AAG Diversity Ambassadors in Los Angeles
Patricia Solis
AAG Diversity Ambassadors at the Annual Meeting in Los Angeles
Summary of Outreach Activities
Hello Everyone!
As you know, this year, as ambassadors, we are not planning to be sitting at a table in the exhibit hall, but we are going to try to more proactively engage in relevant sessions throughout the week of the meeting to reach out to young members, job seekers, department leaders. We have green ribbons for each of you to wear with your conference name tag to recognize your participation as an ambassador. Please pick up your ribbon / pin from Astrid Ng or Marcela Zeballos at the conference registration desk on Tuesday all day or Wednesday morning, then we will also have them available for you at the event on Wednesday afternoon. Be sure to attend this special short-panel and networking reception (see below highlighted in yellow)!
We could still use more mentors in time slots! To formally sign up to mentor at any of the mentoring sessions (highlighted in green), please indicate availability using our Doodle poll: http://doodle.com/u9nt4d7xuvsbkpee
Thanks to those who are signed up to participate - you are a crucial piece of the puzzle (do wear your pins - we have more if you lost them) ! (Those other than AAG staff are acknowledged below in blue text).
Please send any additions or updates to this list to me at pso...@aag.org. I plan to circulate these sessions to publicize our activities - feel free to do the same.
See you in L.A.!
Patricia Solís
TUESDAY april 9
Newcomers’ Mentoring Session
8:30 am – 10:00 am in San Pedro, First Floor, Westin
10:00 am - 11:40 am in San Pedro, First Floor, Westin
Sponsored by Graduate Student Affinity Group, AAG EDGE project, Stand-Alone Geographers Affinity Group
Yang Yang - University of Colorado at Boulder
1112/1212 "The Darker Side" of Geography I and II: Using Interdisciplinary Relationships to Bring Discussions of Race into Human-Environment Interactions
8:00 AM - 11:40 AM in San Gabriel C, Westin, Lobby Level
Priscilla McCutcheon - University of Connecticut
WEDNESDAY april 10
AAG Department Chairs Symposium: Promoting Diversity in Geography: Strategies to Improve Inclusion, Broaden Participation, & Assess Actions
Wednesday, April 10, 8:00 a.m. - 11:40 a.m.
Room: Avalon, Westin, Level 3 Sign-up required
Nate Sessoms - Brotherhood Crusade
Career Mentoring
9:00 am – 11:30 am in San Pedro, First Floor, Westin
2123: Practicing Geography I: Undergraduate Research and Problem-Based Learning
8:00 am - 9:40 am in San Jose, Second Floor, Westin
Sponsored by AAG EDGE project
Timothy Hawthorne - Georgia State University
2553: Graduate Students in the Field: Reflections on International Fieldwork
2:40 pm - 4:20 pm in Grand Ballroom Salon 2, Second Floor, L.A. Hotel
Sponsored by Graduate Student Affinity Group
Zia Salim - San Diego State University / University of California, Santa Barbara
2521: Young Leaders Mapping Sustainable Development Challenges: My Community, Our Earth Beyond Rio+20
2:40 pm - 4:20 pm in San Diego, Second Floor, Westin
Nekya Young, Ivan Ramirez
2621: AAG Diversity Ambassadors Networking Reception
4:40 pm - 6:20 pm in San Diego, Second Floor, Westin
Sponsored by Association of American Geographers
Nate Sessoms, Patricia Lopez, Yang Yang, Brittany Davis, Priscilla McCutcheon, Edris Montalvo, Ivan Ramirez, Darryl Cohen, Sumanth G. Reddy, Arvind Bhuta
THURSDAY april 11
Career Mentoring
9:00 am - 11:30 am in San Pedro, First Floor, Westin
3513: Internships and Work-Based Learning as Career Preparation
2:40 pm - 4:20 pm in San Pedro, First Floor, Westin
Sponsored by AAG EDGE project, Geography Education Specialty Group, Graduate Student Affinity Group
Paisly Di Bianca - USEPA Region 5
3608: Geography in the Americas: Making the Most of Student Exchanges for Research and Study Abroad
4:40 pm - 6:20 pm in San Bernardino, First Floor, Westin
Sponsored by Association of American Geographers, Latin America Specialty Group, Graduate Student Affinity Group
Brittany Davis - University of Arizona
3405 Catalyzing Research on Geographies of Broadening Participation
12:40 PM - 2:20 PM in Los Cerritos, Westin, Lobby Level
Shangrila J. Wynn - Colgate University
FRIDAY april 12
Career Mentoring
3:00 pm – 4:30 pm in San Pedro, First Floor, Westin
4:40 pm - 6:20 pm in Santa Barbara A, First Floor, Westin
Sponsored by AAG EDGE project, Community College Affinity Group, Stand-Alone Geographers Affinity Group, Geography Education Specialty Group
Amy J. Blatt - TerraFirm International Corp.
Director of Outreach and Strategic Initiatives
Association of American Geographers
Telephone 202-234-1450 ext. 222
Direct Line 202-558-7491