Classroom to Career: Disabled Geoscientists Focus Group Recruitment Survey
Thank you for your interest in participating in focus groups to discuss barriers faced by geoscientists with disabilities and chronic illness as they progress from university and through professional roles. These focus groups are the first outreach activity in the recently-funded Planning Grant (NSF Award #2228095), From Classroom to Career: Building a Culture of Access for Geoscientists with Disabilities, funded through the NSF Cultural Transformation in the Geoscience Community initiative. This grant explores the experiences of disabled geoscientists in the workforce and in higher education, with the goal of explicitly identifying barriers for participation in geoscience professions by scientists with disabilities, and developing potential solutions to some of these barriers. The discussions had during these focus groups will inform the design of a nation-wide survey in the second half of 2023 and feed into a workshop in 2024 that will help transform these discussions into future actions for change.

Access services, including CART or ASL interpreters will be available for focus groups. Please let us know what specific access needs you have for participating in a 1-2 hour zoom call. 

Please note that filling out this recruitment survey does not guarantee you a spot in one of these focus groups. We want to ensure that the focus groups are representative of a wide diversity of identity and experiences. We thank you for being willing to participate.

You can find more information about this NSF-funded research here:

Questions? Please contact: anita.marshall@ufl.edu or elizabeth.sibert@yale.edu

Thank you for your interest and support of disabled geoscientists!
 
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Email Address
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What country are you currently based in? (For the focus groups we are only able to include US-based participants at this time, but may include international folks for later activities)
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Are you currently employed in a geoscience or science-adjacent field?
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Which industry best describes your CURRENT employment (if you fit more than one option, please pick the one you spend the most time in currently)
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If your previous work was in a different sector, please tell us about this.
How many years have you been working since finishing your most recent degree?
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If you are currently a student but have worked in the geosciences prior to returning to school, how long were you in the workforce outside of school?
How would you classify your disability status (select all that apply. Please feel free to make use of the "other" box to elaborate if you prefer - we know identity and experience can be hard to put in a box!) *
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What access needs do you have to allow you to fully participate in a zoom-based 1-2 hour focus group conversation? (if none, please say "n/a")
Many of us have lived experiences at the intersection of marginalized identities. Do you identify as...  (please check all boxes that apply): *
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In thinking about the types of work experiences that you might share within the focus group discussions, are there other things that we should know?
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