Julie Libarkin

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Julie Libarkin
Alma mater University of Arizona (PhD)
Michigan State University
Scientific career
InstitutionsMichigan State University
Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Thesis Geophysical applications in compressional orogens  (1999)

Julie Carol Libarkin is a professor of Earth Sciences and Director of the Geocognition Laboratory at Michigan State University. Her research considers how people understand and make decision about the planet. She is a Fellow of the Geological Society of America. She also researches and addresses inequality in academia, and tracks academic sexual misconduct cases.

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Early life and education

Libarkin studied physics and geology at the College of William & Mary and graduated in 1994. [1] She moved to the University of Arizona for her graduate studies, where she studied palaeomagnetism and cosmogenic isotopes. [2] Upon graduation, Libarkin switched her focus to tectonic and geocognition. [1]

Research and career

Libarkin was appointed a National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow in the Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. She was made a Research Associate in 2002. In 2003 Libarkin was appointed Assistant Professor at Ohio University. She moved to Michigan State University in 2006, where she was made Director of Educational Research in 2011. She was promoted to Professor in 2016, where she Directs the Georecognition Research Laboratory. [3] She investigates how people see and understand the Earth, and how this impacts the decisions they make. [4]

Academic service

Libarkin is involved with research and mentoring to tackle inequality in academia. She has created a database of reported sexual misconduct cases. [5] [6] [7] As of 2020, the database includes over 1,000 cases – all of which included substantiated reports, institutional findings and legal outcomes. [8] [5] Libarkin has investigated sexual harassment in the physics undergraduate community. [9] She serves on the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Action Collaborative on Preventing Sexual Harassment in Higher Education. [10] [11] She has called for job applicants to be required to disclose whether they have had formal or informal findings of misconduct against them. [12]

Libarkin has been involved with the transformation of science education, including creating a mechanism to better understand the interactions of science and policy. [13] She serves as a member of the Create for STEM initiative. [14]

Awards and honours

Selected publications

Libarkin has served as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Geoscience Education . [17]

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  2. ↑ "GeoDaze 96 Information Service". earth.geo.arizona.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
  3. ↑ Matthews, Charles H.; Liguori, Eric W. (2018). Annals of Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy – 2018. Edward Elgar Publishing. ISBN   978-1-78811-495-0.
  4. ↑ "Libarkin, Julie C". ees.natsci.msu.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
  5. 1 2 "Why one academic spends hours a week putting together a spreadsheet of documented harassment cases, names and all". www.insidehighered.com. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
  6. ↑ Goldstone, Elsa Partan, Heather. "Scientist Publishes A List Of Known Harassers in Academia". www.capeandislands.org. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
  7. ↑ Diep, Francie. "Inside the Campaign to Strip Harassers of Their Scientific Honors". Pacific Standard. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
  8. ↑ Emerson, Sarah (2018-10-10). "A New Bill Vows to Combat STEM's Sexual Harassment Problem". Vice. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
  9. ↑ Libarkin, Julie (2019-04-22). "Viewpoint: Yes, Sexual Harassment Still Drives Women Out of Physics". Physics. 12. doi: 10.1103/Physics.12.43 .
  10. ↑ PGA. "AdvisoryCmte". sites.nationalacademies.org. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
  11. ↑ "Past Editors and Associate Editors". JGE. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
  12. ↑ Maxmen, Amy (2020-02-24). "Biologist exits prestigious post years after violating sexual-harassment policy". Nature. 579 (7797): 15–16. Bibcode:2020Natur.579...15M. doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-00491-w . PMID   32127700.
  13. ↑ "Leveraging scientists' perceptions for successful interactions with policy makers". phys.org. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
  14. ↑ "| CREATE for STEM Institute at MSU". create4stem.msu.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
  15. ↑ "Faculty Teaching Awards". cisgs.natsci.msu.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
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  17. 1 2 "MSU's Libarkin Named Geological Society of America Fellow". Research at Michigan State University. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
  18. ↑ "Top Geoscience Papers from 2016". Speaking of Geoscience. 2016-12-22. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
  19. ↑ "Excellence Awards for Dr. Julie Libarkin and Austin Parish". ees.natsci.msu.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
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