Primary Convener:
Samuel Bentley, Louisiana State University

Convener:
Jacqueline McComb, Southern University and A & M College
Faith Walton, Louisiana State University
Sarah Brannum, Louisiana State University

Early Career Convener:
Madisyn Grice, Xavier University of Louisiana

Chair:
Faith Walton, Louisiana State University
Jacqueline McComb, Southern University and A & M College
Sarah Brannum, Louisiana State University
Madisyn Grice, Xavier University of Louisiana

A strong coastal research community is vital to address growing challenges faced by coastal communities, industries, and ecosystems. A crucial problem is the lack of access points for training a regionally expansive coastal workforce, vital to address these complex problems. We will gather presenters across the coastal workforce pipeline to address: the critical role of early engagement; strategies for success in and out of academia; identifying systemic barriers and challenges hindering broad achievement; models that promote access to education and training to support the coastal workforce pipeline. This session will encourage dialogue, sharing insights, and collaboration on strategies to harness the strengths of varied backgrounds and experiences to build a more resilient and effective coastal workforce. We encourage submissions from all coastal education and training programs, and hope to build on and expand from recent initiatives of the Gulf Research Program of the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine.

Index Terms
0810 Post-secondary education
0815 Informal education
0830 Teacher training
0850 Geoscience education research

Cross-Listed:
SY - Science and Society
OS - Ocean Sciences
EP - Earth and Planetary Surface Processes
GC - Global Environmental Change

Neighborhoods:
1. Science Nexus

Alternate Session Formats:
Poster Only Session