T26. Nevertheless She Persisted (or Not): Challenges to Retention of Women in the Geosciences through Pandemic and Non-Pandemic Times
Description
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Despite progress in recent years, women remain underrepresented in the geosciences, and their careers have suffered disproportionately during the COVID-19 pandemic. This session will discuss barriers to retention and advancement of women in geosciences and ways to overcome them. We welcome data-based presentations as well as personal vignettes.
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Session Chairs
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Patricia Kelley, Georgina Lukoczki, G. Lynn Wingard, Amy Block, and Lisa Tranel
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Program
10:15 AM 28-1: FROM INDIVIDUAL ALLYSHIP TO COLLECTIVE ACTION FOR GENDER EQUITY: TRANSFORMING GEOSCIENCE CULTURE
10:30 AM 28-2: DISMANTLING THE LEAKY PIPELINE METAPHOR: GEOSCIENTISTS EXPERIENCE DISPROPORTIONATE LEVELS OF EXCLUSIONARY BEHAVIORS
10:45 AM 28-3: ASSOCIATION FOR WOMEN GEOSCIENTISTS: HELPING WOMEN TO PERSIST IN THE GEOSCIENCES THROUGH THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
11:00 AM 28-4: FEMALES, MOTHERS, AND GEOSCIENTISTS: OUR PERSONAL GENDER CHALLENGES IN STEREOTYPES, CHILDCARE, AND COVID-19
11:15 AM 28-5: FAMILY FIELDWORK: PARENTING, PERSEVERANCE, AND A PANDEMIC PIVOT
11:30 AM 28-6: MEDICAL CHALLENGES, TRIPLETS, PANDEMIC: TEN STRATEGIES FOR STAYING AFLOAT IN ACADEMIA IN THE FACE OF OVERWHELMING DIFFICULTIES
11:45 AM 28-7: INTERDISCIPLINARY, CROSS-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE ON DEALING WITH AMBIGUITY, UNCERTAINTY, AND LIMINALITY DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC BY CREATING “IBASHO”
- YACOBUCCI, Margaret, School of Earth, Environment & Society, Bowling Green State University, 190 Overman Hall, Bowling Green, OH 43403
10:30 AM 28-2: DISMANTLING THE LEAKY PIPELINE METAPHOR: GEOSCIENTISTS EXPERIENCE DISPROPORTIONATE LEVELS OF EXCLUSIONARY BEHAVIORS
- SCHNEIDER, Blair, Kansas Geological Survey, 1930 Constant Ave, Lawrence, KS 66047-3724
10:45 AM 28-3: ASSOCIATION FOR WOMEN GEOSCIENTISTS: HELPING WOMEN TO PERSIST IN THE GEOSCIENCES THROUGH THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
- KELLEY, Patricia, Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of North Carolina Wilmington, 601 S. College Road, Wilmington, NC 28403,
- LUKOCZKI, Georgina, Kentucky Geological Survey, University of Kentucky, 228 Mining and Mineral Resources Building, Lexington, KY 40506,
- WINGARD, G. Lynn, Association for Women Geoscientists,
- BLOCK, Amy, Minnesota Geological Survey, 2609 Territorial Road, St. Paul, MN 55114,
- TRANEL, Lisa M., Geography, Geology and the Environment, Illinois State University, Campus Box 4400, 100 N. University St., Normal, IL 61790
11:00 AM 28-4: FEMALES, MOTHERS, AND GEOSCIENTISTS: OUR PERSONAL GENDER CHALLENGES IN STEREOTYPES, CHILDCARE, AND COVID-19
- CLARY, Renee M., Department of Geosciences, Mississippi State University, 101D Hilburn Hall, Mississippi State, MS 39762, NAGEL, Athena, Department of Geosciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762,
- SUMRALL, Jeanne Lambert, Geosciences, Fort Hays State University, Hays, KS 67601
11:15 AM 28-5: FAMILY FIELDWORK: PARENTING, PERSEVERANCE, AND A PANDEMIC PIVOT
- VISAGGI, Christy, Geosciences, Georgia State University, PO Box 3965, Atlanta, GA 30302-3965
11:30 AM 28-6: MEDICAL CHALLENGES, TRIPLETS, PANDEMIC: TEN STRATEGIES FOR STAYING AFLOAT IN ACADEMIA IN THE FACE OF OVERWHELMING DIFFICULTIES
- BULINSKI, Katherine, Department of Environmental Studies, Bellarmine University, 2001 Newburg Road, Louisville, KY 40205
11:45 AM 28-7: INTERDISCIPLINARY, CROSS-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE ON DEALING WITH AMBIGUITY, UNCERTAINTY, AND LIMINALITY DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC BY CREATING “IBASHO”
- MORI, Yoko, Higher Education Development Centre, University of Otago, 65/75 Union Place West, Dunedin, 9016, New Zealand,
- KELLEY, Patricia, Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, NC 28403