<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:normal"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Dear colleagues,</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:normal"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:normal"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">I write to announce a two-year Graduate Research Assistantship (funded for AYs 2022-24) as part of an interdisciplinary collaboration between the departments of Writing & Rhetoric (WRT) and Natural Resources Science (NRS) at the University of Rhode Island (URI). The selected student would work directly with me on research projects relating to environmental communication and the rhetoric of science and technology as part of the <a href="https://web.uri.edu/dwell/" target="_blank" style="color:blue"><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">DWELL Lab</span></a>, a digital initiative here at URI using emerging technologies to promote community-engaged science and environmental advocacy.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:normal"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:normal"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Interested students should apply to the <a href="https://web.uri.edu/cels-gradprograms/mesm/" target="_blank" style="color:blue"><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">Masters of Environmental Science and Management</span></a> (M.E.S.M.) program. Prospective students may choose between seven unique specializations that are available within the MESM program, including <a href="https://web.uri.edu/cels-gradprograms/environmental-communication/" style="color:blue">Environmental Communication</a>. Applicants to the M.S. and Ph.D. in Biological and Environmental Sciences (BES) may also be considered for two years of funding. Full-time, 20-hour-per-week assistantships provide a stipend, health insurance, tuition remission (up to 12 credit hours/semester) and a waiver of 20 percent of student fees. Funding is available for one year, with the opportunity to extend for a second year contingent on performance and academic progress.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:normal"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:normal"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">I seek a prospective M.S. student with excellent analytical, written, and verbal communication skills. Experience working with digital and visual media, including AR/VR technologies (such as Unity or Vuforia) or GIS (such as </font>ArcGIS StoryMaps<span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">), as well as experience in science communication and/or community-engaged advocacy are all preferred but by no means required. More information about the position is available in the </span><a href="https://web.uri.edu/dwell/funded-graduate-research-assistantship-ay-22-23/" target="_blank" style="color:blue;font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">GRA funding announcement</span></a><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:normal"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat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out the generations. This calls us to commit to continuing to learn how to be better stewards of the land we inhabit as well.</i></span></font></p></div></div></div></div></div>