BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//events.la.psu.edu//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:5510-88a3348af1050c4f350aff6009a170ca@events.la.psu.edu DTSTAMP:20261017T061858Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201001T121500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201001T131500 SUMMARY:Lunch and Learn: Careers in Space: The Liberal Arts Majors who will get us to Mars DESCRIPTION:\n\nSpace anthropologist. Space psychologist. Space lawyer.\ n\nFrom economics to communications to public policy\, liberal arts majo rs are critical to the space industry. They negotiate treaties on space mining. They design experiments for analog astronauts on Earth to simula te the environment of long-duration missions to Mars. They work at one o f the now thousands of private space companies on communicating the bene fit of space to the general public or government.\n\nSpace isn'\;t ju st for STEM majors\; the space industry requires a holistic workforce to deal with the world'\;s most challenging problems\, from using space to monitor issues such as climate change\, conflict\, and disease\, to getting humans to Mars.\n\nPresenter Bio:\n\nTherese Jones is the Senior Director of Policy at the Satellite Industry Association\, a U.S.-based trade association representing over 50 satellite operators\, manufactur ers\, ground equipment suppliers\, and launch companies. In this positio n\, Therese manages SIA working groups on regulatory\, legislative\, def ense\, space safety\, cybersecurity\, remote sensing\, and export contro l-related issues. Prior to SIA\, Therese was an assistant policy researc her at RAND Corporation\, working on space policy issues for a wide vari ety of government organizations. Therese is a Ph.D. candidate in policy analysis at the Pardee RAND Graduate School. Therese received a master&# 39\;s in astrophysics at UC Berkeley\, and bachelor'\;s degrees in as tronomy and astrophysics\, physics\, German\, and international studies from Penn State University.\n\nThis event is presented by the Liberal Ar ts Career Enrichment Network. If you have any questions\, please contact lanetwork@psu.edu or 814-865-1070.\n\nZoom link available in the event listing in Nittany Lion Careers.\n\nFor more details: https://events.la. psu.edu/event/lunch_and_learn_careers_in_space_the_liberal_arts_majors_w ho_will_get_us_to_mars/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Space anth ropologist. Space psychologist. Space lawyer.

From economics to co mmunications to public policy, liberal arts majors are critical to the s pace industry. They negotiate treaties on space mining. They design expe riments for analog astronauts on Earth to simulate the environment of lo ng-duration missions to Mars. They work at one of the now thousands of p rivate space companies on communicating the benefit of space to the gene ral public or government.

Space isn't just for STEM majors; th e space industry requires a holistic workforce to deal with the world 9;s most challenging problems, from using space to monitor issues such a s climate change, conflict, and disease, to getting humans to Mars.

< p>Presenter Bio:

Therese Jones is the Senior Director of Po licy at the Satellite Industry Association, a U.S.-based trade associati on representing over 50 satellite operators, manufacturers, ground equip ment suppliers, and launch companies. In this position, Therese manages SIA working groups on regulatory, legislative, defense, space safety, cy bersecurity, remote sensing, and export control-related issues. Prior to SIA, Therese was an assistant policy researcher at RAND Corporation, wo rking on space policy issues for a wide variety of government organizati ons. Therese is a Ph.D. candidate in policy analysis at the Pardee RAND Graduate School. Therese received a master's in astrophysics at UC B erkeley, and bachelor's degrees in astronomy and astrophysics, physi cs, German, and international studies from Penn State University.

This event is presented by the Liberal Arts Career Enrichment Network. I f you have any questions, please contact lanetwork@psu.edu or 814-865-1070.

Zoom link avai lable in the event listing in Nittany Lion Careers.

For more det ails: https://events .la.psu.edu/event/lunch_and_learn_careers_in_space_the_liberal_arts_majo rs_who_will_get_us_to_mars/

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