Why do geoscience professional society memberships still linger at 10-15% women, even though females have been graduating from US Universities at roughly 50% since the mid-1980’s? Do the senior staff at companies also reflect this demographic? This session explores the opportunities we might be missing because of this potential gender “chasm”, and what can we do to continue to embed the case for diversity in the geosciences?

The November HGS luncheon is dedicated to sharing perspectives on experiences of women in Geoscience, and to discussing what we can do to help nurture and retain this critical part of the workforce. This session will be comprised of a series of brief presentations through the eyes of female geoscientists. We will share perspectives on:
• What are the experiences of women in the geosciences, and what changes have evolved over the past few decades?
• How have networking and other support mechanisms helped retain professional women?
• What can we do to keep improve our discipline’s track record of nurturing and retaining women in the discipline?

We will also discuss these topics in a facilitated session.

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All HGS members and interested people are invited and encouraged to join us. We look forward to an insightful discussion and an opportunity to focus and learn about a topic that is vitally important to engaging, including and inspiring all 21st Century Geologists.

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