at the invites applications for a to start in . The successful candidate should demonstrate the potential for excellence in undergraduate teaching and the capacity to establish a research program tailored to undergraduates. With the goals of supporting faculty and students from groups underrepresented in their disciplines and of building collaborative communities of interdisciplinary teacher-scholars, USD is hiring faculty to build upon three thematic clusters (https://www.sandiego.edu/cas/about/diversity-equity-inclusion/hiring.php). The ideal candidate will be able to connect their scholarship, pedagogy, and/or community engagement to one of these three themes: (1) Climate Change & Environmental Justice; (2) Technology & the Human Experience; or (3) Borders & Social Justice. Given these cohort topics and the needs of our department, we will prioritize research expertise in biophysics (particularly with a computational and/or neurophysics focus), applied physics, observational and experimental astrophysics, physics education research, and climate/atmospheric physics. However, applicants who have other areas of research are highly encouraged to apply as well. We do ask that all applicants describe in their letter of interest (cover letter) how their work in research, teaching, or service may connect to one or more of the three thematic clusters. We will prioritize candidates interested in exploring issues related to diversity, equity, inclusion, and access in physics through their teaching, scholarship, and service. We anticipate that the successful candidate will be able to contribute to at least two of the following department goals: (a) enhance our department’s computational expertise, supporting our new Applied Scientific Computing pathway; (b) diversify the research options and course offerings for our biophysics majors, physics-engineering double majors, or majors pursuing our teaching pathway; (c) create interdisciplinary team-taught upper-division courses; and (d) design new core courses for non-science majors that could attract a diverse pool of students.
