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<p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-d624f742-7fff-0001-46ce-546b1e959d2d"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Hello All,<br></span></font></p><font size="4"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">I’m excited to share that the </span><a href="https://www.ess.uci.edu/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Department of Earth System Science</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (ESS) at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) is seeking candidates for an Assistant Professor (tenure-track) or Associate Professor (tenured) position as part of the UCI </span><a href="https://inclusion.uci.edu/core-programs/minority-thriving-campus/uci-black-thriving-initiative/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Black Thriving Initiative</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> faculty hiring cluster in </span><a href="https://sites.uci.edu/iecluster/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Infrastructure Equity</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.  We are searching broadly for candidates with expertise in Earth system science, climate science, environmental science, geoscience, human-dimensions of global change, and/or related STEM fields, who conduct research related to human-driven environmental challenges and the disproportionate impacts they may have on Black communities and other historically marginalized communities. See the full description attached.</span></font></p><font size="4"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">UCI is a minority-serving institution and a national leader in <a href="https://inclusion.uci.edu/">inclusive excellence</a>. The ESS department is </span><a href="https://www.ess.uci.edu/inclusive-excellence" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">strongly committed</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> to anti-racism and increasing diversity, equity, and inclusion in our field. We seek faculty who are committed to diversity as well as diverse faculty who will be role-models for our students.   </span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Interested candidates can learn more details and apply </span><a href="https://recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF08725" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">HERE</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. </span>Complete applications must be received by <b>January 2, 2024</b> to receive full consideration.<br></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></font></p>

<font size="4"></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Please share this opportunity within your networks and/or consider applying! Feel free to reach out to me with any questions! </span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></font></p><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Best wishes,</span></font></p><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></font></p><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Kathleen Johnson<br></span></font></p>

<br clear="all"><br><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Kathleen R. Johnson (she/her)<br>Professor, Department of Earth System Science<br><div>ADVANCE Equity Advisor, School of Physical Sciences</div><div>Director, UCI Climate Justice Initiative<br></div><div>President, AGU Paleoceanography & Paleoclimatology section<br></div><div>3200 Croul Hall</div><div>University of California, Irvine</div><div>Irvine, CA  92697-3100</div><div><br></div>Phone: 949-824-6174  <br>Twitter: @cavesandclimate<br>Website : <a href="https://sites.uci.edu/johnsonlab/" target="_blank">Terrestrial Paleoclimate and Geochemistry Lab</a><br><br><i>The Department of Earth System Science acknowledges our presence on the ancestral and unceded territory of the Acjachemen and Tongva peoples.  We are grateful to these original stewards of the land where we live, work, and study, who despite the history of violence and racism, forced displacement, land theft, and colonialism still hold strong cultural, spiritual, and physical ties to this region.</i><br></div></div></div>