The Value of Role Models in Retaining Undergraduate Women in the Geosciences

Rebecca T Barnes1, Paul R Hernandez2, Brittany Bloodhart3,4, Amanda S Adams5, Melissa A Burt3, Sandra Clinton6, Wendi Du7, Elaine Savageau Godfrey5, Heather Henderson8, Ilana B Pollack9 and Emily V Fischer10, (1)Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO, United States, (2)Texas A&M University College Station, Department of Teaching, Learning, and Culture, College Station, WV, United States, (3)Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States, (4)California State University San Bernardino, Department of Psychology, San Bernardino, CA, United States, (5)University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, United States, (6)University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Department of Geography & Earth Sciences, Charlotte, NC, United States, (7)West Virginia University, Morgantown, United States, (8)West Virginia University, Department of Learning Sciences and Human Development, Morgantown, WV, United States, (9)Colorado State University, Atmospheric Science Department, Ft. Collins, CO, United States, (10)Colorado State University, Atmospheric Science, Fort Collins, CO, United States