Rachel Atkins, Ph.D.

Geologist, educator, lover of the outdoors

Honors, Service and Workshops

Grants, Honors and Awards

  • Future Investigator in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology (FINESST) grant ($90k for tuition, healthcare, travel and stipend for two years) • 2019-2021
  • NC State Graduate Writing Certificate – 100+ hours of professional writing training • 2020
  • North Carolina ArcGIS Users Group (NCAUG) Graduate Scholarship ($4k) • 2020
  • Geological Society of America Graduate Student Research Grant ($935) • 2019
  • Geological Society of America Southeastern Section Student Travel Grant  • 2019
  • TopHat Textbook Development DELTA grant ($2.5k)
  • National Association for Geoscience Teachers (NAGT) Outstanding TA Award • 2018
  • Invitation to Coupling of Tectonic and Surface Processes (CTSP) workshop • 2018
  • Global Change Fellowship ($12k plus tuition and health insurance)  • 2015-2016
  • Recognition for Excellence in Mentorship, NC State Graduate Student Association  • 2016
  • Geological Society of America Southeastern Section Student Travel Grant • 2016
  • STEM Education Initiative Grant ($3.7k) • 2015
  • Geological Society of America Geoscience Education Division Travel Grant  • 2015
  • Herbert Sheldon Field Camp Scholarship • 2013
  • State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) All-academic team  • 2012, 2013
  • Mattel Children’s Foundation Scholarship • 2010
  • Judy Lorenzini Achievement Award • 2009
  • Excellence in Science Achievement Award • 2009

Service

Academic Community

University Community

  • University Graduate Student Association, North Carolina State University
         Executive Secretary, Teaching Effectiveness Committee Liaison • 2016-2019
  • Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Science Department, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC

  Graduate Student Association
     President • 2015-2016
     Secretary • 2014-2015

  Graduate Student Representative
     MEAS Diversity Committee • 2020-present
     Teaching Assistant Assignment Committee (TAAC) • 2019-present
     Faculty Search Committee • 2019-2020
     Faculty Search Committee • 2015-2016

  • Geology Club, SUNY Geneseo, Geneseo, NY
    President, Active member • 2009-2013

Workshops

  • Career PACKways: Exploring your options (6-week interactive, virtual seminar series) • 2020
  • ExxonMobil Bighorn Basin Field Course (invited) • 2020 Course cancelled due to COVID-19
  • ExxonMobil three-day short course (hosted by University of Georgia) • 2019
  • Inclusive and Effective College Science Classrooms workshop 2019
  • Earth Educators Rendezvous 2015, 2016
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • Communicating Science Workshop • 2015
  • PROmoting Geoscience Research, Education and Success (PROGRESS) two-day workshop (panelist/mentor) • 2015
  • NC State Global Change Symposium • 2015
  • Structured Decision Making (SDM) five-day workshop • 2015

Professional Memberships

Association for Environmental and Engineering Geologists (AEG)
National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT)
Geological Society of America (GSA)
     Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division
     Geoscience Education Research Division
     Planetary Geology Division
Association for Women Geoscientists (AWG)
Earth Science Women’s Network (ESWN)
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