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(1) Kara Vadman (USF) and Mikhaila Redovian (Colgate undergraduate) secure hydrophones before seismic work near Totten
Glacier, East Antarctica, on US Antarctic Program cruise NBP14-02. Photo credit: Steffen Saustraup (UTIG)
(2) Florida State University PhD student Samira Daneshgar Asl takes notes during a research cruise in the northeastern Gulf of
Mexico as part of a project to study the effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Photo courtesy of Florida State University
(3) Samantha Bosman prepares to collect a plankton tow during a Deep-C Geochemistry cruise aboard R/V Weatherbird II in
May 2012. Photo courtesy of Florida State University
(4) For more than 10 years, courtesy of University of California ship funds, the Scripps Institution of Oceanography deep-sea biol-
ogy graduate class led by Lisa Levin has held field trips to the San Diego Trough to give students a hands-on, real-time look at
deep hydrographic features. Photo courtesy of Lisa Levin (SIO)
(5) University of Hawaii graduate student Yoshimi Rii running CTD operations. Photo Credit: Tara Clemente (C-MORE, UH Manoa)
(6) University of Delaware undergraduate Semester-in-Residence students collecting plankton samples from the Delaware Bay
aboard R/V Hugh R. Sharp. Photo credit: School of Marine Science and Policy, University of Delaware
(7) MIT-WHOI graduate student collecting water samples for river chemistry studies. Photo courtesy of Woods Hole
Oceanographic Institution graphics
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SPECIAL ISSUE SPONSOR
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SPECIAL ISSUE GUEST EDITORS
• Susan B. Cook, Ocean Conservation and
Research Association
• Nancy H. Marcus, Florida State University
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Beyond Academia: Professional Society Resources and Programs for
Ocean Sciences Graduate Students
By L.E. Duguay and S.B. Cook
80
SIDEBAR Student-Led Retreats for Graduate Student Cohesion
and Career Success
By K. Stamieszkin, M.A. May, and A. Chase
82
NASA Graduate Fellowship Opportunities
By E. Lindstrom, S. Hakkinen, and M.-Y. Wei
86
NSF’s Graduate Student Support Programs: An Overview and Reflections
from a Former Fellow
By S.B. Cook
REGULAR ISSUE FEATURE
90
An Experiment in Graduate Education: A Marine Science Adventure Across
the Indian Ocean
By V.B. Pearse, J.C. Ogden, and S.J. Proctor
DEPARTMENTS
04
QUARTERDECK. Working Toward a PhD in Ocean Sciences Hones a Variety of
Marketable Skills: Insights from Oceanography’s Career Profiles Column
By E.S. Kappel
06
FROM THE PRESIDENT. The Case for a “Sea Change” in Graduate Education
in the Ocean Sciences
By M.S. Lozier
08
RIPPLE MARKS. Life in Rough Seas: For Harlequin Ducks, Home is Churning
Rapids and Pounding Surf
By C.L. Dybas
98
HANDS-ON OCEANOGRAPHY. Building Intuition for In-Water Optics and
Ocean Color Remote Sensing: Spectrophotometer Activity with littleBits™
By S. Schollaert Uz
104 THE OCEANOGRAPHY CLASSROOM. Higher and Higher in Education
By S. Boxall
106 CAREER PROFILES. Denise M. Akob, Research Microbiologist, US Geological
Survey • Danielle Sumy, Project Associate, Incorporated Research Institutions
for Seismology • Juliet Hermes, Manager and Principal Oceanographer,
Egagasini Node for Marine Offshore Systems, South African Environmental
Observation Network • Fiona Horsfall, Chief, Climate Services Branch, National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Weather Service
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