References by Topic
Accessibility in the geosciences
Publications & websites
Atchison, C.L., and B.H. Gilley. 2015. Geology for everyone: Making the field accessible. Earth: The Science Behind the Headlines, 16 August 2015. Link
Atchison, C.L., W.G. Parker, N.R. Riggs, S. Semken, and S.J. Whitmeyer. 2019. Accessibility and inclusion in the field: A field guide for central Arizona and Petrified Forest National Park. In P.A. Pearthree, ed. Geologic excursions in southwestern North America. Geological Society of America Field Guide 55: 39–60. Link
Carbajal, I.G., and C.L. Atchison. 2020. An investigation of accessible and inclusive instructional field practices in US geoscience departments. Advances in Geosciences 53: 53–63. Link
Faul, Carol. 1978. Geology as a career for the disabled. Pp. 150–153 in H. Hofman, ed. A Working Conference on Science Education for Handicapped Students: Proceedings (April 3–5, 1978). ERIC. Link
Feig, A.D., C.L. Atchison, A. Stokes, and B. Gilley. 2019. Achieving inclusive field-based education: results and recommendations from an accessible geoscience field trip. Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning 19: 66–87. Link
Gilley, B., C. Atchison, A. Feig, and A. Stokes. 2008. Impact of inclusive field trips. Nature Geoscience 1: 579–580. Link
Kelleher, S. 2015. Students with disabilities not just welcome but expected. Eos, 27 October 2015. Link
Marshall, A. 2018. Moving forward: Overcoming our ideas about disability in the Geosciences. Speaking of Geoscience: The Geological Society of America’s guest blog, 8 October 2018. Link
Marshall, A.M., and S. Thatcher. 2019. Creating spaces for geoscientists with disabilities to thrive. Eos, 2 December 2019. Link
Sima, R.J. 2020. Accessibility and fieldwork in the time of coronavirus. Eos, 23 July 2020. Link
Stokes, A., A.D. Feig, C.L. Atchison, and B. Gilley. 2019. Making geoscience fieldwork inclusive and accessible for students with disabilities. Geosphere 15: 1809–1825. Link
Organizations
International Association for Geoscience Diversity (IAGD): Link
Video & audio content
American Geosciences Institute: “Field Trips for All: Accessibility and inclusivity for students with disabilities.” Webinar by Anita Marshall and Chris Atchison, 24 April, 2020, via YouTube. Link
Paleontological Research Institution: “Diversity, equity, and exclusion? The community focused effort to broaden participation in the field-focused science disciplines.” Presentation by C.L. Atchison at the PRI Summer Symposium, 8 August 2020, via YouTube. Link
RockEdRadio: Accessible Education in Geoscience – The unassailable peak? 4 June 2020. Link
Balloon bombs
Publications & websites
Coen, R. 2010. “If one should come your way, shoot it down”: The Alaska Territorial Guard and the Japanese balloon bomb attack of World War II. Alaska History 25: 1–19.
Klein, C. 2018. Attack of Japan’s killer WWII balloons, 70 years. Ago. History Stories. Link
Mikesh, R.C. 1973. Japan’s World War II balloon bomb attacks on North America. Smithsonian Annals of Flight, no. 9. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington. Link
McPhee, J. 1996. The gravel page. The New Yorker, January 29, pp. 52–60.
Powles, J. M. 2003. Silent destruction: Japanese balloon bombs. World War II 17: 64–69.
Rabbitt, M.C., and C.M. Nelson. 2015. Minerals, lands, and geology for the common defense and general welfare—vol. 4, 1939–1961. Reston, VA, USGS. Link
Rizzo, J. 2013. Japan's secret WWII weapon: Balloon bombs. National Geographic. Link
Rogers, J. no date. How geologists unraveled the mystery of Japanese vengeance balloon bombs in World War II. Link
Tewkesbury, D.A. 2008. Japan’s balloon bomb attacks on North America - a GIS exercise for forensic geology. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 40(6): 490. Link
Weeks, L. 2015. Beware of Japanese balloon bombs. National Public Radio History Department, January 20. Link
Video & audio content
Felton, Mark. Japanese Balloon Bombs by Mark Felton Productions. YouTube Video. Link
BIPOC in geosciences (representation)
Publications & websites
Beane, R.J., E.M.D. Baer, R. Lockwood, R.H. Macdonald, J.R. McDaris, V.R. Morris, I.J. Villalobos, and L.D. White. 2021. Uneven increases in racial diversity of US geoscience undergraduates. Communications Earth & Environment 2: 126. Link
Bernard, R.E., and E.H.G. Cooperdock. 2018. No progress in diversity in 40 years. Nature Geoscience 11: 292–295. Link
Dowey, N., J. Barclay, B. Fernando, S. Giles, J. Houghton, C. Jackson, A. Khatwa, A. Lawrence, K. Mills, A. Newton, S. Rogers, and R. Williams. 2021. A UK perspective on tackling the geoscience racial diversity crisis in the Global North. Nature Geoscience. Link
Dutt, K. 2020. Race and racism in the geosciences. Nature Geoscience 13: 2–3. Link
Goldberg, E. 2019. Earth science has a whiteness problem. The New York Times, 23 December 2019. Link
Huntoon, J.E., and M.J. Lane. 2007. Diversity in the geosciences and successful strategies for increasing diversity. Journal of Geoscience Education 55: 447–457. Link
Ibarra, D., K. Lau, R. Bernard, and E. Cooperdock. 2018. Improvements in gender parity but not representation among Asian American geoscience PhD graduates. Poster, AGU 2018 Fall Meeting. Available from Earth and Space Science Open Archive. Link
BIPOC geoscientist organizations
Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in Geosciences: Link
National Association of Black Geoscientists (NABG, formerly National Association of Black Geologists and Geophysicists): Link
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI/JEDI) in geosciences
(Note: For more on DEI, see specific topics as well.)
Publications & websites
Anadu, J., H. Ali, and C. Jackson. 2020. Ten steps to protect BIPOC scholars in the field. Eos, 10 November 2020. Link
Bell, R.E., and L. White. 2020. The geosciences community needs to be more diverse and inclusive. Scientific American, 8 May 2020. Link
Cartier, K.M.S. 2021. Teaching geoscience history in context. Eos, 9 March 2021. Link
Dowey, N., J. Barclay, B. Fernando, S. Giles, J. Houghton, C. Jackson, A. Khatwa, A. Lawrence, K. Mills, A. Newton, S. Rogers, and R. Williams. 2021. A UK perspective on tackling the geoscience racial diversity crisis in the Global North. Nature Geoscience. Link
Duncombe, J. 2021. Seven ways PIs can counteract systemic bias right now. Eos, 12 March 2021. Link
Elbein, A. 2021. Decolonizing the hunt for dinosaurs and other fossils. The New York Times, 22 March 2021. Link
Holmes, M.A., S. O’Connell, and K. Dutt, eds. 2015. Women in the geosciences: Practical, positive practices toward parity. American Geophysical Union, Washington, D.C., and John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, New Jersey. Link
Huntoon, J.E., and M.J. Lane. 2007. Diversity in the geosciences and successful strategies for increasing diversity. Journal of Geoscience Education 55: 447–457. Link
Mackay, A. 2021. LGBTQI+ allyship in academia. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment. Link
Monarrez, P.M., J.B. Zimmt, A.M. Clement, W. Gearty, J.J. Jacisin III, K.M. Jenkins, K.M. Kusnerik, A.W. Poust, S.V. Robson, J.A. Sclafani, K.T. Stilson, S.D. Tennakooon, and C. Milagros Thompson. 2021. Our past creates our present: A brief overview of racism and colonialism in Western paleontology. Paleobiology. Link
Paleontological Society Diversity and Inclusion Committee. 2021. Diversity, equity, and inclusion matter in paleontology. Priscum 26(1): 1–4. Link
Pickrell, J. 2020. Scientists push against barriers to diversity in the field sciences. Science. Link
Sheffield, S.L., M.L. Cook, V.J. Ricchezza, G.A. Rocabado, and F.A. Akiwumi. 2021. Perceptions of scientists held by US students can be broadened through inclusive classroom interventions. Communications Earth & Environment 2: 83. Link
Stokes, P.J., R. Levine, and K.W. Flessa. 2015. Choosing the geoscience major: Important factors, race/ethnicity, and gender. Journal of Geoscience Education 63: 250–263. Link
Organizations/projects
ADVANCEGeo Partnership: Link
URGEO: Unlearning racism in geoscience. Link
Video & audio content
Palaeo cast, Episode 111: Diversity in Palaeontology. Link
Paleontological Research Institution: “Promoting racial diversity in the Geosciences.” Presentation by K. Dutt at the PRI Summer Symposium, 8 August 2020, via YouTube. Link
Paleontological Research Institution: “The way things are, and how to change them.” Presentation by P. Kelley at the PRI Summer Symposium, 8 August 2020, via YouTube. Link
Paleontological Research Institution: “The importance of paleontology education and outreach in Georgia.” Presentation by C. Muskelly at the PRI Summer Symposium, 8 August 2020, via YouTube. Link
University of Texas Jackson School of Geosciences: “Paleontology meets social justice: Who says we can’t make progress?” DeFord Lecture, presentation by Lisa White. Video, 2 September 2020, via YouTube. Link
Early history of paleontology in North America (general)
Beauchamp, W.M. 1907. Aboriginal place names of New York. New York State Museum Bulletin 108, Archeology 12, 333 pgs. Link
Bell, W.J., Jr. 1949. A box of old bones: A note on the identification of the mastodon. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Soceity 93: 1766–1806. Link
Catesby, M. 1744. The natural history of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands, vol. 2. London. Link
Cuvier, G. 1806. Sur le grand mastodonte. Annales du Muséum d’histoire naturelle 8: 270–312. Link
Fernwen. 2017. The American incognitum and the history of extinction studies. Letters from Gondwana, 2 June 2017. Link
Howard, R.W. 1975. The dawnseekers: The first history of American paleontology. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, New York and London.
Kentucky Geological Survey: Georges Cuvier and the concept of extinction. No date. Link
Kentucky Geological Survey: Thomas Jefferson and the birthplace of North American vertebrate paleontology. No date. Link
Mayor, A. undated. Slaves identify elephant fossils in America. Wonders & Marvels. Link
Mayor, A. 2007. Place names describing fossils in oral traditions. In L. Piccardi and W.B. Masse, eds. Myth and Geology. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 273: 245–261. Link
Mayor, A. 2007. Fossil legends of the first Americans. Princeton University Press.
Paleontological Research Institution. 2021. Juneteeth: Reflecting on the past, and working towards a more inclusive future. Blog post, June 2021. Link
Prothero, D.R. 2004. Bringing fossils to life, 2nd ed. McGraw Hill Higher Education, Boston.
Rice, H.C., Jr. 1951. Jefferson’s gift of fossils to the Museum of Natural History in Paris. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 95: 597–627. Link
Rudwick, M.J.S. 1985. The meaning of fossils: Episodes in the history of palaeontology, 2nd ed. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London.
Semonin, P. 2000. American monster: How the nation’s first prehistoric creature became a symbol of national identity. New York University Press, New York and London.
Simpson, G.G. 1942. The beginnings of vertebrate paleontology in North America. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 86: 130–188. Link
Tibbetts, J.H. 2008. Exploring early Carolina’s natural riches (sidebar). Coastal Heritage 23(2): 12–13. Link
Vincent, A. 2020. Reclaiming the memory of pioneer female geologists. Advances in Geoscience 53: 129–154. Link
Fieldwork
(Note: see the Accessibility in geosciences heading for articles on accessible fieldwork.)
Publications & websites
Abeyta, A., A.M. Fernandes, R.C. Mahon, T.E. Swanson. 2021. The true cost of field education is a barrier to diversifying geosciences. EarthArXiv. Link
Anadu, J., H. Ali, and C. Jackson. 2020. Ten steps to protect BIPOC scholars in the field. Eos, 10 November 2020. Link
Beroff, S. 2020. Women’s bodies and field geoscience: Thoughts of a zaftig geologist. Geoscience for the future, 2 June 2020. Link
Black, R. 2018. The many ways women get left out of paleontology. Smithsonian Magazine, 7 June 2018. Link
Bui, H.-N. 2019. Rock lickin’ and dino diggin’. Passioinventa, 13 September 2019. Link
Gibbons, A. 2014. Sexual harassment is common in scientific fieldwork. Science, 16 July 2014. Link
Gluckman, N. 2018. Field sites are harassment hell. Here’s how to improve them. Chronicle of Higher Education, 15 July 2018. Link
Hawkes, A.D. 2020. My love-hate relationship with . . . waders. Pp. 95–97 in L.J. Marsh and E. Currano, eds. The bearded lady project. Challenging the face of science. Columbia University Press, New York.
Hickman, C.S. 2020. “Fitting in”: Freedom in the field. Pp. 45–47 in L.J. Marsh and E. Currano, eds. The bearded lady project. Challenging the face of science. Columbia University Press, New York.
Koren, M. 2017. When scientists are sexually harassed in the field. The Atlantic, 11 October 2017. Link
Lescure, L. 2019. Paleontologist mom. Field Secrets: A field guide to living in the field, 17 January 2019. Link
Olcott, A.N., and M.R. Downen. 2020. The challenges of fieldwork for LGBTQ+ geoscientists. Eos, 28 August 2020. Link
Pickrell, J. 2020. Scientists push against barriers to diversity in the field sciences. Science. Link
Ragen, B. 2017. Being queer in the jungle: The unique challenges of LGBTQ scientists working in the field. BMC Blog Network: Research in progress blog, 28 June 2017. Link
Scoles, S. 2018. The harassment problem in scientific dream jobs. Outside, 21 May 2018. Link
Su, D.F. 2020. Just a paleontologist. Pp. 123–125 in L.J. Marsh and E. Currano, eds. The bearded lady project. Challenging the face of science. Columbia University Press, New York.
Worteck, K. 2016. Outfitting for adventure: The problem with women’s outdoor gear. The Toast. Link
Organizations/projects
AdvanceGeo Partnership: In the field. (Resources for inclusive field work): Link
Higher education (history of)
2020–2021. A brief history of Harvard College. Link In: Harvard College handbook for students 2020–2021. Link
Brice, W.R. 1989. Cornell geology through the years. Cornell Engineering Histories, vol. 2. College of Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.
Cobb, E. 2020. Jane Eleanor Datcher: First African-American women to obtain an advanced degree at Cornell. SIPS history in photos. Link
CornellCALS: Our history. No date. Link
Cornell University. 2019. Making their mark: Cornell women through the ages. Medium, 5 March 2019. Link
Cornell University Diversity and Inclusion: Our Historic Commitment. Link
Dilcher, D.L. 2019. Harlan P. Banks 1913–1998. Biographical Memoir, National Academy of Sciences. Link
Horowitz, H. 2018. The dangerous experiment: The building of the Seven Sisters colleges. Link In: National Women’s History Museum. Link
Kingsbury, J., K. Niklas, and N. Uhl. 1998. Harlan Paker Banks. Memorial Statement, eCommons, Cornell University. Link
O’Connor, K. 2015. What you need to know about Cornell: 150 facts. Ithaca Journal, 24 April 2015. Link
Perkins, L.M. 1998. The racial integration of the Seven Sister colleges. The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, Spring 1998, 19: 104–108. Link
Saulnier, B. 2020. Her own words. Cornell Alumni Magazine March/April 2020. Link
Slater, R.B. 1994. The Blacks who first entered the world of white higher education. The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, Summer 1994, 4: 47–56. Link
Tulane University: History of Newcomb College. No date. Link
Walter, M. 2009. Historian: Early black students were ‘part and apart’ at CU. Cornell Chronicle, 23 October 2009. Link
History of women in paleontology (general/multiple women)
Aldrich, M. 1982. Women in paleontology in the United States, 1840–1960. Earth Sciences History 1: 14–22. Link
Allcock, A.L., S. von Boletzky, L. Bonnaud-Ponticelli, N.E. Brunetti, N.J. Cazzaniga, E. Hochberg, M. Ivanovic, M. Lipinski, J.E.A.R. Marian, C. Nigmatullin, M. Nixon, J.-R. Robin, P.G.K. Rodhouse, and E.A.G. Vidal. 2015. The role of female cephalopod researchers: past and present. Journal of Natural History 49: 1235–1266. Link
Berta, A., and S. Turner. 2020. Rebels, scholars, explorers: Women in vertebrate paleontology. Johns Hopkins University Press.
Currano, E. 2020. The lost legacy. Pp. 28–31 in L.J. Marsh and E. Currano, eds. The Bearded Lady Project: Challenging the face of science. Columbia University Press, New York.
Elder, E.S. 1982. Women in early geology. Journal of Geological Education 30: 287–293. Link
Gries, R.R. 2017. Anomalies. Pioneering women in petroleum geology: 1917–2017. JeWell Publishing LLC, Denver, Colorado.
Gries, R.R. 2018. Anomalies. Pioneering women in petroleum geology: 1917–2017. Revised Edition. Steuben Press, Longmont, Colorado.
Letters from Gondwana [by fernwen]: “Forgotten women of paleontology” series. Link
Stricker, B. 2017. Daring to dig : Adventures of women in American paleontology. PRI Special Publication No. 54. Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca, New York.
Trowelblazers: Women in archaeology, geology, and palaeontology. Link
Turner, S., C.V. Burek, and R.T. Moody. 2010. Forgotten women in an extinct saurian (man’s) world. In R.T.J. Moody, E. Buffetaut, D. Naish, and D.M. Martill, eds. Dinosaurs and other extinct saurians: A historical perspective. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 343: 111–153. Link
Vincent, A. 2020. Reclaiming the memory of pioneer female geologists 1800–1929. Advances in Geosciences 53: 129–154. Link
LGBTQ+ geoscientists
Publications & websites
Anonymous. 2017. LGBT and a scientist. Time Scavengers, 27 November 2017. Link
Black, R. 2019. Queer voices in paleontology. Nature Careers Community. Link
Dzombak, R. 2020. Queer visibility in geoscience has been almost nonexistent for decades. A new generation is working to change that. Speaking of Geoscience: The Geological Society of America’s guest blog, 28 October 2020. Link
Olcott, A.N., and M.R. Downen. 2020. The challenges of fieldwork for LGBTQ+ geoscientists. Eos, 28 August 2020. Link
Ragen, B. 2017. Being queer in the jungle: The unique challenges of LGBTQ scientists working in the field. BMC Blog Network: Research in progress blog, 28 June 2017. Link
Yoder, J.B., and A. Mattheis. 2016. Queer in STEM: Workplace experiences reported in a national survey of LGBTQA individuals in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics careers. Journal of Homosexuality 63: 1–27. Link
Video & audio content
Palaeo cast, Episode 111: Diversity in Palaeontology. Link
Micropaleontology & palynology
Publications & websites
Fox, L.R., S. Stukins, T. Hill, and H.W. Bailey. 2018. New species of Mesozoic benthic foraminifera from the former British Petroleum micropalaeontology collection. Journal of Micropalaeontology 37: 395–401. Link
Kling, S.A., and D. Boltovskoy. 2002. What are radiolarians? Radiolaria.org. Link
Mann, D.G. 2010. Diatoms. Tree of Life web project. Link
Takagi, H., K. Kimoto, T. Fujiki, H. Saito, C. Schmidt, M. Kucera, and K. Moriya. 2019. Characterizing photosymbiosis in modern planktonic foraminifera. Biogeosciences 16: 3377–3396. Link
Wetmore, K. 1996–2000. Foram facts—An introduction to foraminfera. In Learning from the fossil record. Link
Organizations
American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists-The Palynological Society: Link
The Micropaleontological Society: Link
Paleontological Research Institution
Allmon, W.D. 2007. The first 75 years. A history of the Paleontological Research Institution. Paleontological Research Institution Special Publication no. 29, 135 pp. Link
PRI: PRI’s history. No date. Link
Petroleum industry (women in: general/multiple women)
Publications & websites
Aldrich, M. 1982. Women in paleontology in the United States, 1840–1960. Earth Sciences History 1: 14–22. Link
Gries, R.R. 2017. Anomalies. Pioneering women in petroleum geology: 1917–2017. JeWell Publishing LLC, Denver, Colorado, 405 pp.
Gries, R. R. 2018. Anomalies—Pioneering women in petroleum geology: 1917–2017. Revised Edition. Steuben Press, Longmont, Colorado, 405 pp.
Gries, R.R. 2018. How female geologists were written out of history: The micropaleontology breakthrough. In B.A. Johnson, ed. Women and geology: Who are we, where have we come from, and where are we going? Geological Society of America Memoir 214: 11–21. Link
Gries, R.R., 2020. Buried discoveries of early female petroleum geologists. In C.V. Burek and B.M. Higgs, eds. Celebrating 100 years of female fellowship of the Geological Society: Discovering forgotten histories. Geological Society Special Publication 506. The Geological Society, London. Link
Video & audio content
AAPG Rock Stars video series: Link
Part 1: First steps, first barriers: Link
Part 2: Flexing their muscles: Link
Part 3: When worlds collide: Link
Part 4: The walls come tumbling down: Link
Part 5: One small step for woman . . .: Link
Profiles of paleontologists
500 Queer Scientists. Searchable webpage with scientist profiles. Link
Time Scavengers: Meet the Scientist (page with profiles of scientists). Link
Boodhoo, T. 2017. Picture a paleontologist. What do they look like? Medium [Accessed 3 February 2021]. Link
Currano, E.D. 2012–2014. An unsuitable job for a woman. Blog featuring profiles of women paleontologists. Link
Greenberg, A. 2020. Interview: Tropical paleontology and being #BlackInNature. NOVA. Link
GSA Geobiology & Geomicrobiology Division: Welcome to the diverse faces of geobiology. Link
Letters from Gondwana [by fernwen]: “Forgotten women of paleontology” series. Link
Marsh, L.J., and E. Currano (eds.). 2020. The Bearded Lady Project: Challenging the face of science. Columbia University Press, New York.
Science Museum of Virginia. 2021. More Pride and more paleontology: LGBTQ+ scientists part two. Blog post, 23 June 2021. Link
The Bearded Lady Project: Challenging the Face of Science. Portraits. Link
Trowelblazers: Women in archaeology, geology, and palaeontology. Link
Video & audio content
Palaeo cast (via YouTube): Episode 111: Diversity in Palaeontology. Link
Rebels, Scholars, Explorers. Women in Vertebrate Paleontology. Women in Paleontology playlist compiled by Annalisa Berta, videos, YouTube. Link
Stereotypes and biases (discussion of)
Publications & websites
Black, R. 2018. The many ways women get left out of paleontology. Smithsonian Magazine, 7 June 2018. Link
Black, R. 2019. It’s time for the heroic male paleontologist trope to go extinct. Slate, 3 April 2019. Link
Black, R. 2019. Queer voices in paleontology. Nature Careers Community. Link
Currano, E. 2015. Life as a palaeontologist: A thoroughly suitable job for a woman. Palaeontology Online 5: article 3. Link
Dutt, K. 2020. Race and racism in the geosciences. Nature Geoscience 13: 2–3. Link
Gramling, C. 2017. Q&A: Female paleontologists protest gender stereotypes—with beards. Science, 3 March 2017. Link
Hanasono, L.K., E.M. Broido, M.M. Yacobucci, K.V. Root, S. Peña, and D.A. O’Neil. 2018. Secret service: Revealing gender biases in the visibility and value of faculty service. Journal of Diversity in Higher Education. Link
Marsh, L.J., and E. Currano (eds.). 2020. The Bearded Lady Project: Challenging the face of science. Columbia University Press, New York.
Panciroli, E. 2017. Beards and Gore-Tex: does paleontology have an image problem? The Guardian, 16 August 2017. Link
Pickrell, J. 2020. Scientists push against barriers to diversity in the field sciences. Science. Link
Pimiento, C. 2016. Palaeontology is full of dinosaurs – and not in a good way for women’s careers. The Guardian, 11 October 2016. Link
Sheffield, S.L., M.L. Cook, V.J. Ricchezza, G.A. Rocabado, and F.A. Akiwumi. 2021. Perceptions of scientists held by US students can be broadened through inclusive classroom interventions. Communications Earth & Environment 2: 83. Link
Video & audio content
The Bearded Lady Project. Complete short film (about 22.5 minutes) via Vimeo. Link
Picture a Scientist. Film (2020) directed by S. Shattuck and I. Cheney. Link
USGS (women in)
USGS. Mission areas. Link In USGS: Science for a changing world. Link
Aragon-Long, S.C., V.R. Burkett, H.S. Weyers, S.M. Haig, M.S. Davenport, and K.L. Warner. 2018. A snapshot of women of the U.S. Geological Survey in STEM and related careers. U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1443, 100 pp. Link
Clary, R.M., and J.H. Wandersee. 2007. Great expectations: Florence Bascom (1842–1945) and the education of early US women geologists. In C.V. Burek and B. Higgs, eds. The role of women in the history of geology. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 281: 123–135. Link
Gries, R. R. 2018. Anomalies—Pioneering women in petroleum geology: 1917–2017. Revised Edition. Steuben Press, Longmont, Colorado.
Rabbit, M.C. 1975. A brief history of the U.S. Geological Survey. USGS Report. Link
Rossiter, M.W. 1982. Women scientists in America: Struggles and strategies to 1940. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London.
Women in geosciences (representation)
Publications & websites
Bernard, R.E., and E.H.G. Cooperdock. 2018. No progress in diversity in 40 years. Nature Geoscience 11: 292–295. Link
Berta, A., and S. Turner. 2020. Rebels, scholars, explorers: Women in vertebrate paleontology. Johns Hopkins University Press.
Black, R. 2018. The many ways women get left out of paleontology. Smithsonian Magazine, 7 June 2018. Link
Carlson, S.J. 2013. President’s address: Paleontologist Barbie. Priscum 20(1): 4–5. Link
Cohen, P., A. Stigall, and C.M. Topaz. 2019. A gender analysis of the Paleontological Society: Trends, gaps, and a way forward. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 51(5). Link
Currano, E. 2020. What is paleontology? Pp. 15–19 in L.J. Marsh and E. Currano, eds. The Bearded Lady Project: Challenging the face of science. Columbia University Press, New York.
Dutt, K. 2020. Race and racism in the geosciences. Nature Geoscience 13: 2–3. Link
Holmes, M.A., S. O’Connell, C. Frey, and L. Ongley. 2008. Gender imbalance in US geoscience academia. Nature Geoscience 1: 79–82. Link
Holmes, M.A., S. O’Connell, and K. Dutt (eds.). 2015. Women in the geosciences: Practical, positive practices toward parity. American Geophysical Union, Washington, D.C., and John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, New Jersey. Link
Ibarra, D., K. Lau, R. Bernard, and E. Cooperdock. 2018. Improvements in gender parity but not representation among Asian American geoscience PhD graduates. Poster, AGU 2018 Fall Meeting. Available from Earth and Space Science Open Archive. Link
Plotnick, R.E., A.L. Stigall, and I. Stefanescu. 2014. Evolution of paleontology: Long-term gender trends in an earth-science discipline. GSA Today 24(11): 44–45. Link
Stigall, A. 2013. Women in paleontology: Where are they? Priscum 20(1): 1–3. Link
Warnock, R., E. Dunne, S. Giles, E. Saupe, L. Soul, and G. Lloyd. 2020. Special report: Are we reaching gender parity among Palaeontology authors? Palaeontology Newsletter 103. Link
Wilson, C.E. 2017. Female geoscience faculty representation grew steadily between 2006–2016. Geoscience Currents 119. Link
Wilson, C.E. 2019. Percentage of female faculty working with geoscience research fields. Geoscience Currents 136. Link
Women geoscientist organizations
Association for Women Geoscientists (AWG) Link
Video & audio content
Paleontological Research Institution: “A gender analysis of the Paleontological Society: problems, progress, and possibilities.” Presentation by P. Cohen at the PRI Summer Symposium, 8 August 2020, via YouTube. Link
Work-life balance
Davies, A.R., and B.D. Frink. 2014. The origins of the ideal worker: The separation of work and home in the United States from the Market Revolution to 1950. Work and Occupations 41: 18–39. Link
Hamlin, K.A. 2021. Why are there so few women full professors? The obstacle to parity is lack of institutional will. Chronicle of Higher Education, 30 March 2021. Link
Heppner, R.S. 2013. The lost leaders: How corporate America loses women leaders. Palgrave Macmillan.
Holmes, M.A., S. O’Connell, and K. Dutt (eds.). 2015. Women in the geosciences: Practical, positive practices toward parity. American Geophysical Union, Washington, D.C., and John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, New Jersey. Link
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