geosciences Advocates: Ivan Carabajal; Akilah K. Alwan; Darryl Reano
Endorsers: GSA Geoscience Education Division; GSA Geology This session will share how critical theories are applied in geosci-
and Society Division ence education research to analyze data, design research projects,
Disciplines: Geoscience Education, Geoscience and Public Policy, and inform other higher-education experiences to create more inclu-
Geoscience Information/Communication sive, diverse, equitable, and just educational environments.
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