Assistant Professor
Oregon State University
Position Details
Position Information
Department | Physics (SPH) |
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Position Title | Assistant Professor |
Job Title | Assistant Professor |
Appointment Type | Academic Teaching/Research Faculty |
Job Location | Corvallis |
Position Appointment Percent | 100 |
Appointment Basis | 9 |
Faculty Status | Regular |
Tenure Status | Tenure Track (Annual) |
Pay Method | Salary |
Pay Period | 1st through the last day of the month |
Pay Date | Last working day of the month |
Recommended Full-Time Salary Range | Salary to Commensurate with Education, Training and Skills |
Position Summary | Position Summary The Department of Physics invites applications for a full-time (1.00FTE), 9-month, tenure-track (annual) Assistant Professor position. The primary responsibilities of this position are to establish and sustain an independent research program through external funding; publish original research in peer-reviewed journals; teach and mentor graduate and undergraduate students, and possibly postdocs; and provide institutional and professional service. OSU is a public R1 research university and the largest university in the state of Oregon, with an enrollment of over 33,000 students and a sponsored-project research budget of over 380 million dollars per year. The Department of Physics has research groups in the areas of astrophysics, biophysics, condensed matter physics, high energy physics, optical physics, physics education, and quantum cosmology. OSU conducts discipline-based education research across the College of Science, the College of Engineering, the College of Education, and the STEM Research Center. Additionally, OSU fosters a vibrant community involved in the scholarship of teaching and learning. The successful candidate will engage in research that expands or complements the current areas of physics education research at OSU. These areas include sense making and representational fluency in upper-division physics. OSU is located in the city of Corvallis, which is ranked as one of the best small college towns in the US. The city offers year-round cultural and outdoor activities, as well as easy access to the Cascade mountains, the Pacific coast, the Portland metro area, and many other communities and college towns throughout the Willamette Valley. OSU has an institution-wide commitment to diversity, inclusive excellence, and community. We actively engage in recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and student body that includes members of historically underrepresented groups. We strive to build and sustain a welcoming and supportive campus environment. OSU provides leadership opportunities for people interested in promoting and enhancing diversity, nurturing creativity and building community. All employees are responsible for helping to maintain and enhance OSU’s collaborative and inclusive community that strives for equity and equal opportunity. The College of Science is deeply committed to upholding the values of anti-racism, diversity, justice and equity — cornerstones of institutional and scientific excellence. Through our rich collection of people, ideas and perspectives, we engage in a healthy, constructive dialogue to learn, inform our research and make discoveries. Our Diversity Action Plan (https://science.oregonstate.edu/diversity-plan ) informs our work to ensure all have equitable access to succeed in science, work to dismantle systems of oppression, embed equity in everything we do and create a climate of trust, understanding and inclusion. |
Position Duties | Position Duties All COS employees are expected to demonstrate a commitment to diversity and inclusion, including efforts promoting equitable outcomes among learners of diverse and underrepresented identity groups. For further explanation of CoS vision and principles, please see information on the CoS Diversity Action Plan: https://science.oregonstate.edu/diversity-plan. 45% Teaching and Advising:
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Minimum/Required Qualifications | Minimum/Required Qualifications Ph.D. in Physics or an allied discipline or a Ph.D. in Education with a strong background in Physics. PhD must be awarded before the anticipated start date. Demonstrable ability to plan and conduct methodologically sound physics education research using qualitative, quantitative or mixed methods. Demonstrable ability to disseminate the results of scholarly and creative activity to professional communities and the public. Demonstrable ability to articulate a vision for a long-term research program that advances knowledge and understanding in physics education research and benefits society. Demonstrable ability or significant potential to write competitive grant proposals, particularly for collaborative projects. Demonstrable ability or significant potential to supervise successful PhD, MS and undergraduate theses. Demonstrated ability or significant potential to recruit and manage graduate and undergraduate student researchers equitably and inclusively, and foster an equitable and inclusive group environment. Demonstrated ability or significant potential to use best practices for teaching in university contexts, including: using active engagement pedagogies; featuring student ideas in classroom discussions; and supporting diversity, equity, and inclusion, Demonstrable ability or significant potential to contribute to faculty teaching teams and curriculum discussion/development groups. Sufficient knowledge of physics to teach a variety of upper-division undergraduate physics classes. Demonstrated ability or significant potential to contribute to the progress and well-being of departmental, college, university, professional, and public communities. Demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion including a commitment to educational equity and to advancing the participation of diverse groups in science. This position is designated as a critical or security-sensitive position; therefore, the incumbent must successfully complete a criminal history check and be determined to be position qualified as per OSU Standard 576-055-0000 et seq. Incumbents are required to self-report convictions. |
Preferred (Special) Qualifications | Preferred (Special) Qualifications Significant potential to leverage the Paradigms in Physics program at OSU as a research resource. Demonstrable ability or significant potential to teach large-enrollment lower division classes and/or graduate level classes. Demonstrable ability or significant potential to contribute to the mentoring of graduate and undergraduate teaching and learning assistants. |
Working Conditions / Work Schedule | . |
This position requires a clear and unambiguous commitment to compliance of all National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) regulations for Division I (FBS) universities. | No |
Posting Detail Information
Posting Number | P06148UF |
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Number of Vacancies | 1 |
Anticipated Appointment Begin Date | 09/16/2023 |
Anticipated Appointment End Date | |
Posting Date | 10/13/2022 |
Full Consideration Date | 11/21/2022 |
Closing Date | 05/01/2023 |
Indicate how you intend to recruit for this search | Competitive / External – open to ALL qualified applicants |
Special Instructions to Applicants | Special Instructions to Applicants To ensure full consideration, applications must be received by November 21, 2022. Applications will continue to be accepted after the full consideration date, until a sufficient applicant pool has been achieved or the position is filled. The closing date is subject to change without notice to applicants. When applying you will be required to attach the following electronic documents: 1) A Curriculum Vitae 2) A cover letter indicating how your qualifications and experience have prepared you for this position. The cover letter should also address the following prompt: “OSU fosters an environment in which scholars may freely, responsibly, and ethically teach, conduct research, publish and engage in other scholarly activities. This freedom extends to examining controversial issues throughout the university. Describe what you value about this environment and ways you might nurture/cultivate it within your own sphere of influence.” 3) A statement of current and proposed research interests (up to 6 pages describing both the research you have done and your vision for research you would do at OSU. Additional pages can be used to list citations. See below for further guidance). (Load as Statement of Research). 4) A statement of teaching philosophy, experience and interest (up to 3 pages describing your teaching experience, skills, and philosophy in the context of the required and preferred teaching qualifications. See below for further guidance). (Load as Statement of Teaching). 5) A statement on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) with a demonstrated commitment to DEI (up to 2 pages). A demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion can be related to your professional work, volunteer work, or personal life, including your experience working with or supporting individuals with marginalized identities (race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexual orientation, ability, socioeconomic status and others). (Load as Diversity Statement). 6) Unofficial transcript of graduate classes. Transcripts must be submitted for all required and/or related courses. All courses must be from accredited colleges, universities, or private vocational schools. The online application system will allow you to attach your transcripts if the PDF file is 9MB or less. If over 9MB in size, submit to contact person listed. Transcripts must be received by the closing date. 7) Two papers or thesis chapters that you would like to highlight as examples of your previous research (PDF copies). (Load as Other Document 1). If additional space is needed while loading documents, please use Other Document 2 and 3. Further guidance for the research statement: Consider including the following details:
Further guidance for the teaching statement
Letters of Reference are required for this position. When applying, you will be asked to provide the email address and telephone number for 3 referees who will be sent a secure quicklink that will allow them to upload the requested letters of reference on your behalf. |
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