Drlauraguertin

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This user has been a member of Wikipedia since 7 October 2019.

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Dr. Laura Guertin (aka "Dr. G")

Presenting at the Science History Institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, during a Saturday Speaker Series on 14 September 2019. The presentation was titled "Telling Science Stories with Quilts."

I'm a Distinguished Professor of Earth Sciences at Penn State Brandywine in Media, Pennsylvania. I have an undergraduate degree in Geology from Bucknell University and a PhD in Marine Geology & Geophysics from the University of Miami - Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science (UM-RSMAS).

You can learn more about me from my ePortfolio.

My Wikipedia journey

• Signed up for a Wikipedia account on 7 October 2019.
• Made my first edits to the Wikipedia page of Beth Ford on 8 October 2019 as part of the Penn State University Libraries LGBTQ+ Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon. Made some more edits later that month to Jane Lubchenco's page for the AGU Earth Science Week Wikipedia Edit-a-thon.
• Planned to have my students in my Water: Science and Society course in Spring 2020 make edits in Wikipedia - with the pandemic and knowing that not all students had easy access to computers/internet during the time of remote instruction, I made the decision to cancel the project.
• I was selected to participate in the 500 Women Scientists Wiki Scholar program May-June 2020. I made edits to the page of NOAA's first female director Diana Josephson, created my first-ever original Wikipedia page for Rana Fine, my second Wkipedia page for Deborah Kelley, and my third Wikipedia page for Karen Von Damm - all oceanographers that are Fellows of the American Geophysical Union.
• I participated in editWikipedia4BlackLives on 10 June 2020, adding to the biography page for RADM Evelyn J. Fields (NOAA Corps).
• I participated in Wikipedia & Women in Science at Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History (AWHI) on June 25, 2020, adding to the biography page for Velva E. Rudd.
• I participated in the SACNAS x 500 Women Scientists Wikipedia Edit-a-thon on 12 July 2020, adding to the biography page for Vanesa Magar Brunner and serving as a Wikipedian in one of the breakout rooms.
• I participated in the ACS Women Chemists Committee Wikipedia Edit-a-thon on 16 August 2020, creating a new biography page for Native American soil scientist Lydia Jennings.
• I participated in the Picture a Scientist Wikipedia Edit-a-thon organized by 500 Women Scientists on 13 September 2020, adding to the biography page for meteorologist June Bacon-Bercey.
• I participated in the Breakthrough Wikipedia Edit-a-thon organized by 500 Women Scientists and Science Friday on 21 February 2021, adding to the biography page for material scientist/science communicator Ainissa Ramirez.
• I participated in the 500 Wiki Women Scientists World Oceans Day Reunion Wiki-thon on 8 June 2021 (World Ocean Day!), creating a new biography page for marine ecologist Drew Harvell.
• I participated in my second Penn State Brandywine Libraries LGBTQ Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon in October 2021 and added more information to the first Wikipedia page I ever edited - Beth Ford.