{"id":63251,"date":"2022-02-08T10:02:52","date_gmt":"2022-02-08T16:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=63251"},"modified":"2022-02-08T10:02:54","modified_gmt":"2022-02-08T16:02:54","slug":"a-remarkable-year-for-fhsus-dr-hendratta-ali","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=63251","title":{"rendered":"A remarkable year for FHSU\u2019s Dr. Hendratta Ali"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The year 2021 was challenging for many people. Despite its challenges, it was the culmination of marked accomplishments for Dr. Hendratta Ali, associate professor of geosciences at Fort Hays State University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Ali led or co-authored half a dozen\npublications, with several others out for review. Some of her works included\ntopics related to equity in geoscience, estuarine and coastal research, and\neducation and career preparation for STEM disciplines.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to her teaching responsibilities,\nmentoring of students, research, and prolific publications, Ali accepted an\nIntergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA) Assignment at the National Science\nFoundation (NSF), rotating as a Program Director for their Hydrologic Sciences\nProgram. NSF offers selected individuals the opportunity to become temporary\nprogram directors in their field of expertise while retaining ties to their current institution before returning\nwith new insights and experiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ali will serve one year or more in this\nposition and will continue to be employed by Fort Hays\nState University. FHSU receives a grant from NSF while Dr. Ali is assigned to\nthe Foundation. She began her work remotely from Hays due to ongoing COVID-19\nrestrictions but has since relocated to Alexandria, Virginia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Grady Dixon, Dean of the Peter Werth\nCollege of Science, Technology and Mathematics, said he believes Dr. Ali is the\nfirst active FHSU employee to be appointed as an NSF Program Director. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWorking remotely gave me additional\ntime to prepare for the move and allowed me the opportunity to maintain a close\nrelationship with trainees,\u201d Dr. Ali said. She noted that her work for NSF\nrequires her to maintain strict hours, but she was able to meet with her FHSU\nstudents and colleagues as needed outside of those time constraints. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prior to taking the NSF position, Ali\nwas actively involved with other endeavors. In 2021 alone, she accepted 12\ninvitations, mostly virtual, to give presentations, including a Pardee Keynote\nSymposia at the annual meeting of the Geological Society of America, and a\nPlenary Keynote at the Geological\nAssociation of Canada – Mineralogical Association of Canada Joint meeting. She also gave four invited talks and\nsix presentations to various conferences. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ali received several awards, including\nthe Presidential Citation from the American Geophysical Union, an award given\nto the diverse team she led, which created the Call for a Robust Anti-Racism\nPlan for the Geosciences. She was honored with the Randolph W. \u201cBill\u201d and\nCecile T. Bromery Award from the Geological Society of America, given for\nsignificant contributions to geological science research or for being\ninstrumental in opening the field of geoscience to minorities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI am honored to be recognized for my\nwork,\u201d Ali said. \u201cIt is especially rewarding to be acknowledged by members of\nmy professional community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ali also received FHSU\u2019s President\u2019s\nDistinguished Scholar award, which recognizes a faculty member with outstanding\nperformance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As\npart of the President\u2019s Distinguished Scholar Program, Ali gave a presentation\nlast fall entitled Serendipity\nmeets Preparedness: Twists and Turns from the Academic Pipeline to a\n#BraidedModel.<\/em> This presentation was a sneak-peek into five recent\npublications and projects that Ali led or co-authored.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nprojects she drew from included estuarine studies about plastic litter\npollution and the coastal environment, an actionable plan for anti-racism for\ngeoscience organizations, the effects of tides on groundwater salinization near\ncoastal communities, and reimagining academic and career preparation for STEM\ndisciplines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ali\nwove in her own professional pathway to illustrate her work as an example of\nthe multiple critical roles different life and professional experiences play in\nan academic\u2019s work and career. She demonstrated why it is necessary to ensure\nthat students are not only prepared to participate in an expected workforce but\nmore so for the future workforce that we do not yet know much about. \n\nAli said that the metaphor of a pipeline, where\nstudents enter a degree program having only one specific outcome in mind, does\nnot adequately prepare students for the rapidly changing workplace and the\nopportunities that come with these changes. Instead, students need to be\nmentored in an approach where they view their degrees as opportunities to build\nskills and tools that can be applied to any number of possible futures. Their\ncourses, internships, lab work, formal and informal interactions with peers and\nmentors should all be seen as part of a woven braid to provide necessary skills\nfor success both today and in the future\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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