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AGU 2014. Student Session: The Challenges Faced and Strategies Used When Switching Disciplines (Pop-Up Session)
From: Gabrielle Tepp <gtepp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>AGU 2014. Student Session: The Challenges Faced and Strategies Used When Switching Disciplines (Pop-Up Session)
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Dear all,
We are looking for students to submit an abstract to our AGU student
pop-up session. This is a great opportunity for students to practice their
speaking skills by giving a 5 minute presentation about an interesting
topic that applies to many geoscientists. The session is listed under
Education so that the abstract does not count toward the first author
limit.
Please share this message with any geoscience student who you think may be
interested.
Session Description (ID 3289): The Challenges Faced and Strategies Used
When Switching Disciplines (Pop-Up Session)
Geophysics comprises a wide variety of disciplines, from space physics to
hydrology, and thus attracts students and researchers with diverse
educational backgrounds. While this is greatly beneficial to the
geophysics community, these new geophysicists must first face the daunting
task of learning and adapting to an unfamiliar discipline. This task,
however, is not limited to just those scientists - even
geophysicists-by-training often need to learn a new discipline to achieve
their scientific goals. In this session, students will present 5 minute
pop-up talks that discuss the challenges faced and strategies used when
learning a new discipline or helping someone else through the adjustment.
By opening this topic for discussion, we hope to determine how best to
support ourselves, friends, colleagues, and future students in
transitioning to a new and unfamiliar discipline.
Conveners:
Gabrielle Tepp, University of Rochester
Shi Sim, UC San Diego
Kasey Aderhold, Boston University
Note that the submission deadline is almost here (Aug 6)!
Thanks!
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