Yours in LadyGeoscience
Whether you're used to working from home or not, the corona virus quarantine is something none of us were truly prepared for. If you're like me, you might be starting to get a bit squirrelly without human interaction. Or without some new and different humans to interact with. So I've come up with a work … Continue reading Quarantine Coffee Break
As many of us prepare to work from home and to move in-person classes online, there's a lot to consider and think about (beyond whether or not 2 years worth of toilet paper will be enough). I came across this article this morning and recommend it for anyone facing course migration in the next week … Continue reading Teaching in the Time of the Corona Virus Pandemic
"The On To the Future (OTF) program supports students from diverse communities to attend the Annual Meeting by offering partial travel funding, full meeting registration, one-year membership, mentorship, and special sessions with leadership while at the meeting."- GSA On To The Future Back in 2018, I was part of the Geological Society of America's On … Continue reading On To The Future
November is the cruelest month (and yes, I know that's callous). If you're involved in any realm of academia, this is a fact you already know. November is the month you constantly drop the ball because you're juggling so many items--at least one of them a chainsaw. Then suddenly it's December, when all the things … Continue reading To Tide You Over
Desert soils, the homes of the Hohokam, and the GSA Kick Off Ok, I know I'm already a couple days behind. It's been so hectic! I'm writing from the GSA Coffee Break area, at a table with a bunch of other geos reviewing for presentations, answering emails, and in some cases just chatting. I'm going … Continue reading GSA Day ii
Hi! My name is Alejandra and I am a Geoscientist at an oil and gas company. I was born and raised in Puerto Rico which I’m pretty sure had *some* influence into me becoming a lady geo. Growing up I always loved being outside whether that was the beach or the mountains or just my … Continue reading Meet our new guest contributor: BreakerOfGlassCeilings!
And things to check out while you're waiting Fun thing I discovered while in the field immediately after GSA: WordPress won't let me upload photos from my phone. So this whole post was written last week but couldn't be posted until just now 😦 I'm finally home though, so expect a bunch of catch-up posts … Continue reading Delay of the LadyGeo
In which I was instructed into the secret ways of the Minervals, High Priestesses of the Illuminati. The Minervals are a clan of badass ladygeos (and ladyphysicist) who do luminescence research (Illuminati, luminescence... get it? hehehe). They hosted a shortcourse this year and my only complaint is that I wish I had taken this course … Continue reading Day i
Because the conference actually started today, but I decided to be an overachiever Holycrap has it been a jam packed two days! Wonderful, science-filled, blisteringly sunny, jammed to the brim two days. Below is a post about Day i, my day with the Illuminati, and I'm hoping to get out a post about Day ii--my … Continue reading GSA, Days i and ii
'Twas the week before GSA and all through the halls, the geos panicking and sighing out loud. "My poster's not done!" "The talk is which day?!" "Oh crap, I said I'd do that, but there's time-wise no way!" If you're not a conference-attending-type person, think of GSA as sort of a big geology jamboree. It's … Continue reading GSA Ramp Up
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