<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi all,</div><div><br></div><div>Please consider <a href="https://climate.umn.edu/news/now-hiring-graduate-student-advancing-climate-adaptation-northern-mn">sharing this announcement</a> with interested candidates:</div><div><br></div><div><div id="gmail-block-folwell-page-title" class="gmail-block gmail-block-core gmail-block-page-title-block" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-size:18px"><h1 class="gmail-page-title" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0.833333em 0px 0.555556em;font-weight:400;line-height:1.35"><span class="gmail-field gmail-field--name-title gmail-field--type-string gmail-field--label-hidden" style="box-sizing:border-box">Now Hiring: Graduate Student in Advancing Climate Adaptation in Northern MN</span></h1></div><div id="gmail-block-folwell-content" class="gmail-block gmail-block-system gmail-block-system-main-block" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-size:18px"><div class="gmail-panel-display gmail-phelan gmail-clearfix" style="box-sizing:border-box"><div class="gmail-container-fluid" style="box-sizing:border-box"><div class="gmail-row" style="box-sizing:border-box"><div class="gmail-col-md-6 gmail-radix-layouts-column1 gmail-panel-panel" style="box-sizing:border-box;min-height:1px;float:left;margin-left:1.11111em"><div class="gmail-panel-panel-inner" style="box-sizing:border-box"><div class="gmail-block gmail-block-layout-builder gmail-block-field-blocknodenewsfield-publication-date" style="box-sizing:border-box"><div class="gmail-field gmail-field--name-field-publication-date gmail-field--type-datetime gmail-field--label-hidden gmail-field__item" style="box-sizing:border-box">February 22, 2022</div></div><div class="gmail-block gmail-block-layout-builder gmail-block-field-blocknodenewsfield-news-text" style="box-sizing:border-box"><div class="gmail-clearfix gmail-text-formatted gmail-field gmail-field--name-field-news-text gmail-field--type-text-long gmail-field--label-hidden gmail-field__item" style="box-sizing:border-box"><h2 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:1.666em;line-height:1.35;margin:0.876875em 0px 0.78125em">Are you interested in advancing climate adaptation work across communities and landscapes in Northern Minnesota through your graduate studies? </h2><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.333em">A new collaborative team between the University of Minnesota and the 1854 Treaty Authority is seeking a motivated graduate student to join our team to help support climate adaptation efforts underway across the <a href="https://www.1854treatyauthority.org/management/biological-resources/fisheries/seasons.html?id=190&task=document.viewdoc" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(144,0,33);text-decoration-line:none;border-bottom:1px solid rgb(144,0,33)">1854 Ceded Territory.</a> The student will help the project team, under the supervision of <a href="https://climate.umn.edu/node/251" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(144,0,33);text-decoration-line:none;border-bottom:1px solid rgb(144,0,33)">Dr. Heidi Roop</a>, <a href="https://www.hhh.umn.edu/directory/elise-harrington" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(144,0,33);text-decoration-line:none;border-bottom:1px solid rgb(144,0,33)">Dr. Elise Harrington</a>, <a href="https://www.1854treatyauthority.org/general-info/contact-us.html" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(144,0,33);text-decoration-line:none;border-bottom:1px solid rgb(144,0,33)">Hilarie Sorensen</a>, and <a href="https://cahss.d.umn.edu/faculty-staff/joseph-bauerkemper" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(144,0,33);text-decoration-line:none;border-bottom:1px solid rgb(144,0,33)">Dr. Joseph Bauerkemper</a> to:</p><ol style="box-sizing:border-box;overflow:inherit;padding:0px 0px 0px 1.111em"><li style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0.25em">evaluate progress, barriers to, and opportunities for adaptation in this region, and;  </li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0.25em">lead the co-creation of an updated vulnerability assessment and adaptation plan with the 1854 Treaty Authority and the Bois Forte, Fond du Lac and Grand Portage Bands to advance ecological and cultural resilience. This will include updating adaptation objectives, outcomes, and resilience metrics for this region.</li></ol><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.333em">This student will be a critical member of our team and will have opportunities to participate in tribal and community engagement and will help with other project deliverables including the development of interactive data tool, and communication and engagement efforts designed to showcase the region’s progress towards community and ecosystem climate resilience. </p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.333em">We are seeking students from a range of undergraduate degree backgrounds including social, natural, physical, American Indian Studies/Indigenous studies, and/or policy sciences. Working on this project students will build skills related to climate adaptation planning, data analysis (both quantitative and qualitative), tribal governance, and participatory engagement processes. The student may pursue a degree in the <a href="https://laas.umn.edu/" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(144,0,33);text-decoration-line:none;border-bottom:1px solid rgb(144,0,33)">Graduate Program for Land and Atmospheric Science</a>; the <a href="https://www.hhh.umn.edu/masters-programs/master-science-science-technology-and-environmental-policy" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(144,0,33);text-decoration-line:none;border-bottom:1px solid rgb(144,0,33)">Master of Science in Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy</a>; the <a href="https://cahss.d.umn.edu/majors-minors/masters-programs/mtres" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(144,0,33);text-decoration-line:none;border-bottom:1px solid rgb(144,0,33)">Master of Tribal Resource and Environmental Stewardship</a>; or the <a href="https://cahss.d.umn.edu/academics/masters-programs/mtag" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(144,0,33);text-decoration-line:none;border-bottom:1px solid rgb(144,0,33)">Master in Tribal Administration and Governance.</a></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.333em">This is a two-year, fully funded, masters-level position with a preferred start date in September 2022. Interested applicants should email the project advisors to discuss their interests and the application process. </p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.333em">Applications will be reviewed until filled.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.333em">Advisory Team Contact Information: Heidi Roop (<a href="mailto:hroop@umn.edu" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(144,0,33);text-decoration-line:none;border-bottom:1px solid rgb(144,0,33)">hroop@umn.edu</a>), Elise Harrington (<a href="mailto:eliseh@umn.edu" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(144,0,33);text-decoration-line:none;border-bottom:1px solid rgb(144,0,33)">eliseh@umn.edu</a>), Hilarie Sorensen (<a href="mailto:hsorensen@1854treatyauthority.org" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(144,0,33);text-decoration-line:none;border-bottom:1px solid rgb(144,0,33)">hsorensen@1854treatyauthority.org</a>), and Joseph Bauerkemper (<a href="mailto:jkb@d.umn.edu" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(144,0,33);text-decoration-line:none;border-bottom:1px solid rgb(144,0,33)">jkb@d.umn.edu</a>).</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.333em"><em style="box-sizing:border-box">This position is contingent upon final grant approval expected in March 2022. </em></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><br></div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Aimee L. Gillespie (she/her) | <a href="mailto:gille664@umn.edu" target="_blank">gille664@umn.edu</a> | Communications Specialist<div><a href="https://swac.umn.edu/" target="_blank">Department of Soil, Water, and Climate</a> | CFANS | University of Minnesota<br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div>