A blind PhD student teaches others how to make their classrooms more inclusive. Story by Erik Potter Due to a degenerative retinal condition, Gina Ceylan’s vision had been slipping slowly — sometimes quickly — since childhood. Then, one morning in the middle of her master’s program in geology at...
Calling all members of the IAGD network! We would like to know how many of you are attending the 2013 GSA Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, October 27-30. Please follow this link to simply answer yes you are attending, or no you are not. If you are attending and...
Congratulations to all of the accepted abstracts for the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, October 27-30. A RECORD number of abstract submissions were received, and more than 8,000 people are expected to attend. The following is the schedule of abstracts for the IAGD sponsored poster...
With heavy hearts, we inform the IAGD community of the passing of Mr. Jeff Vernooy, longtime Director of the Office of Disability Services at Wright State University. Among the many successes in advocating for access and inclusion at WSU, Jeff was instrumental in the early advisory committee of the...
Upcoming deadline reminders! GSA – On To the Future Deadline July 31 On To the Future (OTF) is a grass roots initiative of The Geological Society of America (GSA) to provide partial-funding for 125 diverse students to attend their first GSA Annual Meeting, this year in Denver, Colorado. To qualify...
The IAGD is pleased to announce sponsorship for the following poster session being held during the 2013 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting in San Francisco, California. We are excited to announce that this session is also being sponsored by every AGU division. ED019. Expanding Diversity in the Geosciences by...
Celebrating its 125th anniversary, the Geological Society of America (GSA) has established a grassroots initiative On To the Future (OTF), aimed at providing partial-funding for 125 diverse students to attend their first GSA Annual Meeting, October 27-30, in Denver, Colorado. GSA is this year. Many GSA members describe their first...
The IAGD is pleased to announce sponsorship for the following technical sessions being held during the Geological Society of America (GSA) Annual Meeting, October 27-30, 2013, in Denver, Colorado, USA. Both of the following sessions seek to promote past, present and future perspectives of enhanced diversity in the geosciences....
On April 28, 2013, The International Association of Geoscience Diversity (IAGD) became an Associated Society of the Geological Society of America (GSA). This is a large step in the recognition of access and inclusion for students and scientists with disabilities and a huge boost of progressive thinking and planning...
The IAGD is actively working to expand the global network of members, resources, and research. Please encourage colleagues from institutions in any of the US locations listed below as well as any colleagues from international institutions to join the network of resources and research that promote accessibility to and...
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