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Title:School of Life Sciences Lecturer Pool (Fall 2025)

Position Number:000LECX

Hiring Unit:C OF NAT SCI, SCHOOL OF LIFE SCIENCES, SCHOOL OF LIFE SCIENCES

Location: UH at Manoa

Full Time/Part Time: Part-time

Temporary/Permanent: Temporary

Lecturers needed to teach the following courses this Fall 2025 semester:

1. Intro to Biology (BIOL 172) 3 credit lecture
Anatomy, physiology, and systematics of plants and animals; behavior; ecosystems, populations, and communities. Pre: CHEM (131, 151, 161, 171, or 181A) or concurrent, and BIOL 172L (or concurrent), or consent.
2. Intro to Biology Lab (BIOL 172L) 1 credit lab
(1 3-hr Lab) Laboratory to accompany 172. Pre: CHEM (131, 151, 161, 171, or 181A) or concurrent, and BIOL 172 (or concurrent) or consent.
3. Advanced Topics in Marine Biology (BIOL 404) 3 credit lecture
Current themes in marine biology and experience in scientific assessment. Emphasis on teaching writing and oral communication. Repeatable two times. MBIO majors only. A-F only. Pre: C (not C-) or better in 301/301L or consent.
4. Fish Diversity (BIOL 465) 3 credit lecture
Survey of fish biodiversity focusing on major lineages, their phylogenetic relationships, and their geographic distribution in light of evolutionary history. Taught spring semester in alternate years. Junior standing or higher. Pre: 171 and 172. (Alt. years: spring)
5. Fish Diversity Laboratory (BIOL 465L) 1 credit lab
(2 2-hr Lab) Overview of the major orders and families of fishes of the world; introduction to local Hawaiian fishes; coverage of basic fish anatomy; introduction to field and laboratory techniques in fish research. Junior standing or higher. Pre: 171, 172, and 465 (or concurrent). (Alt. years: spring)
6. Plants, People, and Culture (BOT 107) 3 credit lecture
Ethnobotany. Interactions between plants and people: use in religious, medical, and shamanic traditions; roles in cultural formation, destruction, and revolution; plant domestication and food systems; roles in human migration; cultural components of plant conservation. (Fall only)
7. Systematics of Vascular Plants (BOT 461) 3 credit lecture, 1 credit lab
(3 Lec, 1 3-hr Lab) “Hands-on” experience with Hawai‘i's unique tropical flora; emphasis on recognition and identification of vascular plant families and the principles and methodologies that define them; evolution of biodiversity. Pre: 101 or college general biology.
8. Algal Diversity and Evolution (BOT 480) 3 credit lecture, 1 credit lab
(3 Lec, 1 3-hr Lab) Principles of algal diversity, structure, and evolution. Identification of common Hawaiian algae. Develops written communication skills with significant attention paid to developing writing skills and emphasis on writing instruction. Pre: one of 101, BIOL 172, MICR 351, ZOOL 101; or consent.
9. Bacterial Genetics (MICR 475) 3 credit lecture
Genetic analysis and molecular basis of transmission replication, mutation, and expression of heritable characteristics in prokaryotes. Pre: 351 or BIOL 275, or consent. (Cross-listed as MCB 475)
10. Bacterial Genetics Lab (MICR 475L) 2 credit lab
(2 3-hr Lab) Techniques for study of transfer and expression of prokaryotic genes: transformation, conjugation, transposon mutagenesis, preparation and analysis of plasmid and chromosomal DNA. Pre: 475 (or concurrent). (Cross-listed as MCB 475L)

Minimum Qualifications:
Available to teach the entire semester;
0-1 years of experience teaching college-level courses;
MS degree or advancement to candidacy in a PhD degree in Biology, Botany, Microbiology, or related field;
General knowledge of one or more of the courses listed above.

Desirable Qualifications:
Previous college-level teaching experience, online teaching experience, demonstrated teaching proficiency, strong scientific writing skills, demonstrated organizational skills, PhD degree in Biology, Botany, Microbiology, or related field.

Duties and Responsibilities for all courses:
Teach course(s) and/or associated lab sections for the duration of the Fall 2025 semester; preparing and delivering lectures, writing and grading exams and other assessments, meeting with students outside of class time; additional related duties.

To Apply:
Send your cover letter, resume, contact info for three professional references, and unofficial transcripts to Cassidy Tabata (...@hawaii.edu). Please list the course(s) you are applying for in the subject title. Official transcripts are required upon acceptance.

Inquiries: Curtis Daehler (...@hawaii.edu) EEO, Clery Act, ADA

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