Member Since 2018
Katherine Ryker
Associate Professor, University of South Carolina Columbia
Professional Experience
University of South Carolina Columbia
Associate Professor
2018 - Present
Eastern Michigan University
Assistant Professor
2014 - 2017
Education
North Carolina State University Raleigh
Masters
Duke University
Bachelors
North Carolina State University Raleigh
Doctorate
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Honors & Awards
Dorothy LaLonde Stout Education Lecture
Received December 2023
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Publications
Geoscience Education Perspectives on Integrated, Coordinated, Open, Networked (ICON) Science
Practitioners and researchers in geoscience education embrace collaboration applying ICON (Integrated, Coordinated, Open science, and Networked) pr...
May 13, 2022
AGU Abstracts
Identifying common misperceptions of geoscience to inform future outreach strategies
AGU 2024
education | 11 december 2024
Rachel Phillips, Katherine Ryker
The current enrollment decline in geoscience departments is in part due to misperceptions of the meaning and scope of geoscience among students and th...
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Will they stay or will they go? Welcome to the BaSIC-Geo. International insights into students’ choices to enroll in introductory geology courses, and what could get them to take another.
AGU 2024
education | 11 december 2024
Annie Klyce, Katherine Ryker
The field of geology is falling short of producing enough qualified graduates to meet the demand of the job market (AGI; Gonzales and Keane, 2020). Th...
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Advancing Active Learning in College STEM Courses with a Community of Practice Model
THE DOROTHY LALONDE STOUT EDUCATION LECTURE
education | 13 december 2023
Katherine Ryker, Sean Yee, Georgina Anderson
Professional Track Faculty (PTFs, also known as non-tenure track or teaching faculty) increasingly make up a large percentage of the instructors at fo...
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Volunteer Experience
2024 - 2025
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Education Stout Lecturer Selection Committee
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