Assistant Professor

• Teaching of regular credit courses as assigned, in keeping with the highest professional standards and following best practices for diversity, equity, justice, and inclusion. This includes preparing for class meetings, facilitating class meetings, supervising teaching assistants and/or learning assistants, timely grading of assignments and exams, making class information available on a learning management system or on the web, holding regular office hours, and participating in course assessment. The total number of regular courses per year in this position is 3.
• Curriculum development (single course improvement without dissemination).
• Supervision of seminars (Research, Communications, Teaching, etc.) and/or training faculty, graduate TAs, and undergraduate LAs in best teaching practices.
• Directing undergraduate senior theses; service on master and doctoral committees.
• General advising of students.

45% Scholarship and Creative Activity:

• Pursue scholarly activities through research in the field of physics education. Results should be published in peer-reviewed journals and presented in professional meetings, symposia, and conferences.
• Mentor graduate students in scholarly activities.
• Obtain grant and contract support for the research to support (if applicable) research assistants, travel, summer salary, publication expenses, research equipment, computer equipment, and other costs of operating a research program.
• Other activities in this category are publication of non-refereed papers, web publications, social media activity, public outreach, publication of books and book chapters, patent awards, and inventions.
• Fulfill legal compliance requirements appropriate to the research topic, e.g., human subjects safety, chemical safety, radiation safety, information security.

10% Service:

• Serve the department as assigned, including departmental committees and faculty mentorship.
• Participate in training and professional development to maintain a current knowledge of best practices in teaching, mentoring, and interacting with students.
• Be a supportive member of the physics community.
• Serve in college and university level committees, centers, and programs.
• Serve the profession: This includes involvement with professional associations/societies, including holding offices; participation in research advisory or review panels; review of manuscripts for journals; organization of conferences, including chairing conference sessions; instruction of courses and delivery of workshops in developing countries; outreach; writing of external promotion letters; and similar activities.
• In all service roles, advance the goals of improving diversity, equity, justice, and inclusion.

• the methods, results, and impact of research you have done;,
• for previous collaborative research, specify the contributions of the team members;
• what do your writing samples (two papers or thesis chapters) show about your potential for success in this position;
• the research questions that you expect to study in your first few years at OSU, and the research methods you would employ;
• goals for where you would like your research and your research group to be in five years, i.e. at the time of your tenure decision;
• existing and aspirational collaborations, particularly at OSU if applicable;
• how you would include graduate and undergraduate research students in your work, and any previous experience mentoring students;
• how your planned research, and/or your management of your future research group will be influenced by diversity, equity and inclusion considerations;
• possible funding sources for your work at OSU and any prior experience with obtaining funding;
• how your future research plans build on your current experience (both in academia and outside of it); and
• how you expect your skills and experience will develop in this assistant professor position.

Further guidance for the teaching statement
Consider including the following details, where applicable:

• your teaching practices in large and small class settings;
• how your teaching practices support and advance diversity, equity, and inclusion;
• how you expect your skills and experience will develop over time;,
• any experience you have with course assessment; and
• any experience you have mentoring other people’s teaching.

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.
For additional information please contact:
Ethan Minot
Ethan.Minot@oregonstate.edu
541 737 9671
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• Starting salary within the salary range will be commensurate with skills, education, and experience.
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. Offers of employment are contingent upon meeting all minimum qualifications including the criminal history check requirement.