The Department of Physics at the College of the Holy Cross invites applications for a full-time tenure-track appointment to begin in August 2011. The department consists of eight full-time permanent faculty and three staff members; we graduate about ten student majors each year. The department is housed in a new science complex and currently has active research programs in atomic and molecular physics, astrophysics, condensed matter, and physics of sports. (See http://academics.holycross.edu/physics).
Candidates should be enthusiastic about undergraduate teaching in a liberal arts environment and have excellent communication skills; previous teaching experience is desirable. A Ph.D. in physics is required but research interests may be in physics or a related interdisciplinary field. Faculty members are expected to maintain an active research program and to create opportunities for undergraduate research. This position carries a 3-2 teaching load with a paid one-semester research leave prior to tenure review and generous sabbatical and fellowship leaves for senior faculty. Start-up funds are available.
Applicants should send a cover letter describing research interests and teaching experience, a curriculum vitae, a statement on teaching philosophy, copies of graduate and undergraduate transcripts, and arrange for three letters of reference to be sent, to physicsjob@holycross.edu, or to Job Search Committee, Department of Physics, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA 01610. In your cover letter, please include reference code Ref:PHT1. Application materials must be received by Nov. 1, 2010. Questions may be sent to troach@holycross.edu at any time. The College is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and complies with all Federal and Massachusetts laws concerning equal opportunity and affirmative action in the workplace.
