SY031-0015
Leveraging Field-Campaign Networks to Effect Collaborative Change on Sexual Harassment

Thursday, 10 December 2020
Poster
Emily V Fischer1, Brittany Bloodhart2,3, Kristen Rasmussen4, Ilana B Pollack5, Meredith Galanter Hastings6, Erika Marin-Spiotta7, Ankur R Desai7, Joshua Peter Schwarz8, Stephen W Nesbitt9 and Deanna A Hence10, (1)Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States, (2)Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States, (3)California State University San Bernardino, Department of Psychology, San Bernardino, CA, United States, (4)Colorado State University, Department of Atmospheric Science, Fort Collins, CO, United States, (5)Colorado State University, Atmospheric Science Department, Ft. Collins, CO, United States, (6)Brown University, Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, and Institute at Brown for Environment and Society, Providence, RI, United States, (7)University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI, United States, (8)NOAA Chemical Sciences Laboratory (CSL), Boulder, CO, United States, (9)University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Urbana, IL, United States, (10)University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States
Abstract:
This project implemented and studied sexual harassment training, awareness, and experiences during four major atmospheric science field campaigns to better understand and mitigate negative gender-based harassment in these settings. Field campaign teams (researchers, technicians, staff) participated in workshops developed largely by ADVANCEGeo to identify and address harassment. Social science surveys were sent to all members before and after the campaign, to document attitudes, beliefs, and experiences with harassment in both field and office settings. We find that over half of women working on several recent atmospheric science field campaigns have experienced sexual harassment, with the majority being categorized as hostile work environment (e.g., sexualized images or jokes), and over 90% going unreported. Both women and men who attended the training were more likely than those who did not attend to report feeling more trusting of coworkers, comfortable with reporting, and more willing to intervene in situations of harassment. We will present findings about attitudes and experiences of harassment in field work, and we will conclude with a discussion around how the atmospheric science community can facilitate collaborative change around sexual harassment within existing networks.
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