HR: 0800h
AN: ED31B-0741    [Abstracts]
TI: AGU Committee on Education and Human Resources Sub-Committee on Diversity Program for the term 2004-2006
AU: * Alexander, C J
EM: Claudia.J.Alexander@jpl.nasa.gov
AF: California Institute of Technology / Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Dr. ms 179-225K, Pasadena, CA 91109 United States
AU: Hiza, M
EM: mhiza@usgs.gov
AF: U.S. Geological Survey, Building 3 2255 N Gemini Drive, Flagstaff, AZ 86001 United States
AU: Jenkins, G
EM: gjenkins@howard.edu
AF: Howard University, 2400 Sixth St NW, Washington, DC 20059 United States
AU: Karsten, J
EM: JKarsten@agu.org
AF: American Geophysical Union, 2000 Florida Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20009 United States
AU: Molina, L
EM: ltmolina@MIT.EDU
AF: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139 United States
AU: Pyrtle, A
EM: apyrtle@marine.usf.edu
AF: University of South Florida, College of Marine Science 140 7th Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701 United States
AU: Runyon, C
EM: runyonc@cofc.edu
AF: College of Charleston, 58 Coming Street, Charleston, SC 29424 United States
AB: The American Geophysical Union (AGU) founded the Diversity Subcommittee in 2000 to address what the AGU felt were important issues for the future of the geoscience community. A recent AGU statement of commitment and concern about issues of diversity reads, in part: It is essential that new strategies for educating, recruiting, and retaining geoscientists from currently under-represented populations be developed (a) for individual investigators seeking students to fill classes or work in their research programs; (b) for institutions looking to replace faculty and researchers; (c) for the larger community looking to the public for continued research funding, and (d) for the future US membership of AGU. In an effort to fulfill its charge, the majority of the 2004-2006 sub-committee's activities will be directed towards: (1) Education of the AGU Membership, including the sub-committee itself, on the salient issues of Diversity; (2) Mentoring and supporting minority students in the pipeline of Earth and Space Science education as well as minority faculty seeking to establish successful collaborations; (3) Establishing a mechanism for quantitative assessment of (a) the AGU demographics, (b) member knowledge, and (c) success of programs in the area of Diversity; (4) Conducting the first ever Chapman Conference on the needs of investigators with disabilities (July, 2005); (5) Partnering with other agencies and societies to build bridges; (6) Creating mechanisms for marketing the Earth and Space sciences to minority audiences; (7) Nurturing of minority members already in the AGU; promoting these members for honors and awards within AGU. Details, goals, and milestones of this program will be presented.
DE: 0800 EDUCATION
DE: 0810 Post-secondary education
DE: 0840 Evaluation and assessment
DE: 0850 Geoscience education research
SC: Education and Human Resourcese [ED]
MN: 2004 AGU Fall Meeting