Tuesday, February 15, 2011

VAP at Mt. Holyoke College

The Physics Department at Mount Holyoke College seeks applicants for a Visiting Assistant Professor position beginning fall 2011. A Ph.D. is required and post-doctoral experience is preferred. Applicants should have a strong commitment to undergraduate teaching and be able to teach a broad range of courses from our upper level undergraduate physics curriculum. The college has well equipped research facilities, and development of a research program that can include undergraduates is desirable but not required. There is a possibility of extended offers for an additional 1-2 years, pending approval.

Please apply on-line at https://jobsearch.mtholyoke.edu. To be assured of full consideration, all of the following should be received by March 9, 2011: letter of interest, CV, statement of teaching philosophy explicitly listing which of our 300-level physics courses the applicant is comfortable teaching, a list of any relevant courses taught previously, and three letters of recommendation. Electronic prompts to referees will be generated automatically once the completed application has been submitted. For more information, please go to http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/physics/.

Mount Holyoke is an undergraduate liberal arts college for women with 2,100 students and 210 faculty. Half the faculty are women; one fourth are persons of color. It is located about 80 miles west of Boston in the Connecticut River valley, and is a member of the Five College Consortium consisting of Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke, and Smith Colleges and the University of Massachusetts. Mount Holyoke is committed to fostering multicultural diversity and awareness in its faculty, staff, and student body and is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Women and persons of color are especially encouraged to apply. The Mount Holyoke campus has grown increasingly diverse over the past fifteen years. We in the Physics Department appreciate the complexities of living and working in a diverse world and strive to find ways to redress inequities. We particularly encourage people who share these commitments to submit their application.