JOB ANNOUNCEMENTS
POST #1.
The New York Botanical Garden
Position Announcement #SC-1347
Qualified candidates may mail applications to the Human Resources Department or leave them with the receptionist. Application deadline for this position is until filled.
Title
Database Supervisor
Department
Science/Institute of Economic Botany
Salary
Commensurate with experience
Number of Positions: 1
Requirements
Interest in and experience with economic botany, botanical research and computerized database management systems.
M.S. or B.S. in Economic Botany, Anthropology, Ecology or other field involving economic botany.
Duties and Responsibilities
Responsible for the quality of IEB data in the Garden's specimen database, currently NY pc and subsequently CASSIA.
Oversee IEB data entry; maintain IEB authority files; and train and assist IEB staff in the use of centralized databases.
Work with the Herbarium database manager and CASSIA development group.
Participate in research in the IEB as an IEB research assistant.
NYBG Staff applying for the above position must complete a new application.
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The NY Botanical Garden is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.
Date of Posting: November 7, 1997.
Please send resume and cover letter to:
Human Resources Coordinator -- DBS
The New York Botanical Garden
200th Street & Southern Boulevard
Bronx, NY 10458-5126
Direct e-mail to: lreyes@nybg.org
Phone: 718-817-8700
FAX 718-220-6504
POST #2.
1) Assistant Professor - Ethnobotany
Connecticut College seeks to fill a tenure-track position in the field of
ethnobotany. The appointment will be made jointly in the departments of
Anthropology and Botany. This position will complement the Colleges
strong programs in anthropology, botany and environmental studies;
specific areas of training and research interests are open, but the
successful candidate must be broadly educated and able to interact with
faculty and students across a range of disciplines. Applicants should
have ethnographic fieldwork experience and a focus on plant systematics
and local use of indigenous species. Teaching responsibilities will include an ethnographic area course, an
ethnobotany course, and additional courses of the candidates design that
will complement offerings in Anthropology, Botany, and Environmental
Studies. Teaching load is five courses for the academic year, with
laboratory sections counting as a full course. Connecticut College is
committed to research as an important component of undergraduate
education; the successful candidate will be expected to develop a program
which will involve undergraduates in some component of his or her
research. A Ph. D. is required; postdoctoral work and teaching experience
are desirable. Connecticut College is a highly selective, independent, four-year liberal
arts college enrolling ca. 1600 students. Facilities include the Olin
Science Center, a 16,000 specimen herbarium, TEM, SEM with x-ray
microprobe capabilities. The 450 acre Connecticut College Arboretum
surrounds the College and is used extensively for teaching and research.
Application should include a CV with a list of potential referees and
statements of the candidate's philosophy on teaching and research at the
undergraduate level. Application review will begin December 1, 1997 and
continue until the position has been filled. All material should be sent
to: R. Scott Warren, Chair, Ethnobotany Search Committee, c/o Box 5213,
Connecticut College, 270 Mohegan Avenue, New London, CT 06320-4196.
Email inquiries may be addressed to rswar@conncoll.edu.
See: Home Page Connecticut College.
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