Date: 4/21/2021
Session Time: 2:00 PM to 3:15 PM Pacific
Strategies and Actions for Fostering a Diverse Seismology Community
The goal of this session is to share ideas, efforts and programs that the community is currently using to increase diversity in seismology and related fields. In spite of efforts to increase diversity for several decades, the demographic makeup of the geosciences remains imbalanced in proportion to that of the U.S. population (Bernard and Cooperdock, 2018, Dutt, 2019), even though the work of demographically underrepresented groups is scientifically novel and highly innovative (Hofstra et al. 2020).
New strategies to address these disparities will be highlighted in this session. We encourage submissions on topics such as: providing education on implicit biases; developing equitable selection processes; ensuring an inclusive and welcoming work environment; creating safe fieldwork spaces (Demery and Pipkin, 2020); acknowledging mental health issues related to experiences of identity; and fostering retention. We welcome examples in seismology such as successful broader impacts activities, policy changes, efforts in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) education and recruitment and retention of underrepresented students/employees, postdoctoral researchers, staff and faculty.
We welcome submissions from principal investigators, educators, scientists in national laboratories, the USGS and BOR, non-profits and industry seismologists who have incorporated elements of outreach and diversity into their research and leadership efforts, as well as specialists in DEI and education efforts. The emphasis is on finding out how leaders are currently promoting and addressing diversity, education and inclusion efforts and actions we can take to make progress on those efforts.
Conveners
Valerie Sloan, National Center for Atmospheric Research (vsloan@ucar.edu)
Aradhna Tripati, University of California, Los Angeles (atripati@g.ucla.edu)
Aubreya Adams, Colgate University (aadams@colgate.edu)
Wendy Bohon, Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (wendy.bohon@iris.edu)
Oral Presentations
| Participant Role | Details | Start Time | Minutes | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Submission | Learning in a Crisis: Online Skill Building Workshop Addresses Immediate Pandemic Needs and Offers Possibilities for More Inclusive Trainings | 02:00 PM | 15 | View |
| Submission | IRIS’s Inclusive Research Opportunities Contribute to a Diverse Seismology Community | 02:15 PM | 15 | View |
| Submission | Implementing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Best Practices to Design Introductory Undergraduate Modules for Increasing Participation from Students of All Backgrounds into Geophysics | 02:30 PM | 15 | View |
| Submission | USGS Geologic Hazard Science Center’s Strategies and Actions for Fostering a Diverse Geoscience Community | 02:45 PM | 15 | View |
| Submission | Equity, Inclusion and Diversity Efforts at the USGS Earthquake Science Center | 03:00 PM | 15 | View |
| Total: | 75 Minute(s) |
Strategies and Actions for Fostering a Diverse Seismology Community
Description
Type: Oral
Date: 4/21/2021
Time: 2:00 PM to 3:15 PM Pacific