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Room: 204

Date: 4/18/2023

Session Time: 2:00 PM to 3:15 PM (local time)

Future generations, responsible for moving the field of geosciences forward, should be envisioned from a social and gender equality perspective, reflecting and embracing diversity to build capacities and novel solutions beyond current schemas. The Seismological Society of America Annual meeting provides an extraordinary platform for connecting scientists from diverse backgrounds to students interested in a research career that will have an impact in making the seismology community more inclusive. This session aims to (1) foster a just, equitable and inclusive research community within the SSA, (2) expose underrepresented minorities (URM) to careers in geophysics and seismology and (3) form a mentorship network for URM students and early-career professionals. This session will focus on connecting individuals across a wide range of backgrounds to support the SSA and engage with URMs and marginalized groups to promote career growth and the advancement of geophysics and seismology, establishing sustainable and long-term connections between individuals in the community by creating an environment that facilitates the building of collaborative mentor-mentee relationships and career-pathways. We invite researchers and students interested in networking/mentoring to present their research and/or career path to engage with the SSA community. We encourage presentations from all career levels to present their scientific research that are also interested in providing and adding their narrative about their experiences with mentorship and/or working with underrepresented groups and/or individuals or how they navigated their research and/or career path in their field.

Conveners:

Richard A. Alfaro-Diaz, Los Alamos National Laboratory (raalfarodiaz@lanl.gov)

Kevin Kwong, Los Alamos National Laboratory (kbkwong@lanl.gov)

Esteban J. Chaves, Volcanological and Seismological Observatory of Costa Rica (esteban.j.chaves@una.ac.cr)

Katherine Scharer, US Geological Survey (kscharer@usgs.gov)

Aaron A. Velasco, University of Texas at El Paso (aavelasco@utep.edu)

Oral Presentations