Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow in Plant Biology
The University of Alaska Fairbanks invites applications for a
half-time post-doctoral teaching fellowship. The postdoctoral fellow
will be developing an education program entitled Culturally
Responsive Biological Science Education Project designed for rural
science teachers interested in partnering with science researchers in
order to enhance their science curriculum. This project is part of
the outreach component of a new research program in Changing
Biodiversity and Ecosystem Vulnerability, which in turn is part of
the broader NSF-funded Alaska EPSCoR initiative to fund integrative
science concerning socio-ecological sustainability in rapidly
transforming northern regions.
The postdoctoral fellow is expected to create teaching modules that
develop basic ecological concepts using plant-symbiont relationships
and plant biogeography as unifying themes. There will be three
modules (Pathogens and Invasive Plant Species, Nitrogen Fixers and
Mycorrhizae, and Biogeography of Balsam Poplar). The modules will be
taught to current rural science teachers who in turn will be expected
to teach the modules to their own students. The postdoctoral fellow
will be working in combination with a high school science educator
with cultural expertise relevant to Alaskan communities. Modules
will be taught through a combination of distance delivery and
two-week on-site summer institute in Fairbanks. Follow-up to the
education component will involve ongoing support to the program
participants; this will require ongoing travel to home communities of
the participants. The postdoctoral fellow will also contribute to the
development of a long-term statewide database to which participating
schools will contribute.
This is a part-time (50%) position which we anticipate starting
beginning July 2008. The teaching fellowship will provide a salary
of approx. $22,000 plus benefits. The successful candidate will have
a Ph.D. in biology coupled with a strong interest in developing
partnerships between scientists and science educators and in
integrating Native ways of knowing with scientific
information. Preference will be given to candidates with backgrounds
in fields closely related to the research program (e.g. plant-microbe
symbiosis or landscape genetics).
Applications will be reviewed April 30, 2008. To view the full
announcement, qualifications and to apply on-line, please visit
<http://www.uakjobs.com/applicants/Central?quickFind=62448>www.uakjobs.com/applicants/Central?quickFind=62448
or you may view all positions at the University of Alaska at
<http://www.uakjobs.com/>http://www.uakjobs.com. This position is
Job 08-68.
For further information about the position, contact Dr. Christa
Mulder at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Christa Mulder
Associate Professor of Ecology
Institute of Arctic Biology and
Dept. of Biology and Wildlife
Office: Irving I rm 410A
University of Alaska- Fairbanks
Fairbanks, AK 99775-7000
USA
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
tel:+1 (907) 474 7152
fax: +1 (907) 474 6967
