Dear IAGD Community, On October 29th, during our annual meeting, I stepped aside as Executive Director of the IAGD. During the past 13 years, I have witnessed a transition from traditionally exclusive approaches to teaching and learning in the geosciences, to more of a focus on inclusion and access....
Open any geology textbook. Its full-color photographs, illustrations, graphs, and maps are valuable for providing context and learning the story that geology has to tell. For Blind and low vision learners, these images are inaccessible. Providing alternate text to describe imagery with words provides some degree of accessibility, but...
Why I Give Chris Atchison, Executive Director, IAGD “Why are you working so hard for so few students?” This was a common question I was asked when I started promoting the mission of the IAGD in 2008. At that time, I was not sure how to answer, but I...
Dear IAGD Community, I’ve been taking some time this week to reflect on the events and activities of the IAGD over the past decade, and wanted to share some of the highlights with you. We have a lot to be proud of. At the end of 2009, we were...
The IAGD Mission has remained the same since 2008: To promote communities of research, instruction, and student support that improves access to the geosciences for persons with disabilities. Holding true to this mission will enable the IAGD to be instrumental in fostering the development of inclusively designed instructional resources...
Happy 2018! With the new-year comes many new IAGD events and activities. As the IAGD community continues to expand, awareness for improved access and inclusion in the geosciences is becoming more commonplace around the world. First, I want to thank all of you who have supported the IAGD Foundation...
IAGD IGER Award The IAGD Inclusive Geoscience Education and Research (IGER) Awards recognize outstanding efforts in promoting, developing, and/or implementing inclusive instruction & research that encourages active engagement and participation of students and practitioners with disabilities in the geosciences. Recipients of these awards share the vision of the IAGD...
NAGB Annual Conference, Atlanta, September 6-9, 2017. http://www.nabg-us.org/ SACNAS National Diversity in STEM conference, Salt Lake City, October 19-21, 2017. http://www.2017sacnas.org/events/2017-sacnas-the-national-diversity-in-stem-conference/event-summary-344a437cdada442d9179834c162b0a21.aspx GSA Annual Meeting, Seattle, October 22-25. http://community.geosociety.org/gsa2017/home AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans, December 11-15. https://fallmeeting.agu.org/2017/ Resources for Future Generations 2018, Vancouver, BC, Canada, June 16-21. http://rfg2018.org/ Remember, membership on...
At the end of the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting in Seattle, WA, USA, experts in the field of Geoscience and Higher Education will be hosting a workshop focusing on Mentoring and Diversity in Earth System Science. This NSF-funded workshop will explore effective mentoring strategies for mentors as well...
By Sean Thatcher, Chairman, IAGD Student Community Finding a mentor is something that has been presented to undergraduates since the day they sat through their freshman orientation. Mentors are a great resource that can provide students with important information at their home universities. They can also assist with academic...
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