Wednesday, July 28, 2010

TT or T at Stony Brook University

Reference Number: F-6361-10-07-F
Department: Center for Science and Mathematics Education
Salary: Commensurate with experience
Campus: Stony Brook West Campus/HSC

Required Qualifications: Doctorate in Science Education or a science discipline with a strong background in one area of science, as well as academic credentials and a record of scholarly achievement appropriate for appointment at the desired rank.

Preferred Qualifications: Higher education teaching experience. Grades 7-12 teaching experience. Demonstrated record or potential for external funding. Emerging/established record of scholarly research.

Responsibilities & Requirements: The incumbent will:

* Teach courses in the Ph.D. and M.A.T. programs in Science Education.
* Advise and mentor Ph.D. an M.A.T. students.

# Maintain a record of published research.
# Participate in science educational outreach activities.
# Apply for external funding to support science education activities.

Special Notes: This is a tenure track position. Anticipated start date: September 1, 2011. **Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.

The selected candidate must successfully clear a background investigation.

Application Procedure: Those interested in this position should submit resume/CV; a cover letter including statements of research interests and teaching philosophy; and a list of three professional references with complete contact information on-line (preferably as a single PDF) or, to:

Judy Nimmo
Center for Science and Mathematics Education
Life Sciences Building, Room 094
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY 11794-5233
Fax: (631) 632-9791

Apply Here: http://www.apply-for-job.net/c/jobclick.cfm?site=10762&job=7036179

Campus Description: Stony Brook University, home to many highly ranked graduate research programs, is located 60 miles from New York City on Long Island's scenic North Shore. Our 1,100-acre campus is home to 24,000 undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students and more than 13,500 faculty and staff, including those employed at Stony Brook University Medical Center, Suffolk County's only academic medical center and tertiary care provider. The University is a member of the prestigious Association of American Universities and co-manager of nearby Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), a multidisciplinary research laboratory supporting world class scientific programs utilizing state-of-the-art facilities such as the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider, the National Synchrotron Light Source, and the Center for Functional Nanomaterials, and the NewYorkBlue IBM BG/L+P supercomputer, owned by Stony Brook and managed by BNL. Stony Brook is a partner in managing the Laboratory for the Department of Energy, and is the largest institutional scientific user of BNL facilities. As such, many opportunities exist for collaborative research, and in some cases, joint appointments can be arranged.