Drlauraguertin
Joined 8 October 2019
Dr. Laura Guertin (aka "Dr. G")
I'm a Professor of Earth Science 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 (Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science|UM-RSMAS).
You can learn more about me from my ePortfolio.
My Wikipedia journey
edit- 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 June 10, 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 July 12, 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 August 16, 2020, creating a new biography page for Native American soil scientist Lydia Jennings.