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Anita S Marshall @bakingsodavolc.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

New story about efforts to increase accessibility in STEM featuring our accessible field trip at #GSAConnects2024 and contributions from a who's-who of amazing folks working to make science a better place for people with disabilities! apnews.com/article/acce...

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How scientists with disabilities are making research labs and fieldwork more accessible

Disabled scientists are trying to make research labs and fieldwork more accessible. They say labs and field sites aren’t designed to serve them.

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GeoSPACE Field Course @geospace-field.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Applications are being accepted for our 2025 accessible field course now through Jan 31, 2025. Come with us in-person or virtually to learn planetary and volcanology field science and remote sensing in beautiful northern Arizona! Learn more and apply on our website sites.google.com/ufl.edu/geos....

A group of students and faculty, sitting on a sidewalk and in wheelchairs, look out over the red and black cinder hills of Sunset Crater National Monument.

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Sean Thatcher @seanrocksrolls.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

#AGU24 check out my talks today ED41A-05 The Hybridized and Collaborative Mission Control and Astronaut Model to Facilitate High-quality Field Education Through @geospace-field.bsky.social at 9:12 and

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yesenia lightyear @vividreams.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Are you at #AGU24 and excited about HWO? That makes you a HWOmie! Pass by the NASA booth tomorrow morning from 10a-6p to get a ribbon and meet other HWO researchers and enthusiasts.

A name badge from AGU 2024 with a ribbon that says "here for my HWOmies"

Informational flyer about the habitable worlds observatory related events at AGU 2024

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yesenia lightyear @vividreams.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

How many times have you gotten lost at #AGU24 already? A. 1-2 B. 3-4 C. 5+ D. My secret is that I'm always lost

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Sean Thatcher @seanrocksrolls.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

#AGU24 look at @janealexandercsi.bsky.social posters Interpreting the Glacial History of Staten Island, NY from Small, Temporary Exposures with me as a co-author and a second Understanding Current Beach Processes to Interpret Future Change – Interactions between Natural and Anthropogenic Influences

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Sean Thatcher @seanrocksrolls.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

I am so excited to be at #AGU24 and attend the workshop An Introduction to Cloud-Based Geospatial Analysis with Earth Engine and Geemap with the help of the AGU Faculty Travel Grant! Can’t wait to see what my students come up with in the classroom!

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Sean Thatcher @seanrocksrolls.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

#Mentoring is something so vital during your educational journey and professional career, and I have been fortunate to have found an excellent one in Jane Alexander. 1/4

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Sean Thatcher @seanrocksrolls.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

#GISDay at #CUNY #CSI for an #equitable and #sustainable future. This event was made possible by our excellent speakers, students, staff, and generous funding from the Campus Activity Board. Over 100 attendees and all the pizza went! Looking forward to the event next year!

The list of speakers and their talks for the event, full details found on my website.

A full room of students and staff listening to the presentations.

Dr. Ensue Lee from NJCU presenting his work on maritime logistics.

Dr. Åsa K Rennermalm presenting her work on Greenland ice sheet stability.

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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 11/10/2023

Many struggle with writing alt text for charts and other other data visualizations. Amy Cesal's "Writing Alt Text for Data Visualization" hammers home the importance of explaining the chart type, the type of data, and the reason for the chart. medium.com/nightingale/...

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Writing Alt Text for Data Visualization

How do you write text that conveys the whole meaning of a visualization? You probably can’t. But that doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t try

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Sean Thatcher @seanrocksrolls.bsky.social · 13/10/2023

Off to Pittsburg for #GSA2023 early to represent @AccessibleGEO for the #GeoscienceASCEND workshop tomorrow to work with #OTF and Associated Society Expo as a mentor! Feel free to find me at the conference as I roll around with a crowd!

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Sean Thatcher @seanrocksrolls.bsky.social · 01/10/2023

So excited to enter the place with such a blue sky!

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