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INTRODUCING ACADEMY COHORT 1

1. INTRODUCING ACADEMY COHORT 1

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Paul Wehking
Posted 02-22-2022 12:47

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The LANDInG leadership team, comprised of ~30 Steering Committee and Advisory Board members, recommended that the inaugural cohort of Academy participants focus on building capacity for those individuals at mid-career and in positions to effect change at a U.S. academic, academic-adjacent, or research institutions. Future cohorts of participants in the LANDInG Academy will comprise geoscientists at different career stages, from other career sectors as well as those from around the world.

Members of the inaugural LANDInG Academy cohort have demonstrated commitment to championing DEI and readiness to become leader-allies in the geosciences. These 12 geosciences leaders, who together represent various institution types, geographical areas, and facets of identity, each exhibit openness and capacity to expand their experience.

Adriana E. Martinez

Associate Professor, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

Dr. Adriana E. Martinez is an Associate Professor at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and holds a joint position in the Department of Geography & GIS and the Department of Environmental Sciences. She received a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Geosciences (2005), and a Master of Science in Geography (Fluvial Geomorphology, 2008) at Texas A&M University, and a PhD in Geography (Fluvial Geomorphology, 2013) at the University of Oregon. Her research focuses on the influence of human activities along river systems. Dr. Martinez is a physical geographer with GIS expertise and uses traditional field methods combined with river modeling and drones to examine river systems throughout the U.S. including the Tijuana River in California and the Provo River in Utah. Dr. Martinez's current work examines the influence of the U.S.-Mexico Border Fence on flooding and the fluvial geomorphology of the Rio Grande River. She is also involved in research projects regarding archaeological sites in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, environmental justice in the St. Louis Metro East, improving mentoring among STEM faculty, and methods to help undergraduate and graduate students develop their science identity.

Christy Till

Associate Professor, Arizona State University

Dr. Christy Till has been educated as a ballet dancer and geologist and is employed as a professor. As a professor, her work focuses on understanding the origins of magma and what drives its subsequent eruption on Earth and other planets, as well as educating the next generation of scientists with particular emphases on building skills in science communication and improving diversity, equity, and inclusion in the Earth, planetary, and space sciences. Her privilege and experiences have provided her a number of opportunities, roles, and successes working towards these aims predominantly in the US geoscience community, such as an NSF CAREER award, elected leadership positions for the American Geophysical Union, and an early career award from her division at the Geological Society of America. Academic structures, biases, and her personal shortcomings have also contributed to a myriad of challenges and failures, such as identifying as a member of #MeToo and numerous job, grant, and paper rejections. Beyond her profession, she is an artist, runner, and hiker, and feels happiest when she can spend some time outdoors each day.

David C. Smith

Professor & Associate Dean, University of Rhode Island

David C. Smith is professor and associate dean at the URI Graduate School of Oceanography. His general field of research is microbial oceanography where his work often involves method development for use at sea. His work has taken him to all seven continents. He has sailed across every line of latitude from the North Pole to Antarctica in his more than two years of sea time onboard research vessels. Smith has served on the editorial boards of both Aquatic Microbial Ecology and Estuaries and Coasts. He is currently a member of the University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System Council. He was awarded the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography's Raymond L. Lindeman Award, the National Science Foundation's Antarctic Service Medal, and was named a Joint Oceanographic Institutions Distinguished Lecturer. Smith earned a B.S. from California State University, Long Beach and a Ph.D. from Scripps Institution of Oceanography/University of California, San Diego. He joined the faculty of University of Rhode Island's Graduate School of Oceanography in 1997.

George I Matsumoto

Senior Education and Research Specialist, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI)

A native Californian, I'm third generation Japanese and grew up in southern California. I went to UC Berkeley (majored in marine botany) and have worked in the state and National Park systems doing trail crew and teaching trail maintenance to high school students. I studied gelatinous zooplankton for my PhD using SCUBA, Human occupied vehicles, and remotely operated vehicles around the world. I worked for the Monterey Bay Aquarium for a short time and was a NSF postdoctoral fellow at Hopkins Marine Station (Stanford University) before taking up a tenure track position at Flinders University of South Australia where I spent three years before returning to California and my current position at MBARI.

I have been awarded the QuikScience Ocean Leadership Award for commitment to Ocean Education and recognized as an ASLO fellow. I have served on a number of local, regional, and national boards including the National Marine Educators Association (NMEA) Board, the National Ocean Studies Board, and several National Academy committees. At MBARI, I coordinate the seminar and internship program as well as the NSF funded Adopt-A-Float program. I currently serve on the National Association of Marine Labs (NAML) DEI committee and am a member of the Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in Geosciences (AAPiG) group, the Minorities in Aquarium and Zoo Science (MIAZ) group, and co-chair the NMEA traditional knowledge committee. I am looking forward to working with and sharing the results of the AGU LANDInG cohort.

Kade Keranen

Associate Professor, Cornell University

Kade Keranen is an associate professor at Cornell University. In research, Kade uses seismology and complementary geophysical methods to study earth structure and the impact of fluids on dynamic processes. From a rural midwestern farming background, Kade has long been familiar with the reliance of society on earth resources including water, soil, and energy, and with society's vulnerability to earth hazards from severe weather to climate change to earthquakes. Kade is passionate about broadening participation in earth science and increasing the diversity of insights and perspectives within our community. Kade sees equity and inclusion as key pillars to build and sustain diverse participation, and is committed to helping change cultural norms that create persistent barriers to broad participation.

Kathleen Johnson

Associate Professor, University of California, Irvine

Kathleen Johnson (Anishinaabe; Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians) is a geochemist and paleoclimatologist who specializes in reconstructing past climate change using natural archives from caves (speleothems), with a focus on tropical and monsoon regions. She received a B.S. in Geological Sciences from the University of Michigan (1996) and a PhD in Geology from the University of California, Berkeley (2004). She served as a Gary C. Comer Abrupt Climate Change postdoctoral fellow at the University of Oxford, UK from 2004-2007.

Dr. Johnson is currently an Associate Professor in the Dept. of Earth System Science (ESS) at the University of California, Irvine (UCI), located on the ancestral shared territory of the Acjachemen and Tongva peoples. She has a long record of work to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion in the geosciences. She directed the NSF-funded UCI American Indian Summer Institute in Earth System Science from 2012-2017 and was recognized with the 2016 Randolph W. "Bill" and Cecile T. Bromery Award from the Geological Society of America (GSA). She has served as Vice-Chair for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for the ESS department since 2019 and has recently been appointed as UCI ADVANCE Equity Advisor for the School of Physical Sciences at UCI. She is also a GSA Fellow and currently serves as President-Elect of the AGU Paleoceanography & Paleoclimatology section.

Kristie Bradford

Professor of Geology, Lone Star College – Tomball

Kristie Bradford is a professor of geology at Lone Star College – Tomball, a campus in the Lone Star College System, a community college just north of Houston. Since arriving at LSC - Tomball in 2005, she was twice awarded the LSC – Tomball Faculty Excellence award. She serves on the Diversity Council at LSC - Tomball and ran several faculty professional development workshops promoting student-centered pedagogy. Professor Bradford was a SAGE 2YC Faculty Change Agent, a recently concluded NSF-funded project Supporting and Advancing Geoscience Education at Two-Year Colleges. In addition to teaching introductory geology classes, Professor Bradford will serve as PI and project evaluator for LSC – Tomball's recently awarded Department of Education Title III HSI-STEM grant.

Professor Bradford is devoted to her students and their education. Through active learning infused lectures and engaging labs, she draws her students into the world of geology making it relevant and relatable. The goals of her JEDI work include making science, geoscience in particular, a viable option for students who come from historically excluded groups; and, changing beliefs regarding structural racism, and other forms of exclusion, to reduce harm, leading to the breakdown

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Paul Wehking
Senior Solutions Advisor, Higher Logic
Arlington, VA 202-803-6144 paul@higherlogic.com
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