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Ethnoscientists

Tips for Entry

Subscribe to The Chronicle of Higher Education (http://chronicle.com) to learn about trends in higher education and to access job listings. You should also visit https://www.lsadc.org/jobs_search.asp and http://jobs.botany.org for job listings.

Try to land a position as an instructor at a college or university.

Conduct information interviews with ethnoscientists and ask them for advice on preparing for and entering the field.

Read the following publications to learn more about the field:

  • Ethnohistory: http://ethnohistory.org/journal-of-ethnohistory
  • Journal of Ethnopharmacology: https://ethnopharmacology.org/journal
  • Language: https://www.lsadc.org/language
  • Journal of Ethnobiology: https://ethnobiology.org/publications/journal-of-ethnobiology
  • Ethnomusicology: https://www.ethnomusicology.org/page/Pub_Journal
  • Society for Ethnomusicology Student News: http://www.ethnomusicology.org/page/Publications_Home
  • Economic Botany: http://www.econbot.org/index.php?module=content&type=user&func=view&pid=21

Use social media such as LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, and X to stay up to date on industry developments, network, and learn about job openings. For example, the International Society for Ethnopharmacology, has a Facebook page.