Session 3 Effective Strategies for Increasing Minority Participation in the Atmospheric Sciences

Tuesday, 8 January 2019: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
North 229AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 28th Symposium on Education
Cochairs:
Reginald Blake, New York City College of Technology, City Univ. of New York, Department of Physics, Brooklyn, NY and Janet Liou-Mark, New York City College of Technology, City Univ. of New York, Mathematics Department, Brooklyn, NY

This session seeks projects that demonstrate innovative and transformative strategies and best practices to solve the lack of inclusion of diverse groups, including minority students in the atmospheric sciences. It seeks methodologies for attracting, recruiting, and retaining diverse ethnicities and projects that demonstrate practices that increase participation, access, awareness, and interest of underrepresented minorities.

Papers:
8:30 AM
3.1
Environmental and Atmospheric Science Program in Spelman College
Guanyu Huang, Spelman College, Atlanta, GA
Recorded Presentation

8:45 AM
3.2
Creating and Connecting Champions for Diversity in the Geosciences: Hearts of GOLD
P. Grady Dixon, Fort Hays State Univ., Hays, KS; and K. Quardokus Fisher, L. Myles, C. Brinkworth, E. Kaufman, and D. Simmons
Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM
3.3
GLOBE Atmosphere Protocols and Kite Remote Sensing Course Content: Innovations in Exposing HBCU Students to Climate Science
David A. Padgett, Tennessee State Univ., Nashville, TN
Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM
3.4
Engaging Underrepresented Students in Climate Science: An Internship to Remember
Emma Kuster, South Central Climate Adaptation Science Center, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. A. McPherson, J. Ansley, K. DeLong, V. Rivera-Monroy, and J. Zak

9:30 AM
3.5
Educating a Diverse Geosciences Workforce: The Role of HBCUs
Rakesh Malhotra, North Carolina Central Univ., Durham, NC; and G. Vlahovic

9:45 AM
3.6
Engaging Nongeoscience Minority STEM Undergraduates in Atmospheric Science Interdisciplinary Learning through a Geoscience Workforce Program
Reginald Blake, New York City College of Technology, City Univ. of New York, Brooklyn, NY; and J. Liou-Mark, H. Norouzi, and L. Yuen-Lau

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