AGI Announces Israel Jaramillo as Recipient of 2021 Scholarship for Diversity in Geoscience

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The American Geosciences Institute (AGI) congratulates master's student Israel Jaramillo as the first-ever recipient of the AGI Scholarship for Advancing Diversity in the Geoscience Profession. This competitive scholarship provides $5,000 to support an underrepresented minority student in their transition into a geoscience graduate program.

AGI Releases Framework for Addressing Racial and Ethnic Equity in Geosciences Professional Societies

Alexandria, VA — The American Geosciences Institute (AGI) is pleased to announce the release of the Framework for Addressing Racial and Ethnic Equity in Geosciences Professional Societies.

AGI Invites Applications for New Scholarship for Advancing Diversity in the Geoscience Profession

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The American Geosciences Institute (AGI) is pleased to announce its new Scholarship for Advancing Diversity in the Geoscience Profession. The scholarship is a one-time $5,000 award supporting geoscience graduate studies by a U.S. citizen or permanent resident who self-identifies as a member of an underrepresented minority (Black, Indigenous, or Person of Color) and is within two semesters of completing a recognized geoscience program.

AGI Scholarship for Advancing Diversity in the Geoscience Profession

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Diversity in the Geosciences – a Look at the Data and the Actions of the Community

Friday, November 13, 2020

This month's Heads and Chairs webinar will examine the issue of diversity in the geosciences. First we will look at the data about diversity, including current trends and drivers, and challenges in effectively measuring progress. Then there will be a look at what the geoscience societies are doing to address the challenges to making the discipline inclusive and representative and a look at some of the current steps. Finally, as an example, AGU will discuss their new diversity initiative LANDInG. These presentations will be followed by time for a discussion about both what is presented and the experiences department leadership are having with addressing diversity in their programs.

Diversity in the Geosciences – a Look at the Data and the Actions of the Community

Diversity in the Geosciences

A Diverse and Robust Workforce

To develop a knowledgeable, experienced, and innovative geoscience workforce, we need to:

Improve the resiliency and flexibility of the geoscience workforce by increasing representation of diverse viewpoints and fostering a safe and inclusive work culture.

Developing a Diverse Professoriate - Preliminary Outcomes from a Professional Development Workshop for Underrepresented Minorities in the Geosciences

Saturday, December 1, 2012

A professional development workshop for underrepresented minority, future and early-career faculty in the geosciences was held in April of 2012. Twenty seven participants traveled to the Washington DC metro area and attended this 2.5 day workshop. Participants’ career levels ranged from early PhD students to Assistant Professors, and they had research interests spanning atmospheric sciences, hydrology, solid earth geoscience and geoscience education.

Race and Ethnicity of U.S. Citizen Geoscience Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Appointees, 2016

The Challenges of Comparing Data on Minorities in the Geosciences

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To develop a knowledgeable, experienced, and innovative geoscience workforce, we need to:

Improve the resiliency and flexibility of the geoscience workforce by increasing representation of diverse viewpoints and fostering a safe and inclusive work culture.

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