Closing date: August 04, 2025
Applications are invited for a part time Sessional Lecturer position in 2025 Winter Term 1.
BIOL 324 Introduction to Seed Plant Taxonomy – 3 credits
Course Description: Introduction to seed plant taxonomy emphasizing descriptive morphology and identification. Each student will be required to submit a plant collection.
Job Description: Primary duties include coordinating and teaching two lab sections online per week, moderating discussion forums, developing and deploying online activities, supervising graduate Teaching Assistants, grading assignments and exams. The term runs from September 1 – December 31, 2025.
We seek an innovative educator with demonstrated experience in teaching plant biology using evidence-based and learning-centred pedagogical approaches, mentoring and managing teaching assistants, engaging students in active learning classroom environment, and managing plant biology teaching labs.
Candidates with a minimum of an M.Sc. in a relevant Biological Sciences discipline, expertise with the course subject matter, experience with coordinating plant biology labs, and recent teaching/coordinating experience in biology and an excellent teaching record, will be considered. In addition to teaching the lecture portion of the course, the successful candidate is expected to organize, manage and oversee the laboratory component as well (this includes collecting/sourcing the necessary plant material).
The current salary for this role is $10,300 for a 3-credit course.
Applications should include an up-to-date curriculum vitae, including the names, addresses and e-mail or telephone contact information of three people who can be contacted to provide reference letters. Application deadline is August 04, 2025.
Applications should be emailed to Dr. Pamela Kalas, Associate Head of Biology, kalas@zoology.ubc.ca
Equity and diversity are essential to academic excellence. An open and diverse community fosters the inclusion of voices that have been underrepresented or discouraged. We encourage applications from members of groups that have been marginalized on any grounds enumerated under the B.C. Human Rights Code, including sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, racialization, disability, political belief, religion, marital or family status, age, and/or status as a First Nation, Metis, Inuit, or Indigenous person. Our department is committed to confronting systemic biases, particularly as they affect individuals from Black, Indigenous and People of Colour (BIPOC) communities, and intersect with other forms of discrimination.
All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.