TT at Wesleyan University CT [Begins July 2024]

 https://careers.wesleyan.edu/postings/10073

Position Information

Job Posting Number F00369

Position Title Assistant Professor, Department of Physics

Department Physics Department-1106

Job Category Faculty Posting

Position Type Full-Time

Position Details

The Physics Department at Wesleyan University is seeking to fill a tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor level to begin July 1, 2024. We invite applications from candidates with promise for developing an independent, funded research program in applied physics with an experimental component that involves both graduate and undergraduate researchers. Research areas of particular interest include, but are not limited to, materials science, photonics, metamaterials, soft-matter, fluid dynamics, quantum information, environmental physics, and semiconductor physics. A focus on contributing to global sustainability is desirable. Candidates should consider how their research could create synergy with existing research in the physics department and in other programs on campus. Candidates should be able to teach at all levels of the physics curriculum. 

Minimum Qualifications

Candidates must have a PhD degree in physics or a closely related field, and should have some teaching experience, which may include teaching as a graduate student. A successful candidate may be hired as an Instructor if the candidate does not have a Ph.D. in hand at the time of appointment but will complete the Ph.D. within one year of hire. Special consideration will be given to candidates with postdoctoral research experience or equivalent.

Wesleyan offers a unique opportunity to thrive in a PhD-granting department at a leading liberal arts university, providing significant institutional support in the form of start-up funds, graduate research assistants, and a one course per semester teaching load plus complementary seminars. Substantial machine shop, analytical instrumentation, and computational resources are available. Collegial faculty interaction includes significant career mentoring, participation in pedagogical innovation, and a shared commitment to the promotion of inclusion and diversity in physics and at the University. 

Management Competencies

Competencies

Special Instructions To Applicants

You will be asked to upload electronic versions of the items we require, which are: (1) a cover letter, (2) curriculum vitae, (3) a teaching statement, and (4) an outline of plans for your research program. In the cover letter, applicants should describe how they will embrace the college’s commitment to fostering an inclusive community, as well as their experience working with individuals from historically marginalized or underserved groups.

You will also be asked to provide the email addresses of three referees from whom we may obtain confidential letters of recommendation (please double-check the accuracy of the email addresses of the referees you name to ensure that you have the most up-to-date email addresses for each one).

After you have submitted all of the required documents, you will see a confirmation number. At that point, each of your referees whose email addresses you have provided will receive an automatically-generated email requesting that they submit a letter of reference for you.

Additional Information

Review of applications will begin November 1, 2023 and will continue until the position is filled. Please contact Dana Gordon-Gannuscio at dgordongannu@wesleyan.edu if you have questions about the application process.

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Quick Link https://careers.wesleyan.edu/postings/10070

Supplemental Questions

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Optional & Required Documents

Required Documents

Cover Letter

Curriculum Vitae

Teaching Statement

Research Statement

Optional Documents

TT, Sarah Lawrence College NY

 Interdisciplinary Physics, Mathematics, or Environmental Science Tenure Track Position

Sarah Lawrence College seeks to hire a tenure-track faculty member to join its Natural Science and Mathematics faculty with a required start in the fall of 2024. We seek candidates with evidence of successful teaching in undergraduate physics, mathematics, and/or environmental science courses and interest in teaching and engaging undergraduate students in interdisciplinary research that spans two of the three disciplines. Sarah Lawrence is a small liberal arts college located near New York City with an open curriculum and unique pedagogy based on small classes and individualized student projects; interdisciplinary work is a developing feature of the curriculum. We are interested in candidates who have expertise in environmental physics, earth and space science, numerical modeling, energy systems, statistics, or other applied physics or mathematics disciplines. The ability to contribute to either the core physics or mathematics curriculum would be highly desirable. Preference will be given to candidates with interests in either applied computational research or experimental research collaborations conducted at external laboratory facilities.

Requirements for the position include a completed Ph.D. at the time of the appointment in the environmental sciences, physical sciences, mathematics, or related fields and a strong commitment to teaching and supervising student research at the undergraduate level.

The application should include the following: cover letter, CV, copy of the graduate transcript, statement of teaching philosophy and scholarly interests that incorporates how diversity, equity, and inclusion inform your work, descriptions of two courses that could be offered at Sarah Lawrence - one course should be interdisciplinary, a sample of scholarly writing, and three letters of recommendation - at least one of which should speak directly to your teaching abilities.

Review of applications will begin on November 15, 2023 and continue until the position is filled.

Compensation listed for this position is for a full-time tenure-track faculty position and will be contingent on teaching experience.
Salary: $70,000 to $85,000

To apply, please visit: https://slc.peopleadmin.com/postings/2091
Sarah Lawrence College is a liberal arts college with a strong commitment to intellectual and civic engagement, personalized course of study, independent research, and close collaboration between students, faculty, and staff. Sarah Lawrence is an Equal Opportunity Employer and has as one of its goals the recruitment and retention of a racially and culturally diverse administration, staff and faculty. To that end, every job opening is seen as an opportunity to increase diversity and every effort will be made to expand the applicant pool in accordance with these goals.

The college is located in southern Westchester County, 25 minutes by train from midtown Manhattan, NYC. For information on Sarah Lawrence College, our curriculum, teaching methods, and philosophy of education, please see our website at https://www.sarahlawrence.edu/.

TT PER or AER at Rochester Institute of Technology

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The School of Physics and Astronomy at the Rochester Institute of Technology invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position in physics education research and/or astronomy education research. The position is anticipated to be at the rank of Assistant Professor. The position start date is August 2024. Applicants are expected to have the demonstrated ability, or strong potential, to establish and maintain a vigorous, externally funded research program that incorporates undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral researchers.  Areas of interest include, but are not limited to: inclusion and accessibility in physics education, cognition and reasoning, quantum information science education, teacher and TA preparation, institutional transformation, the public understanding of science, informal science education, design/development of experiential research opportunities, computational physics education, and laboratory education.

RIT and the School of Physics and Astronomy celebrate and respect diversity in all forms, including race, religion, gender, ethnicity, veterans, people with varied abilities, and members of the LGBTQ+ community. Women, people of color, individuals with disabilities, veterans, and members from other historically marginalized identities are particularly encouraged to apply. RIT seeks candidates with demonstrated experience teaching and working with individuals from diverse backgrounds to contribute to the University’s mission, vision, and core values of Student Centeredness; Professional Development and Scholarship; Integrity and Ethics; Respect, Diversity and Pluralism; Innovation and Flexibility; and Teamwork and Collaboration. Select to view links to RIT’s core values, honor code, and diversity.

The successful candidate will contribute to RIT’s Science & Mathematics Education Research Collaborative (SMERC) a group of faculty, postdocs and graduate students from physics, life sciences, chemistry, and mathematics. SMERC hosts an annual NSF REU in discipline-based education research, as well as a seminar series and weekly journal club. Additional collaboration opportunities in engineering education, computing education, and deaf-education/accessibility (with RIT’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID)) are encouraged through RIT’s Center for Advancing STEM Teaching Learning & Evaluation (CASTLE).

Successful candidates must have a demonstrated strong commitment to excellence in teaching and research mentoring, as the educational experience of our students is of utmost priority at RIT. Individuals are expected to be eager and able to teach and develop courses across all levels of our physics undergraduate and graduate programs, including graduate courses related to physics education research. A plan to integrate and mentor undergraduate and graduate students at all levels must be part of the candidate’s research program.

Applicants must have a Ph.D. in physics or a closely related field, and have postdoctoral experience. Candidates must have strong communication skills and demonstrate an overall commitment to the educational, research, and teaching mission of the School of Physics and Astronomy.