UCI CLIMATE Justice Initiative

Faculty, staff, and community partners

Kathleen Johnson

KATHLEEN
JOHNSON

UCI Professor, Earth System Science, Principal Investigator

JAMES
ADAMS

UCI Postdoctoral Scholar, Anthropology

STEVE
ALLISON

UCI Professor, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Earth System Science, Co-Principal Investigator

ELIZABETH
CROOK

UCI Assistant Teaching Professor, Earth System Science, Co-Principal Investigator

BENIS
EGOH

UCI Assistant Professor, Earth System Science, Co-Principal Investigator

Leonel Flores wearing a UCLA shirt

Leonel Flores

Programs Manager, GREEN-MPNA

Patricia Flores Yrarrazaval

Patricia Flores Yrarrázaval

Executive Director, Orange County Environmental Justice

KIM
FORTUN

UCI Professor, Anthropology, Co-Principal Investigator

ROBERT
GARCIA

UCI Academic Coordinator

Erica Gonzalez

Erica Gonzalez

Finances & Logistics Director, Orange County Environmental Justice

Sarahí Gutiérrez

Program Manager & Community Organizer, GREEN-MPNA

Gabriella Lassos

Program Director, Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

CONNIE
MCGUIRE

Director, UCI Research Justice Shop

Jennifer Mendez

Jennifer Mendez

Programs and Conservation Manager, Crystal Cove Conservancy

Angela Mooney-D'Arcy

Angela Mooney-D'Arcy

Executive Director, Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Jose Rea

José Rea

Executive Director, GREEN-MPNA

Thi smiling with Grand Canyon in the background

THI
TRUONG

UCI Postdoctoral Scholar, Earth System Science

Keila Villegas

Keila Villegas

Water Justice Director, Orange County Environmental Justice

UCI CLIMATE Justice Initiative

The UCI CLIMATE Justice Initiative acknowledges our presence on the ancestral and unceded territory of the Acjachemen and Tongva Peoples, who still hold strong cultural, spiritual, and physical ties to this region.

Contact Us

Department of Earth System Science
Croul Hall
Irvine, CA 92697-3100

garciar1@uci.edu
(949) 824-8794