ED018
Climate Literacy: Preparing the Future Climate Workforce through Higher Ed & Engaging Students at Minority Serving Institutions in STEM-successful approaches
Session ID#: 82503
Session Description:
Climate change is everyoneâs concern. Solutions will require informed communities, including those in tribal nations, and a diverse workforce with a strong grasp of science, technology, engineering and math. Todayâs college students in every field of study will spend their careers understanding and solving tomorrowâs climate problems. Transdisciplinary styles of teaching foster community-building and working collaboratively to understand the issues and develop innovative ways to comprehend, adapt to, and mitigate the various consequences of climate change. We welcome papers that share faculty experiences, teaching strategies, resources and lessons learned while teaching STEM underserved and underrepresented students and/or describe how students in all contexts address problem solving in response to the challenges of climate change. Of particular interest are efforts that enhance related STEM courses, creating new Career and Technical Education (CTE) Programs, community college and university initiatives building reciprocity and preparing students to work towards an equitable and sustainable future.
Index Terms:
0810 Post-secondary education [EDUCATION]
0855 Diversity [EDUCATION]
Primary Convener: Bonnie Murray, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, United States
Conveners: Bradley E Hoge, National Center for Science Education, Oakland, CA, United States, Elena B Sparrow, Univ Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States and Louise T Huffman, UN-Lincoln, Naperville, IL, United States
Primary Liaison: Frank Niepold III, NOAA Washington DC, Climate Program Office, Washington, DC, United States
Cultural Tradition in a Non-traditional College Course: Connecting Tribal Youth to Community Climate Impacts (529037)
Christina Buffington, International Arctic Research Center, Fairbanks, AK, United States, Elena B Sparrow, Univ Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States, Katie Spellman, University of Alaska Fairbanks, International Arctic Research Center, Fairbanks, AK, United States, Malinda Chase, Association for Interior Native Educators, Fairbanks, AK, United States, Bonnie Murray, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, United States and Gilberto J Fochesatto, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Atmospheric Sciences, Fairbanks, AK, United States
Teaching the Socially-Situated Nature of Climate Change Science in Technical STEM Courses: A Hurricane Katrina Case Study (556251)
Aramati Casper, Fort Collins, Co, United States, Atadero Rebecca, Colorado State University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Fort Collins, United States and Tom Siller, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, United States
Earth System Education for Climate Resiliency in the Salish Sea: Preparing the Future Climate Workforce at Northwest Indian College (561985)
Sherry L. Palacios1, Sylvie Arques2, Dineh Judd3, Breana Nguyen4, Melvin Miles4 and Melissa Peacock5, (1)Bay Area Environmental Research Institute at NASA/ARC, Moffett Field, CA, United States, (2)Northwest Indian College, Bellingham, WA, United States, (3)Northwest Indian College, Native Environmental Science, Bellingham, WA, United States, (4)Northwest Indian College, Bellingham, United States, (5)Northwest Indian College, Salish Sea Research Center, Bellingham, WA, United States
Fostering cross disciplinary research and development, in a tribal college, using Vertically Integrated Projects for Research, Outreach, Student Education in STEM ( VIP ROSE STEM) (576807)
Nader Vadie, Albuquerque, NM, United States, Dennis G Dye, USGS Astrogeology Science Center, Flagstaff, AZ, United States and Massoud Ahghar, Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute, Advanced Technical Education, Albuquerque, NM, United States
Climate workforce skills through Arctic research - putting community college students in charge (594272)
Katie Spellman, University of Alaska Fairbanks, International Arctic Research Center, Fairbanks, AK, United States, Catherine Schaffer, Santa Ana College, MESA Program, Santa Ana, CA, United States, Elena B Sparrow, Univ Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States, Gilberto J Fochesatto, Environmental Science Program, Faculty of Science and Technology, Surat Thani Rajabhat University, Surat Thani, Thailand, Crystal Castillo, California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo, United States and David Verbyla, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States
Promoting STEM Literacy and Diversity through the Center for Applied Atmospheric Research and Education (CAARE) (612655)
Mohammad Z. Al-Hamdan1, Sen Chiao2, Amber Jean Kuss McCullum3, Sherry L. Palacios3, Muhammad Barik1, Maury Gordon Estes Jr4, Robert Griffin4, Sue M Estes4, Frank Freedman2, Carl M Sack5 and Courtney Kowalczak5, (1)Universities Space Research Association at NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL, United States, (2)San Jose State University, San Jose, CA, United States, (3)Bay Area Environmental Research Institute at NASA/ARC, Moffett Field, CA, United States, (4)University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, United States, (5)Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College, Cloquet, MN, United States
