<div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-ae348fba-7fff-083d-1c87-8a962a76be08"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 10pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Carlie Pietsch, Assistant Professor of Geology is recruiting Fall 2022 applicants for the Masters in Geology at San Jose State University who will work with field collected fossil specimens to identify, analyze, and interpret the fossil record of the marine invertebrate extinction and recovery from the end-Cretaceous mass extinction.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The aim of this project is to study previously unexamined sections spanning the Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction in order to apply new quantitative techniques to investigate the impact of the K/Pg extinction on functional ecology of survivors and the body size and energetics of recovery assemblages.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Masters Graduate Assistant will assist a larger project team of paleontologists, sedimentologists, geochemists, and science education specialists by conducting research, contributing to virtual field experiences, and communicating research outcomes through publications and presentations. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Partial funding is available:</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">$20/hour for up to 20 hours/week during academic semester, up to 40 hours/week during the intersession. </span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Tuition waiver for two years of in-state tuition contingent on academic standing and maintaining position as a graduate student teaching assistant (up to 10 hrs/week)</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">See attached job description for significantly more detail. </span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 10pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Apply by April 1 for full consideration. </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Instructions for application to the MS Geology program can be found here: </span><a href="https://www.sjsu.edu/geology/programs/graduate/gradapps.php" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://www.sjsu.edu/geology/programs/graduate/gradapps.php</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Students from underrepresented racial and ethnic backgrounds, identify as LGBTQIA+, a womxn, or with documented or undocumented disabilities are especially encouraged to apply. The SJSU Paleo Lab and Geology Department continues to support a cohort of diverse students through hiring and training of faculty that practice inclusive mentoring practices and promote equity in their teaching and research practices. SJSU supports a diverse student body and maintains support and advocacy centers for students </span><a href="https://www.sjsu.edu/diversity/resources/students/index.php" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://www.sjsu.edu/diversity/resources/students/index.php</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt;padding:10pt 0pt 0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Contact <a href="mailto:carlie.pietsch@sjsu.edu">carlie.pietsch@sjsu.edu</a> with any questions.</span></p></span><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Dr. Carlie Pietsch (she/her)<div>Asst. Prof San Jose State University</div><div>Geology Department </div><div><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/pietschscience/home" target="_blank">Learn more about my research lab on my website</a> <br></div><div><a href="https://sites.google.com/sjsu.edu/geopaths/home" target="_blank">Learn about the SJSU GEOPaths program</a></div><div>Check out my Daring to Dig: American Women in Paleontology profile <a href="https://www.museumoftheearth.org/daring-to-dig/bio/pietsch" target="_blank">here</a></div><div>Schedule an appointment to meet with me <a href="https://cpietsch.youcanbook.me/" target="_blank">here</a><br></div></div></div></div>