Session: Promoting Diversity in Earth System Science (96th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting)

Wednesday, 13 January 2016: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM

Room 353 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: 25th Symposium on Education

Cochairs:

Reginald Blake, New York City College of Technology, City University of New York, Physics Department, Brooklyn, NY and Janet Liou-Mark, New York City College of Technology of the City University of New York, Mathematics Department, Brooklyn, NY

Papers:

10:30 AM

8.1

AMS Education Program Diversity Initiatives: A Celebration of the Past as We Look Forward to New Opportunities to Increase Environmental Literacy

James A. Brey, AMS, Washington, DC; and E. W. Mills, I. Geer, K. A. Nugnes, and A. E. Stimach

Recorded Presentation

10:45 AM

8.2

SOARS: 20 Years of the Atmospheric Science Community Working to Increase Diversity

Rebecca L. Batchelor, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and T. L. Windham, R. E. Pandya, and R. Haacker

Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM

8.3

NOAA Educational Partnership Program A Unique Success Story of Education & Training in NOAA Sciences to increase Workforce Diversity in Earth System Sciences & Engineering

Reza Khanbilvardi, NOAA Cooperative Remote Sensing Science and Technology (NOAA-CREST) Center, New York, NY; and D. V. Morris, P. Chigbu, and M. Abazinge

Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM

8.4

Introducing and Engaging Non-Geoscience, Minority STEM Majors in Geoscience Research – An Interdisciplinary Approach

Dr Reginald Blake, New York City College of Technology, Brooklyn, NY; and J. Liou-Mark

11:30 AM

8.5

Urban Heat Island Investigations, Geospatial Technology Applications, and Service Learning Outreach

David Padgett, Tennessee State Univ., Nashville, TN

Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM

8.6