TT @ Michigan State (PER preference)

Posting Number: 8277
Internal Posting Date:  08-23-2013
Internal Closing Date:  Open Until Filled
External Closing Date:  Open Until Filled

Review of Applications begins on:       11-01-2013
Job Title:      Assistant Professor


Major Administrative Unit/College:
Primary Department:     10028546  LYMAN BRIGGS DEAN
Position Employee Group:        Tenure System Faculty-FAS
Appointment Basis:      Academic Year, 9 month
Appointment Status:     Tenure System Faculty
Employment %:   100


Position Summary:       Michigan State University in East Lansing, MI invites applications for a tenure-track, academic year position as an assistant professor of physics beginning in August 2014. The position will be appointed jointly between the physics group in Lyman Briggs College (LBC) (75%) and the Department of Physics and Astronomy (PA) in the College of Natural Science.
Founded in 1967, LBC (www.lymanbriggs.msu.edu) is a vibrant undergraduate, residential, liberal arts college at MSU focusing on the study of science and its impact on society. The LBC curriculum integrates the natural sciences and mathematics with the history, philosophy and sociology of science. Faculty work closely with students in small classes and with student groups such as the Briggs Multi-racial Alliance and Women in Science. LBC is also a leading center for research in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning and for interdisciplinary scholarship. Each tenure-track faculty member has a joint appointment in a disciplinary department to support their scholarship and professional development.

Faculty: Minimum Qualifications
Candidates must have a PhD in physics or astronomy. Duties include teaching a calculus-based physics course sequence for science majors in the LBC physics program, teaching one course (typically at the upper undergraduate or graduate level) in the Physics and Astronomy Department, and maintaining an active research program. Salary and start-up support is competitive and commensurate with experience.

Desired Qualifications: The Department of Physics and Astronomy is looking for candidates who will establish an independent research program in any area of theoretical or computational physics, including Biophysics, High Energy, Astronomy or Astrophysics, or Condensed Matter. Successful candidates will have experience with or demonstrate potential for securing outside funding. Preference will be given to applicants with undergraduate-focused teaching experience, as well as to applicants who do physics education research, or theoretical/computational physics or astrophysics research.

Required Applicant Documents:   Resume/CV
Cover Letter
Other Document
Research Interests

Optional Applicant Documents:   Learning Philosophy
Work/Writing Sample
Research Funding

Number of Reference Letters Required:   3
Special Instructions to Applicants:     Applications must be uploaded to MSU's online job application site, http://jobs.msu.edu, and should include a cover letter, CV, teaching portfolio, and statement of research interests. For teaching portfolio details see http://www.lymanbriggs.msu.edu/faculty/openPositions.cfm. In addition, three letters of recommendation addressing the candidate's research and teaching must be submitted electronically by the recommenders through the application system.

Questions regarding this position may be directed to Heather Bentley, Lyman Briggs Human Resources, at heather@msu.edu.

Review of applications will begin November1, 2013 and will continue until the position if filled
Department Website Address:     http://lymanbriggs.msu.edu/

Name/Title/Email Address of Search Committee Chair:     OShea, Brian/Assistant Professor/oshea@msu.edu