About the Study Over the last decade, there has been an increase in research looking into the social and cultural issues affecting geoscientists. In particular, there has been a lot of discussion focused on identity (e.g., race/ethnicity, disability, and gender). Examples of these efforts can be seen through the...
IAGD editors note: We are pleased to present a guest post by William Davis at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. This post walks through a teaching module on seismicity using Google maps, and some easy tactile methods for teaching earthquakes and tectonics. Supplemental material for this post can be accessed...
November 29th is Giving Tuesday, one of the most important days for non-profit organizations working towards annual fundraising goals. The IAGD has received a generous offer to match donations up to $5,000 through the end of December, so we are going for our stretch goal of $10,000. We are...
The winner of the IAGD 2022 IGER Award for inclusive practices in the geosciences is Dr. Lis Gallant, a post doctoral researcher at the Hawaii Volcanoes Observatory. Dr. Gallant was nominated by both colleagues and students for efforts to make the discipline of volcanology more inclusive and accessible. Dr....
This year, the IAGD has a very modest fundraising goal of $5,000. These funds will directly support our student community by funding our Student Pathways Scholarship for the next year. Since the start of this scholarship fund last year, we have been able to support 12 students with disabilities with...
Annie Klyce, a graduate student in the the School of the Earth, Ocean and Environment at the University of South Carolina is the 2021 IGER Award winner. She is the first student recipient of this award. Annie was recognized for her work adapting labs for accessibility, preparing materials for...
Greetings IAGD Family! As most of you know, on October 29 I took over the role of Executive Director of the International Association for Geoscience Diversity. I am honored and humbled to move into this new role. Leading the IAGD is certainly not something I can do on my...
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...
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