Rebecca Haacker

Director NCAR Education & Outreach

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Rebecca Haacker is the Director of NCAR Education, Engagement and Early-Career Development , responsible for the center's public outreach and K-12 education activities, leading workforce development programs, and supporting the geoscience university community through faculty training and research sabbaticals.

She also directs the NCAR Advanced Study Program, which supports graduate students and postdocs.

Rebecca has extensive experience in providing students and early career scientists with relevant skills and training to have successful careers in the geosciences. She serves on several education and workforce related national boards, and is a leader in geoscience workforce development, advancement of diversity and promoting best mentoring practices.

Prior to joining UCAR, Rebecca taught geography at the college and graduate level, and earlier in her career she worked in natural resource management and national park management in Central America. In addition to her graduate degree in geography and cultural anthropology from the University of Hamburg, Germany, Rebecca holds a certificate in evaluation of education programs, is a certified mediator and has extensive training in employment law, diversity, student mentoring, and counseling.

Publications

Burt MA, Haacker R, Montaño P, Vara M and Sloan V (2022) The ethics of diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice in the earth system sciences. Front. Phys. 10:1085789. doi: 10.3389/fphy.2022.1085789 Haacker, R., M. Burt, and M. Vara (2022), Moving beyond the business case for diversity, Eos, 103, https://doi.org/10.1029/2022EO220080. Published on 9 February 2022. Kristen L. Rasmussen, Burt, M, Rowe, A., Haacker, R., Hence, D., Medina Luna, L., Nesbitt, S., and Maertens, J. (2021): Enlightenment strikes! Broadening graduate school training through field campaign participation. Bulletin of the American Meteorology Society. https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-20-0062.1 L. Harris, C. Garza, M. Hatch, J. Parrish, J. Posselt, J. Alvarez, E. Davidson, G. Eckert, K. Grimes, J. Garcia, R. Haacker, M.C. Horner-Devine, A. Johnson1, J. Lemus, A. Prakash, L. Thompson, P. Vitousek, M.P. Martin, K. Reyes (2021): Equitable Exchange: A framework for diversity and inclusion in the geosciences. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020AV000359

Sloan, V., & Haacker, R. (Eds.). (2020). GEO REU Handbook: A Guide for Running Inclusive and Engaging Geoscience Research Internship Programs (1st ed.). doi:10.5065/ycba-qw42.

Kristen L. Rasmussen, Burt, M, Rowe, A., Haacker, R., Hence, D., Medina Luna, L., Nesbitt, S., and Maertens, J. : Enlightenment strikes! Broadening graduate school training through field campaign participation. Submitted to the Bulletin of the American Meteorology Society.

Haacker, R. Mayo, T., Hence, D., Batchelor, B.; The Impact of Long-Term Investment in Broadening Participation in the Atmospheric Sciences". In preparation for submission to the Bulletin of the American Meteorology Society.

Sloan, V., R. Haacker, R. Batchelor, and C. Garza (2020), How COVID-19 is affecting undergraduate research experiences, Eos, 101, https://doi.org/10.1029/2020EO145667. Published on 18 June 2020.

Haacker, R., Jack-Scott, E., Morrison, D.: Why diversity and inclusion at conferences matter – And why it’s your responsibility too. In: Chemistry World. Published on 26 February 2020

Lauer, A., W. Gram, A. Crall, C. Diaz Eaton, R. Haacker, E. Jack-Scott, A. Pendergrass, and K. Stack Whitney (2020), Scientific meetings for all, Eos, 101, https://doi.org/10.1029/2020EO138951. Published on 22 January 2020.

L. Harris, C. Garza, M. Hatch, J. Parrish, J. Posselt, J. Alvarez, E. Davidson, G. Eckert, K. Grimes, J. Garcia, R. Haacker, M.C. Horner-Devine,A. Johnson, J. Lemus,, S. Menezes, A. Prakash, L. Thompson, P. Vitousek, M.P. Martin, K. Reyes: An Equitable Exchange: A new framework for diversity and inclusion in the geosciences. Under review for publication in AGU Advances.

Sloan, V. and Haacker,R.; Creating a Postdoctoral Fellows Association at a National Research Laboratory. The POSTDOCket, Issue 19, Vol. 6.

Lorena Medina Luna, Beth Bartel, Michael Hubenthal & Rebecca Haacker (2019) Bilingual science communication: A call for a geoscience community of practice, Journal of Geoscience Education, DOI: 10.1080/10899995.2019.1578580

Pendergrass, A., et.al. 2019; A Guide to Organizing Inclusive Scientific Meetings. https://500womenscientists.org/inclusive-scientific-meetings

Durre, I., M. Behl, R. Haacker, and R. Herman, 2018: How Satisfied Are AMS Members with the Society?: Results from the 2014 AMS Survey. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 99,1280–1284, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-18-0038.1

Sloan, V., R. Haacker, T. Barnes, and C. Brinkworth. 2017. Long-Term Impacts of a Career Development Workshop for Undergraduates. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-15-00214.1. Sept. p. 1961-1968.

Burt, M.A., Haacker, R., Batchelor, R. L., Denning, A. S., 2015: Increasing the Diversity of Your Graduate Program: Translating Best Practices into Success. http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175/BAMS-D-15-00004.1

Haacker, R., 2015: From Recruitment to retention. Commentary, Nature Geoscience 8, 577–578 (2015) doi:10.1038/ngeo2501

Dalbotten, D., R. Haacker-Santos, S. Zurn-Birkhimer (2014): New Voices: The Role of Undergraduate Geoscience Research in Supporting Alternative perspectives on the Anthropocene. Future Earth – Advancing Civic Understanding of the Anthropocene, Geophysical Monograph 203, 2014

Strachnan, J., B. Cordova, R. Haacker, R. Makransky, 2001: Las Verapaces – El Corazon Verde de Guatemala. BIDAS, Guatemala.

Haacker, R. 1999: Li choch ain re chijunilo - Concepts for integrating the Maya-Q’eqchi’ population into the management of the biosphere reserve Sierra de las Minas, Guatemala. Universität Hamburg.

Cordts, M., H. Eickhoff, R. Fackiner, R. Haacker, M. Hammer, J. Schepp, M. Stern, (eds.), 1994; Projekt Stadtkartierung Wolgast. Insititut für Geographie. Universität Hamburg.

Haacker, R. 1995: Siete Meses en la Sierra. Project report of undergraduate internship requirement October 1994-May 1995 in the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Sierra de las Minas (Honors Thesis equivalent). Universität Hamburg

Publications and Presentations (14)
Title	Source	Date
NSF NCAR Earth System Science and Technology Hubs (NESTs) Phase I Report	NCAR Technical Note	2024-08-01
Improving postdoctoral training programs through alumni perspectives and experiences: A study of NCAR’s Advanced Study Program	Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society	2024-01-01
Science education: Expanding our reach and building for the future	Day of Science & Discovery 2023	2023-09-05
The ethics of diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice in the earth system sciences	Frontiers in Physics	2022-12-14
Advancing interdisciplinary and convergent science for communities: Lessons learned through the NCAR Early-Career Faculty Innovator Program	Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society	2022-11-01
Moving from interdisciplinary to convergent research across geoscience and social sciences: challenges and strategies	Environmental Research Letters	2022-06-01
Enlightenment strikes! Broadening graduate school training through field campaign participation	Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society	2021-10-01
Equitable exchange: A framework for diversity and inclusion in the geosciences	AGU Advances	2021-06-12
Inclusive scientific meetings: Where to start	Unspecified	2019-03-01
How satisfied are AMS members with the Society?: Results from the 2014 AMS survey	Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society	2018-06-01
Long-term impacts of a career development workshop for undergraduates	Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society	2017-09-01
Increasing the diversity of your graduate program: Translating best practices into success	Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society	2016-07-01
SOARS: 20 years of the atmospheric science community working to increase diversity [presentation]	AMS Education Symposium 2016	2016-01-13
From recruitment to retention	Nature Geoscience	2015-08-01

Curriculum Vitae

Rebecca Haacker CV 2021.pdf

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https://ncar.ucar.edu/what-we-offer/education-outreach

https://ncar.ucar.edu/what-we-offer/education-outreach/early-career-opportunities

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