Late notice, I know, but we ARE looking to 2 students to sign up for 1-2 internship credits to bring COASST up-to-speed on outer coast data collection efforts (northern California – Chukchi Sea, Alaska).

For those that don’t already know, COASST is a citizen science project based at the University of Washington and involves ~800 people in the collection of rigorous, scientific data on bird mortality in the Pacific Northwest. The specific goals for this internship position are:

a) enter data; track species washing ashore this winter (Dec-Feb); provide updates to COASST staff (Charlie and Jane)
b) respond to urgent outer-coast volunteer needs (supplies, identification requests)
c) select exceptional photos and quotes for data profiles in publications
d) identify lapsed sites; check in with surveyors; set training location priorities

This amounts to 6-8 hours/week for the full quarter. Missing the first week should not be too much of a problem – we’re here from 8am-6pm most days. Also some Saturdays.

So we’re looking for a student with:
-Strong interest in science education and/or citizen science
-Background in biology or marine biology (some knowledge of birds, esp marine birds is good)
-Ability to commit to at least 6 hours/week, spring quarter for 1 internship credit
-Good organization skills (track sites, work under short timeline, move through data efficiently)
-Good communication skills (seek missing data from volunteers, coordinate with COASST staff)

Interested students are welcome to contact me via my info below; set up a time with Charlie and me to meet and discuss after 1pm this Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday (we’re both in FSH 254B).

And did I mention? We have do have sweet treats (brownies, cookies etc) almost every day… what other lab can compete?

Best,
Jane

Jane Dolliver
Program Coordinator, COASST
University of Washington
UW Box 355020
Seattle, WA 98195-5020
(ph) 206-221-6893
(fx) 206-221-6939