{"id":600,"date":"2021-12-22T13:22:07","date_gmt":"2021-12-22T13:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/ecosystems\/resident-lecturer-in-wildlife-ecology\/"},"modified":"2021-12-22T13:22:07","modified_gmt":"2021-12-22T13:22:07","slug":"resident-lecturer-in-wildlife-ecology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/news\/resident-lecturer-in-wildlife-ecology","title":{"rendered":"Resident Lecturer in Wildlife Ecology"},"content":{"rendered":"

Job description<\/span><\/p>\n

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The SFS program on Wildlife Management Studies (CWMS) located in Tanzania seeks an enthusiastic, team-oriented individual to serve as part of a residential team of faculty and staff that delivers an interdisciplinary, hands-on learning experience to students spending a semester or summer abroad. We are especially interested in candidates with experience teaching to a diverse student body, and demonstrated commitment to diversity, inclusion and cultural competence in a learning environment. SFS Tanzania has a thematic focus on wildlife and natural resource management and on community livelihoods and socio-economic development in northern Tanzania.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The position will deliver the Wildlife Ecology course during semesters, and teach one-third of the Directed Research<\/em> course each semester. Co-teach two summer sessions on topics related to Wildlife Management and Conservation, and Techniques for Wildlife Field Research – course topics \/ description may vary from year to year. Contribute to student learning in the areas that complement the Wildlife Ecology, Management, and Environmental Policy and Socio-economic Values. Lead designated components of the strategic research plan and oversee, mentor, and grade the student directed research projects.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Institutional Mission:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

SFS creates transformative study abroad experiences through field-based learning and research. Our educational programs explore the human and ecological dimensions of the complex environmental problems faced by our local partners, contributing to sustainable solutions in the places where we live and work. The SFS community is part of a growing network of individuals and institutions committed to environmental stewardship.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Institutional Position on Diversity and Inclusion:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

SFS was founded with the belief that stewardship of our planet is the responsibility of people all around the world. Addressing complex global issues requires the active inclusion of stakeholders with varying perspectives and identities. We recognize that to successfully address threats to our natural world, we must look beyond social constructs designed to divide us. Just as we value biodiversity in all of its forms, we value and engage with a multitude of diverse perspectives and people in the countries where we work and the students and staff we serve.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Program Focus:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Few places in the world are more iconic than the plains of Africa. In Tanzania, baobabs and acacia trees dot the horizon, while wildebeests stampede through the Serengeti on their Great Migration. The Big Five \u2013 lions, elephants, leopards, buffalo, and rhinos \u2013 are all found here. Tanzania is also home to the Maasai, hadzabe and Iraqw tribes, some of the few remaining tribes practicing traditional lifestyle in East Africa.<\/span><\/p>\n

This rich landscape faces many challenges, including habitat fragmentation and destruction, poaching threats, climate change impacts, and ever-increasing competition for limited natural resources. Our research focuses on understanding these impacts in order to develop sustainable solutions for conservation of natural resource and reduce conflict between humans and wildlife.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Course Description:<\/strong> Wildlife Ecology<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

This course presents students with the information and conceptual background necessary to understand the underlying ecological principles of Tanzania\u2019s savanna ecosystem. We focus on the fundamental processes and interrelationships between the biotic and abiotic environment. We begin with basic ecological principles, setting them against the background of Tanzania. Students examine the factors underlying distributions, population biology, and behavioral ecology, along with competition and predation, using African examples. Students discuss theoretical models of different basic ecological principles and then debate their applicability or constraints based on observations made in the field.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Course Description: Directed Research<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The aim of this course is to provide students with the opportunity to apply ecological, biological, and\/or social-scientific methods to a field research project that addresses a local issue related to the environment. It focuses in investigating the ways that various methods and theories distinguish fact from interpretation, cause from correlation, and advocacy from objectivity. The directed research topics are derived from Center\u2019s Research Plan as defined by the Center staff and local stakeholders. Through the Directed Research projects, students contribute to a growing body of scientific research that informs local conservation and resource management decisions. SFS program researchers lead a small group of students in this research component of the program.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Duties and Responsibilities<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Providehigh quality, modern and experiential teaching in critical environmental issues in an interdisciplinary curriculum, and participate fully in the implementation of the program\u2019s research plan that addresses these issues. The publication of research results is critical. Work closely with the other program staff to deliver an interdisciplinary program through education and research in a field setting. Each lecturer is expected to provide high quality, inquiry-based teaching and lead students in Directed Research projects defined in the program\u2019s research plan.<\/span><\/p>\n

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