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GSA Reflection—My Professional Home

The Geological Society of America annual conferences have
the warm atmosphere of a family reunion, paired with the cutting-
edge science that forms the crux of my professional development
each year. Nowhere else can an assortment of geological special-
ists, geoscience educators, science writers, and historians—some
famously at the top of their fields, and more than a few interna-
tional—build successful interdisciplinary collaborations within
the span of a GSA topical session! Some of my most successful
research endeavors and friendships originated and connect at the
GSA annual conference crossroads.
Through the years, I have been honored to serve in various roles
within the History and Philosophy of Geology Division, the GSA
Education Committee, as a campus representative, as a reviewer
and editor for GSA journals and books, and as a co-organizer and
convener of topical sessions and Pardee Symposia on Geoheritage Renee Clary, in the Dunn-Seiler Museum, Mississippi State University
(photo by Athena Owen Nagel).
and the history of our science—from GSA’s 125th anniversary
to William Smith’s mapping milestone bicentennial. Incidentally, I encourage all students and colleagues to join the GSA family.
it was at the 2015 William Smith bicentennial when I stumbled It is here you will find your place, scientifically and professionally.
on the field excursion and broke five bones in my foot. My GSA Welcome home!
family came to the rescue. YES, I finished the field trip (while
in denial), and YES, my conference experience was made easy Renee M. Clary
through the efforts of GSA staff and colleagues who came through Professor of Geology and Director, Dunn-Seiler Museum
with immediate and creative accommodations. Department of Geosciences, Mississippi State University

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