KJ
Member Since 2000
Kathleen R. Johnson
Professor, University of California Irvine
Professional Experience
University of California Irvine
Professor
2007 - Present
Education
University of California Berkeley
Doctorate
2004
Current Roles
President
Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology Executive Committee
Section President
Council
Publications
High‐Resolution, Multiproxy Speleothem Record of the 8.2 ka Event From Mainland Southeast Asia

The 8.2 ka event is the most significant global climate anomaly of the Holocene epoch, but a lack of records from Mainland Southeast Asia (MSE...

December 13, 2023
AGU Abstracts
A Speleothem-Based Record of Millennial-Scale Hydroclimate Variability in Northern Laos from 46 to 32 kyr BP
UNDERSTANDING PAST CLIMATES AND ENVIRONMENTS OF MONSOON ASIA AND THE INDO-PACIFIC BY COMBINING MODELS AND DATA II POSTER
paleoceanography and paleoclimatology | 15 december 2023
Rhys-Jasper León, Kathleen R. Johnson, Elizabeth W...
While there are numerous paleoclimate records for the East Asian monsoon and Indian monsoon regions, there is still an insufficient amount of paleocli...
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ITCZ Variability and Southeast Asian Hydroclimate over the Last Two Millennia
CLIMATE OF THE COMMON ERA II POSTER
paleoceanography and paleoclimatology | 13 december 2023
Annabel Wolf, Kathleen R. Johnson, Michael L. Grif...
The seasonal migration and position of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) is crucial in driving the on- and offset of the monsoon in Southeast ...
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The UC Irvine CLIMATE Justice Initiative: A new model for broadening participation in the geosciences through centering environmental justice, community-engagement, and transdisciplinary climate change research and education
AGU LANDING ACADEMY: AN EMERGING MODEL FOR DEI LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT IN THE (GEO)SCIENCES I ORAL
agu learning sessions | 12 december 2023
Kathleen R. Johnson, Steven D. Allison, Elizabeth ...
Climate change impacts are already disproportionately affecting historically marginalized groups, including Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BI...
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Volunteer Experience
2023 - 2024
Chair
Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology Canvassing Committee
2023 - 2024
Ex-officio
Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology Fellows Committee
2023 - 2024
President
Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology Executive Committee
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