Seminar Series: An approach to integrating NOAA Mission Science and Social Science at NOAA CESSRST

Posted on: February 21, 2019

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Date: February 28, 2019 

Time: 12:30pm

Location: City College of New York NAC 6/105

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Abstract

In the 2016 award, the NOAA Education Partnership Program instructed all the Cooperative Science Centers it supports, including NOAA-CESSRST, to prioritize social science integration into their activities. The talk will discuss how the Center is implementing that requirement.

Specifically, the talk will discuss what the requirement means for students’ education and training as well as what it means for the Center’s research across the NOAA-CESSRST Consortium. Ultimately, the goal is to ensure that the Center’s activities strengthen and support social decision making.

About the Presenter:

Valerie Were is the Social Science Lead at NOAA-CESSRST. Her primary responsibility is to ensure that the Center meets the Special Award Condition related to social science in the Center’s award from the NOAA Education Partnership Program. Dr. Were holds a B.S. in Watershed Science from Utah State University. She also holds an M.S. in Water Resources Science and a Ph.D. in Natural Resources Science and Management from the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities. Before joining NOAA-CESSRST in December 2017, Dr. Were was a contractor with the NOAA Chief Economist’s Team.