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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Advancing Innovative and Transformative Ecological Science Project</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Graduate Assistant: Digital research, compile data, and contact institutions and organizations</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">The GA will help a team of ecological science researchers and educators to grow institutional relationships with professional
organizations and institutions that serve Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) in ecology and STEM - including historically black colleges and universities, Hispanic serving institutions, Tribal colleges, and scientific societies.
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Dates:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> Jan to Aug 2021<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Hours:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> .25 up to .5 GA + Tuition
remission (Spring 21) & 20 hours/wk summer position through Aug 30<sup>th</sup>, 2021<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">TASKS/DUTIES<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Data Gathering and Network Building<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">To increase diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) opportunities for students and postdocs, the GA will
gather data per active ecology/environmental professional organizations, field research sites, and Higher Education Institutions close to the field sites thus growing our environmental and ecology research network.
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">The GA will also assist the team in planning and executing anti-racist training for academics and scientists to enable us
to create credible and robust pathways for underrepresented populations in ecology and STEM.<b><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:#0070C0">Please Note: The Research Office (Zach, Corey, Tony, & Sara) will be offline on Fridays due to University Furlough/Flex time. Please keep this in mind concerning email response times and when scheduling any
meetings with the team.</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#7030A0">Sara P. Chavarria, PhD</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#7030A0">Assistant Dean, Research Development</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#7030A0">Assistant Director, STEM Learning Center</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#7030A0">College of Education, University of Arizona</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#7030A0">1430 E. Second St., Tucson, AZ 85721</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:spchavar@email.arizona.edu">spchavar@email.arizona.edu</a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#7030A0">Phone (cell): 520-307-0963</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#7030A0">Office: Education 225</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#7030A0">Research Development: </span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://new.coe.arizona.edu/office-dean/research-development-support">https://new.coe.arizona.edu/office-dean/research-development-support</a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#7030A0">Research Impact website: </span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.coe.arizona.edu/research-impact">https://www.coe.arizona.edu/research-impact</a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">COE COVID-19 webpage</span><span style="color:#7030A0">: </span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://new.coe.arizona.edu/coronavirus-response-information" title="https://new.coe.arizona.edu/coronavirus-response-information">https://new.coe.arizona.edu/coronavirus-response-information</a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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