Ross Virginia
Dartmouth College, NH·Education Research
The Arctic and Antarctic are changing rapidly, in their oceans, glaciers, ecosystems, atmosphere and communities. Responding to these changes calls for a larger and more diverse group of U.S.
- Fields
Education Research
Earth & Environmental Science
- Topics
polar science
Arctic
Greenland
- Grants
- 1 known grant, through Aug 2027
What they work on
- Immerse U.S. high school, undergraduate and graduate students in field-based polar science at Kangerlussuaq and Summit Station, Greenland, through the Joint Science Education Project with Greenlandic, Danish and Indigenous partners.
- Offer a remote, data-focused Arctic short course for many U.S. high school students, and co-lead a virtual Arctic and Antarctic student research symposium with the Chilean Antarctic Institute.
- Evaluate how field-based versus virtual learning, Indigenous perspectives, near-peer mentoring and multicultural settings affect outcomes for students from groups historically excluded from STEM.
More about the research
polar scientists who can work across countries and cultures. This project is an education effort rather than a laboratory study. Dartmouth leads the U.S. part of two international programs that bring high school, undergraduate and graduate students into polar science, with a focus on students who have had limited access to STEM.
Why it matters
The project could expand the pool of U.S. students prepared for polar science and engineering careers, especially students from groups historically excluded from STEM. Its evaluation of field-based, virtual, mentoring and Indigenous-knowledge approaches could help future programs recruit and support diverse students. It also strengthens science partnerships with Greenland, Denmark and Chile.
Known grants
From NIH and NSF research grants. Labs often have other funding we can't see.
Closest labs
Kari O'Connell
Oregon State University, OR·Education Research
Deploy formal and informal educators to the Arctic and Antarctic through the Polar Educators program, with linked virtual experiences, to inspire teaching that blends art-based and science-based methods.
Emily Lovell
University of California-Santa Cruz, CA·Education Research
Expose HBCU computer science students who have completed foundational coursework to open source career pathways through paid summer contributions to real-world open source software projects matched to their interests.
Madhura Kulkarni
Northern Kentucky University, KY·Education Research
Create and assess a "4C" fellowship for underrepresented and transfer STEM students that combines scholarships with co-mentoring, community building, career development, and research experiences.
The school
Dartmouth College: 16 labs on PI Pages, $418M a year on research, 104 research doctorates a year.
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