C037
The Cryosphere Is for All: Overcoming Barriers to Participation in the Cryospheric Sciences

Session ID#: 158541

Session Description:
Research on the cryosphere has a long history of excluding promising scientists and knowledgeable stakeholders. The cryosphere is a key part of the earth system currently undergoing an “all hands on deck” crisis due to climate change, and yet many have not been able to contribute to our efforts to understand or adapt to this crisis. Barriers to entry are based on gender, race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, disabilities, among others. This lack of diversity in the cyrosphere sciences decreases the size of the potential workforce, limits the scope of innovative research, and exacerbates marginalization of underrepresented communities.

This session will focus on barriers to inclusion in the cryospheric sciences that continue to persist, and on recent efforts to attract diverse voices into the discipline that enable them to be heard and empowered. We welcome primary research into diversity and inclusion in the cryospheric sciences, new ideas and/or successful approaches for advancing diversity and inclusion in the discipline, with particular attention to best practices for fieldwork, collaborative teams, awards, and engaging with indigenous and underrepresented communities. We also welcome commentary on where the community should focus future efforts.

Index Terms:

0799 General or miscellaneous [CRYOSPHERE]
0855 Diversity [EDUCATION]

Primary Convener:  Joanna Carey, Babson College, Division of Math & Science, Wellesley, MA, United States
Conveners:  Hans-Peter Marshall, Boise State University, Department of Geosciences, Boise, ID, United States and Yueyi Che, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States
 
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