Careers & Education

Education

Figure 1. At the “Saturday With a Scientist” event in Salt Lake City, UT, SSSA K-12 Committee member Wale Adewunmi talks with visitors about the “Soil Your Undies” activity. Photo by Liz Gillispie.

SSSA K-12 Outreach Committee: Sharing ideas that work!

December 12, 2025

Photo courtesy of Adobe Stock/ dsbedarieva.

Learning to appreciate fungi

November 29, 2025

SSSA and ASA member Clay Robinson demonstrated a runoff activity with teachers during the the 2025 National Science Teaching Association Conference in Philadelphia in March.

Teacher conferences: A pathway to fill the soil, agronomy, and crop science career pipeline

August 14, 2025

Day in the life

Lee Briese is a crop consultant with CENTROL in North Dakota and a Certified Crop Adviser (CCA).

A day in the life: Lee Briese

November 12, 2025

Anna Paltseva, a soil scientist who studies urban soil contamination and remediation, uses an X-ray fluorescence analyzer to detect heavy metals in a soil sample. Photo courtesy of Anna Paltseva.

A day in the life: Anna Paltseva

September 24, 2025

Debasish Saha is an Assistant Professor of Soil Science at the University of Tennessee–Knoxville.

A Day in the Life: Debasish Saha

August 4, 2025

Awards

Awards and Fellows

2025 Awards and Fellows

November 4, 2025

Mentoring

Mentoring.

Calling all mentors

September 24, 2025

Dr. Bill Raun's enduring legacy lives on through the diverse group of scholars he trained.

Remembering a great mentor—Dr. Bill Raun

September 11, 2025

Inclusive mentoring.

Inclusive mentoring in STEM

July 9, 2025

Webinar: Developing Safe and Inclusive Fieldwork Settings

Webinar: Early Career Award Opportunities in Agronomy, Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences

Call for Papers: Phenomics of Germplasm Collection

Call for Papers: Advances in Monitoring Soil Water Content

Call for Papers: Advancement of Fate and Transport of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in the Vadose Zone