<div dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal" id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-144e4548-f251-d19f-f18e-6f4f8f849a98"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">ADVANCEGeo launches new online resource center to address sexual harassment in the geosciences</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">June 11, 2018</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The National Science Foundation-funded ADVANCEGeo project has released a </span><a href="https://serc.carleton.edu/advancegeo/resources/index.html" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">collection of online resources</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> for the community on relevant research and tested strategies to respond to sexual harassment, bullying and discrimination in academia. These public resources can be used to: define and understand harassment, bullying, and discrimination; design codes of conduct, including for field research projects and courses; and identify best strategies for creating inclusive and equitable workplace climates. The online resource center is hosted by the Science Education and Research Center at Carleton College.  </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://serc.carleton.edu/dev/advancegeo/project_team.html" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">ADVANCEGeo</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> project goals include (1) developing and testing bystander intervention training </span><a href="https://serc.carleton.edu/advancegeo/workshops/index.html" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">workshops</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> with disciplinary-specific scenarios, which incorporate intersectionality; (2) developing teaching modules that define harassment as scientific misconduct; (3) disseminating training materials via professional societies; and (4) developing a sustainable model that can be transferred to other STEM disciplines. Funded by a 4-year US National Science Foundation ADVANCE Partnership award in 2017, ADVANCEGeo is a collaboration among the Earth Science Women’s Network, the Association for Women Geoscientists, and the American Geophysical Union. Partnering institutions include: University of Wisconsin-Madison, Colorado College, Brown University, California State University, Los Angeles, and University of California, Merced and evaluation teams at the Wisconsin Center for Education Research and the Colorado State University STEM Center.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">ADVANCEGeo resource center: </span><a href="https://serc.carleton.edu/advancegeo/resources/index.html" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-alig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<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2">Marín-Spiotta </font></span></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2"></font>Biogeography and Biogeochemistry Research Group<font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font>Department of Geography<br>University of Wisconsin-Madison<br>550 North Park St<br>Madison, WI 53706 <br><a href="mailto:marinspiotta@wisc.edu" target="_blank">marinspiotta@wisc.edu</a><br></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Pronouns used: she/her/hers</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Office/Lab: Science Hall 223/230</span><br></div><div dir="ltr">Lab phone: 608-262-1855<br>Biogeolab website: <a href="http://marinspiotta.com" target="_blank">marinspiotta.com</a><br></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="https://serc.carleton.edu/advancegeo" target="_blank">ADVANCEGeo Partnership</a>: Empowering geoscientists to transform workplace climate</span></div><div><a href="http://stemdiversity.wisc.edu" target="_blank">STEMdiversity</a>@UW-Madison <br>Earth Science Women's Network (<a href="http://eswnonline.org" target="_blank">ESWN</a>)</div><div><font color="#222222"><a href="http://eswnonline.org" target="_blank"><br></a></font><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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