sexual harassment Archives

ADVANCEGeo Research Spotlight

By Maura Hahnenberger | August 28, 2020

The ADVANCEGeo team has published a new paper on hostile climates as barriers to diversifying the geosciences that summarizes the cultural & structural barriers to broaden participation in the geosciences & identify a range of strategies to dismantle these barriers.

ADVANCEGeo Train the Trainers – Applications Open

By Maura Hahnenberger | September 30, 2019

ADVANCEGeo Now Accepting Applications for the Train the Trainers Workshop!

NSF-funded ADVANCEGeo Partnership “Train the Trainers” Workshop

January 9-10, 2020 in Lawrence, Kansas

The goal of the Train the Trainers workshop is to develop a network of trainers. Participants will …

ADVANCEGeo Resource Center Launched

By Rebecca Barnes | June 12, 2018

ADVANCEGeo launches new online resource center to address sexual harassment in the geosciences

The National Science Foundation-funded ADVANCEGeo project has released a collection of online resources for the community on relevant research and tested strategies to respond to sexual harassment, …

ESWN Currents | May 2018

By Rebecca Barnes | June 1, 2018

ESWN Newsmakers

Katharine Hayhoe wins Award For Outstanding Climate Science Communication

Jurors for this award called Dr. Hayhoe “a unique voice in the climate communication world… able to reach audiences that other climate scientists have not been able to reach.”

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Currents | Feb 2018

By Rebecca Barnes | March 16, 2018

The Leadership Board is interested in what topics are resonating within the ESWN community. As part of this effort and thanks to ESWN member Wendy Chou, we will now post periodic summaries of the topics that generate lasting conversations in

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NSF is soliciting public comments on their new sexual harassment policy

By Rebecca Barnes | March 7, 2018

The National Science Foundation (NSF) is soliciting public comment on the agency’s proposed implementation of the new reporting requirements specified in NSF Important Notice No. 144, dated February 8, 2018. Full text of the reporting requirements is available online or …

Open Letter to the Geomorphology Community

By Rebecca Barnes | February 5, 2018

This letter is to alert the community to ongoing online harassment by a registered sex offender who targets individuals in geomorphology and related fields. This has been a problem for many years. The offender, who has an Earth Science degree …

Petition to NSF-directed US Antarctic Program regarding sexual harassment

By Rebecca Barnes | December 18, 2017

Please consider signing this petition to NSF : http://bit.ly/2B3tA24 .

Petition Text:

In light of recent publications of longstanding sexual and physical harassment and abuse in the field, we request that the NSF-directed US Antarctic Program clarify its policies for …

Participate in a Focus Group at AGU!

By Rebecca Barnes | December 5, 2017

Are you concerned about sexual harassment in STEM?

You are invited to participate in a focus group as part of a National Science Foundation ADVANCE award to develop bystander intervention and research ethics training to improve work climate conditions in …

Scientific Societies Speak Out Against Sexual Harassment

By Colleen Schmit | September 12, 2016

Leaders from scientific societies, government agencies, and academia come together to discuss sexual harassment in the sciences

12 September 2016

Joint Release

WASHINGTON, DC – More than 60 leaders in science from academia, government agencies, and professional societies came together

AGU From the Prow: Sexual Harassment and the Scientific Community

By Kelcie Kempenich | February 4, 2016

22 January 2016

Posted by Joan Buhrman

By Margaret Leinen, President, American Geophysical Union, Eric Davidson, President-elect, American Geophysical Union, and Carol Finn, Past President, American Geophysical Union

UPDATE, 29 January 2016: On Thursday, 28 January, an opinion piece titled, …