Thursday, February 21, 2008

Tenure-track, Richard Stockton College of New Jersey

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF PHYSICS, OFFICE OF NATURAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS, THE RICHARD STOCKTON COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY
Qualifications: Ph.D. in Physics required. Hands-on experience as an experimentalist and postdoctoral experience desirable. Description: Teaching load is 12 hours/semester, with most courses carrying 4 - 6 hours of credit. Primary teaching responsibilities will include the teaching of introductory and advanced level physics courses and accompanying laboratories, developing courses in the candidate's area of expertise, as well as participation in the College¿s General Studies offerings. Excellences in teaching and extensive experience as a hands-on experimentalist are expected. Ph.D. required and post-doctoral experience would be a plus. Salary commensurate with experience and qualifications. The successful candidate will also be encouraged to develop a research program supported by external grants and fostering faculty-mentored student collaboration. The College provides several competitive internal grant programs to provide project initiation. Opportunities for scholarly activity could include participation in the College's large-scale alternative energy projects as well as research collaborations at the William J. Hughes Technical Center of the Federal Aviation Administration located 5 miles from campus.
Salary: depending on qualifications and experience

To apply: Send a letter of application, resume, a brief statement about your teaching and learning philosophies as well as your research goals, and three letters of recommendation to: Dean Dennis Weiss, School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, PO Box 195, Pomona, NJ 08240-0195 . Anticipated Start Date is September 1, 2008. Screening Begins: Late January and ends when position is filled.