December 27, 2023 1:59 PM in Uncategorized by Laura Guertin
As you make out your to-do list for the new year, perhaps add one more line item. Take a moment and reach out to the teacher(s) that made a difference in your own journey as a scientist/educator.
Tags: featured, New Year's Resolution
March 8, 2023 10:13 AM in Uncategorized by Laura Guertin
This post originally was supposed to be focused on a collection of profiles of women in ocean sciences available online. But in working to celebrate our successes, and keeping in mind this year’s theme for International Women’s Day 2023 of #EmbraceEquity, I couldn’t just celebrate the accomplishments – I had to include the challenges these amazing women have faced along the way and still face today.
Tags: #WHM, #womeninstem, careers, featured, oceanographers, STEM careers, women in STEM, Women's History Month
November 4, 2022 9:21 PM in Uncategorized by Laura Guertin
Please allow me to use this blog post to share a little more about the award and give a shout-out to all of these amazing honorees from previous years. I hope you recognize several of these names and their contributions to our discipline, and perhaps take a few moments to learn more about this group and their accomplishments. I hope that this post can help groups/institutions outside of AWG elevate and celebrate these individuals and share their stories.
Tags: #womeninstem, Association for Women Geoscientists, AWG, featured, women in STEM
April 22, 2022 12:15 AM in Uncategorized by Laura Guertin
What future investments can we make on the JR to be in partnership with the planet? Scientists on Expedition 390 have been reflecting upon the Earth Day 2022 theme and the mission of scientific ocean drilling.
Tags: #DrGwIODP, #EXP390, Earth Day, featured, IODP
February 2, 2022 10:25 AM in Uncategorized by Laura Guertin
It makes me think back to my New Year’s Resolution post for 2022, asking everyone to take climate action, and one way to do just this is to talk about climate. But it doesn’t help to have people talk about climate if no one is listening effectively!
Tags: audio, featured, listen, listening, Listenwise, podcast
January 14, 2022 2:12 PM in Uncategorized by Laura Guertin
There are so many calls for climate action, and these calls are increasing in volume and numbers. My 2022 New Year’s Resolution blog post was on climate action (I encourage you to check out the links in the blog post). But I know for my students, there needs to be a little more mentoring and guidance to help them feel prepared and empowered to take those steps and make a …
Tags: climate action, featured, pedagogy, podcast
August 16, 2021 9:06 AM in Uncategorized by Laura Guertin
A group of two-year college faculty came together for the URGE program and generated a document of approaches and action items to deepen the knowledge and to implement strategies needed for the participation of BIPOC students and faculty in the geosciences.
Tags: anit-racism, DEI, diversity, featured, Unlearning Racism in Geoscience, URGE
April 5, 2021 2:25 PM in Uncategorized by Laura Guertin
“The future almost certainly holds additional, unforeseen disruptions that will test the principles and resilience of institutions of higher education. It also almost certainly requires the contributions of STEMM, which can be fully realized only if the well-being of women in these fields does not significantly suffer from the COVID-19 pandemic and other disruptions.”
Tags: featured, NASEM, women in STEM
March 1, 2021 9:18 AM in Uncategorized by Laura Guertin
What is impostor syndrome really about? Typically defined as the result of being treated like an impostor by people you deal with every day – but this misdiagnosis doesn’t clearly address the impact of individuals facing systemic bias and toxic work environments.
Tags: featured, impostor syndrome
January 14, 2021 11:50 AM in Uncategorized by Laura Guertin
The training, the mentoring, the community… all are key components of the AGU Voices for Science advocacy program that allow you to succeed in sharing science and making a difference
Tags: AGU, featured, Voices for Science