Congratulations to
Marina Islas and Naya Jones for receiving the 2012 AAG EDGE Careers and
Outreach Grant. They will both use
the NSF funded grant to promote geography outreach and build diversity in the
field.
Marina’s funds will
support the Undergraduate Diversity Liaisons Project (UDLP) which aims to: 1) broaden
the participation of underrepresented groups within the Department and 2) to
promote geography as a declared major for undergraduates. During the upcoming
year, the diversity liaisons will promote geography at orientations, give geography-related
presentations to fellow undergraduates, and further develop their knowledge
about the discipline.
Naya’s grant will
increase the educational component of her participatory food mapping research
by enabling her to support a peer facilitator and expose the youth participants
to the discipline and related career paths. Her undergraduate peer facilitator will
share mapping/GIS knowledge with diverse juniors and seniors from East Austin as
part of the project.
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