{"id":473,"date":"2023-11-17T00:04:46","date_gmt":"2023-11-17T00:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.ps.uci.edu\/climatejustice\/?page_id=473"},"modified":"2026-02-13T21:18:50","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T21:18:50","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.ps.uci.edu\/communitygeoscience\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"473\" class=\"elementor elementor-473\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-282224b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"282224b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1da98f4\" data-id=\"1da98f4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28e60dd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"28e60dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What We Do<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ca85e85 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ca85e85\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f052c89\" data-id=\"f052c89\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-b93501e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b93501e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-e58dfea\" data-id=\"e58dfea\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9294a3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f9294a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Effective and just solutions to escalating environmental threats and hazards will require a geoscience workforce with a strong foundation in Earth system science, strong technical skills, and cross-disciplinary expertise. To address this need, researchers at UC Irvine came together to develop the Community Geoscience Initiative (CGI) in Fall 2023.\u00a0 Our primary aim is to recruit and train cohorts of PhD student and postbaccalaureate CGI Fellows to conduct community-based environmental and geoscience research.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-11a3b35 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"11a3b35\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-a978215\" data-id=\"a978215\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a661320 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"a661320\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"\/projects\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Explore CJI Projects<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d50b950 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d50b950\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bb63c37\" data-id=\"bb63c37\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-471b6e3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"471b6e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-30db81f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"30db81f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7ba4941\" data-id=\"7ba4941\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8dec7b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-testimonial\" data-id=\"8dec7b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"testimonial.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-content\">\"The Community Geoscience Initiative will situate UC Irvine\u2019s global-scale Earth system science research in a local community context. We will approach climate change research in a holistic way that brings together multiple disciplines with community-based organizations to address environmental impacts and solutions. \"<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-meta elementor-has-image elementor-testimonial-image-position-aside\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-meta-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.ps.uci.edu\/communitygeoscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2024\/02\/Kathleen_Johnson_Photographer_Lori_Green-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1318\" alt=\"Kathleen Johnson\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.ps.uci.edu\/communitygeoscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2024\/02\/Kathleen_Johnson_Photographer_Lori_Green-scaled.jpg 2560w, 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Johnson<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-job\">P.I. and Director, Community Geoscience Initiative<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-740f661 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"740f661\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d804417\" data-id=\"d804417\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap 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elementor-element-400f6ec\" data-id=\"400f6ec\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1208e66 elementor-tabs-view-horizontal elementor-widget elementor-widget-tabs\" data-id=\"1208e66\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"tabs.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs-wrapper\" role=\"tablist\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1891\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"true\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1891\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Objectives<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1892\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1892\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Collaborators<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1893\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1893\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Approach<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1894\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1894\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Impact<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs-content-wrapper\" role=\"tablist\" aria-orientation=\"vertical\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"true\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1891\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Objectives<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1891\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1891\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"false\"><p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-style: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-style ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform );\">Program activities revolve around recruiting, training, and mentoring eclectic cohorts of postbaccalaureate and PhD student fellows. Fellows will co-design and conduct research projects with community partners, with guidance from faculty across various UC Irvine departments and organizations. Our program objectives are to:<\/span><\/p><ol><li><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Empower the next generation. <\/span>Train and empower postbaccalaureate and PhD students to pursue graduate education and careers related to addressing environmental challenges.<\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Expand participation.\u00a0<\/span>Increase involvement of scientists from geoscience and related STEM fields in community-engaged\u00a0 environmental science research.<\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Cross-disciplinary collaborations.\u00a0<\/span>Build strong cross-disciplinary collaborations between geoscientists and experts from various other fields.<\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Fair partnerships.\u00a0<\/span>Establish fair partnerships with community-based organizations.<\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Transformative learning ecosystem.<\/span>\u00a0Transform geosciences culture by building a learning ecosystem that breaks traditional institutional, disciplinary, and hierarchical boundaries.<\/li><\/ol><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1892\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Collaborators<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1892\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1892\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><p>The Community Geoscience Initiative is housed within the UCI <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ess.uci.edu\/\">Department of Earth System Science<\/a>, and led in close partnership with the UCI<a href=\"https:\/\/newkirkcenter.uci.edu\/researchjustice\/\">\u00a0Research Justice Shop<\/a>.<\/p><p>We collaborate with four Southern California-based community organizations:<\/p><ol><li><a href=\"https:\/\/mpnagreen.org\/\">Getting Residents Engaged in Empowering Neighborhoods- Madison Park Neighborhood Association<\/a>\u00a0(GREEN-MPNA) in Santa Ana, CA<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/crystalcove.org\/\">Crystal Cove Conservancy<\/a>\u00a0(CCC) in Newport Beach, CA<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacredplacesinstitute.org\/\">Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples<\/a>\u00a0(SPI) in Marina del Rey, CA<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ocej.org\/\">Orange County Environmental Justice<\/a>\u00a0(OCEJ) in Orange County, CA<\/li><\/ol><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1893\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Approach<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1893\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1893\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><p style=\"text-align: left;\">We incorporate knowledge from multiple academic disciplines, practitioners, and communities struggling to address the impacts of current and future environmental challenges. Programming supports training of postbaccalaureate and PhD student fellows, postdoctoral scholars, UC Irvine faculty, community-based organizations in Southern California, and geoscience researchers and educators worldwide, while also building links between them.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">The Community Geoscience Initiative, which is funded by a 5-year Implementation award from the <a href=\"https:\/\/new.nsf.gov\/funding\/opportunities\/cultural-transformation-geoscience-community-ctgc\">NSF Cultural Transformation of the Geoscience Community program<\/a>, involves a wide array of activities and vast network of partners. The primary activities revolve around recruitment and training and mentorship of eclectic cohorts of postbaccalaureate and PhD student Fellows who co-design and conduct research projects with community partners in Southern California.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1894\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Impact<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1894\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1894\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><p>The Community Geoscience Initiative serves as a model for transforming geoscience research and education globally, addressing environmental challenges in the communities that are most impacted. Program activities have significant implications for education, workforce development, and capacity building to address environmental threats and hazards. It transforms geoscience research culture by emphasizing community engagement to address societal issues. Through effective mentorship and authentic, community-engaged research experiences, our Fellows build scientific identities and a sense of belonging in the geosciences, both inside and outside academia.\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-19c4c7f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"19c4c7f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-21e20de\" data-id=\"21e20de\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap 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