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#           Eyes on Earth Episode 115 – EROS Women in Science                    Active

      By Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center       March 25, 2024    

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To celebrate Women’s History Month, we gathered some of the women who have made a difference in science at EROS.

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Women have been crucial to the EROS workforce from the very beginning in a variety of areas, from customer service and computers to film processing and administration. In this episode, we’re highlighting science work that women have been part of, which includes plenty of variety on its own, including the mapping of landscapes and wildfire burn severities and monitoring water. Our guests include June Thormodsgard, who worked at EROS from 1979-2012 and shares about the past while offering advice for women working now at EROS. 

**Guests**: June Thormodsgard, retired from USGS EROS; current EROS scientists Calli Jenkerson, Kristi Sayler, Jess Brown, Heather Tollerud, Jen Rover, Birgit Peterson and Stefanie Kagone; and USGS’ Jenn Lacey, formerly of EROS

**Hosts**: Jane Lawson and Sheri Levisay (contractors for USGS EROS)

**Producer**: Tom Adamson (contractor for USGS EROS)

**Release date**: Monday, March 25, 2024

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## More on science and history:

                                      - USGS EROS Science Leader June Thormodsgard Set Precedent for Other Women
                                      - EROS 50th History: Helping the World Through Science
                                      - Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center - Science
                                      - A snapshot of women of the U.S. Geological Survey in STEM and related careers

 

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                  - Overview  
To celebrate Women’s History Month, we gathered some of the women who have made a difference in science at EROS.
Return to Eyes on Earth Homepage        Sources/Usage: Public Domain. View Media DetailsView        Sources/Usage: Public Domain. View Media DetailsDown left side, from the top: Jen Rover, Stefanie Kagone, Jenn Lacey, Birgit Peterson. Main photo, from left: Heather Tollerud, Kristi Sayler, June Thormodsgard, Calli Jenkerson, Jess Brown.
Women have been crucial to the EROS workforce from the very beginning in a variety of areas, from customer service and computers to film processing and administration. In this episode, we’re highlighting science work that women have been part of, which includes plenty of variety on its own, including the mapping of landscapes and wildfire burn severities and monitoring water. Our guests include June Thormodsgard, who worked at EROS from 1979-2012 and shares about the past while offering advice for women working now at EROS. 

**Guests**: June Thormodsgard, retired from USGS EROS; current EROS scientists Calli Jenkerson, Kristi Sayler, Jess Brown, Heather Tollerud, Jen Rover, Birgit Peterson and Stefanie Kagone; and USGS’ Jenn Lacey, formerly of EROS

**Hosts**: Jane Lawson and Sheri Levisay (contractors for USGS EROS)

**Producer**: Tom Adamson (contractor for USGS EROS)

**Release date**: Monday, March 25, 2024

Download and Transcript Access
More on science and history:- USGS EROS Science Leader June Thormodsgard Set Precedent for Other Women
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-  July 31, 2023  Eyes on Earth Episode 99 – EROS 50th: Interns Who Stayed
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ByCore Science Systems Mission Area, Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 
-  September 7, 2021  Eyes on Earth Episode 58 - Satellites and Cloud Computing
Satellite imagery is everywhere. We see it on TV news and weather coverage, in our Twitter and Facebook feeds, and on our phones’ mapping apps. The data behind that imagery is nothing like a screenshot, though.
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-  July 13, 2020  Eyes on Earth Episode 29 – Tracking Landscape Change with LCMAP
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