Scholar-in-Residence, Center for the Environment

Museum of Science•Boston, MA

12h

About The Position

The Museum of Science is seeking a Scholar-in-Residence for the Center for the Environment. This role involves creating educational products connected to the 'Life in the Forest' exhibition and the 'Biodiversity' theme. The scholar will develop participatory science activities, training materials, and resources for visualizing biodiversity data. They will also contribute to the Museum's newsletter, present internally, and collaborate with production teams on various educational deliverables. Opportunities include professional development in science communication, creation of peer-reviewed publications, development of educational products, utilization of the Museum's environmental data collection capacities, enhanced collaboration for community-engaged learning, and engagement with professional networks.

Requirements

Scholar remains an employee of home institution.
Identification of a collaborative funding mechanism to support scholars.

Nice To Haves

Professional development training in science communication strategies and informal science education practices, working alongside museum educators and staff.
Creation of peer-reviewed publications and learning for the field.
Creation of educational products that can be used in an ongoing way.
Opportunities for using the Museum’s physical location and the Center’s capacities for collecting environmental data.
Enhanced collaboration opportunities to provide community-engaged learning and outreach for university students.
Engagement with the broader professional networks in museum and science centers.

Responsibilities

Create a suite of educational products connected to the Life in the Forest exhibition and the proposed 2027 spotlight theme of Biodiversity.
Develop forest-focused participatory science activities.
Create training materials for citizen/participatory scientists.
Develop resources for the Public Science Common to visualize and query community-generated biodiversity data or highlight current research.
Provide bi-weekly contributions to the Museum’s Earthshift Newsletter.
Develop training materials for Museum educators.
Give presentations on broad MOS internal communication channels.
Develop other educational deliverables in collaboration with production teams (exhibits, K-12, digital, etc.).
Develop courses for university students.
Produce peer-reviewed publications leveraging the Museum’s research and evaluation and data collection capacities.