March 2025 | Oceanography
Over the last year, I’ve received several inquiries about whether
Oceanography is planning to publish a third special issue on Women in
Oceanography. Te questions clearly arose because last year—2024—
was the tenth anniversary of the second Women in Oceanography vol-
ume (published as a supplement to the main journal; https://tos.org/
oceanography/issue/volume-27-issue-04-supplement). Te frst special
issue on this topic was published in 2005 (https://tos.org/oceanography/
issue/volume-18-issue-01). Both special issues included peer reviewed
articles covering various aspects of gender equity in oceanography as
well as hundreds of one-page autobiographical sketches contributed by
women oceanographers. Some sketches in the second publication were
updates of the original sketches contributed a decade earlier. One group
of women oceanographers who inquired about a third special issue com-
mented that “a bit to our surprise, we keep being asked about the [2014
Women in Oceanography] supplement. Even though the document is a
decade ‘old,’ there seems to be a continuous interest in it.”
Te question I pose to members of Te Oceanography Society and col-
leagues: should Oceanography consider a third special issue on Women
in Oceanography and, if so, what should it look like? Much interest
remains in the publishing of autobiographical sketches of women ocean-
ographers, as they are a source of inspiration to all. Might we focus on
women at various career stages and learn more about their trials and tri-
umphs at each stage? What has changed in two decades and what needs
to change (see also a review by Legg et al., 2023).
Please send me your ideas and any other thoughts you may have
on a possible third edition of Women in Oceanography. My email is
ekappel@geo-prose.com.
REFERENCE
Legg, S., C. Wang, E. Kappel, and L. Thompson. 2023. Gender equity in oceanography. Annual
Review of Marine Science 15:15–39, https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-marine-032322-100357.
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Women in Oceanography:
One More Time?
Ellen S. Kappel, Editor
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