The Physics Program at Berea College invites applications for a one-year
position at the Assistant Professor level to begin August 2014. The
successful candidate will have a Ph.D. in physics, be an
experimentalist, possess a strong commitment to undergraduate liberal
arts
education, and be skilled in the ability to actively engage
undergraduate students in research. Previous college-level teaching
experience
is strongly preferred. Teaching responsibilities may include a variety
of undergraduate physics courses at all levels of the curriculum as
well as contributions to the General Education Program of the College.
The
Physics Program includes three full-time faculty
members, is home to the 3-2 Pre-Engineering program, and graduates an
average of three physics majors per year. The faculty at Berea College
is dedicated to excellent undergraduate teaching and robust research,
particularly with students. Facilities include an x-ray diffraction
lab, Mössbauer spectrometer, time-of-flight mass spectrometer,
magnetometer, and fully equipped labs for both optics and electronics.
Interested applicants should send a letter of application,
curriculum vitae, graduate and undergraduate academic transcripts, a
statement of teaching philosophy, a description of a research program
that would involve undergraduate collaborators, and three letters of
recommendation to PhysicsSearch@berea.edu. Consideration of applicants will begin in early
February, and continue until the position is filled.
Berea
College achieved national distinction as the first coeducational and
interracial college in the South. With an emphasis on service to the
people of Appalachia and beyond, Berea enrolls 1,600 students from 40
states and 60 countries. The College has a longstanding commitment to
interracial education; here, people of different races seek to learn
from and about each other, while also living together. Berea is among
the most racially diverse private liberal arts colleges in the United
States. The college admits only students whose families are unable to
afford the high cost of tuition and awards each of them a four-year
tuition scholarship. Berea's students excel in the College's supportive
but demanding academic environment, and many are the first in their
families to graduate from college. The College is one of seven federally
recognized Work Colleges, and all students hold a labor position in
which they work 10-12 hours per week. Graduates distinguish themselves
in a variety of fields, including social service, government,
ministry, the arts, business, education, medicine, and science, and many
go on to earn graduate degrees.
Located where the
Bluegrass Region meets the Cumberland Mountains, the town of Berea (pop.
14,000) lies forty miles south of Lexington and is approximately
two hours from Cincinnati, Louisville, and Knoxville. More information
about Berea College is available at www.berea.edu.
Berea College, in light of its mission in the tradition of impartial love and social equality,
welcomes all people of the earth to learn and work here.
