The Department of Natural Sciences (DNS) at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) seeks applications for a tenure-track assistant professor of physics. DNS houses the biology, chemistry, biochemistry, and environmental science undergraduate programs and graduate programs in Chemistry, Marine-Estuarine and Environmental Sciences (MEES), and Toxicology. We seek candidates who can teach gateway physics courses for science and engineering undergraduate students and have the expertise to bridge these programs to build interdisciplinary undergraduate research programs. Candidates having expertise/experience in Education Research (ER) based pedagogy and hands-on active learning using sensor-based data acquisition systems will be given priority.
Candidates should have the capacity to teach a diverse student population and prepare students broadly for futures in graduate and professional schools. Teaching responsibilities include algebra- based and calculus-based undergraduate physics courses. Opportunities to work within the department’s or university’s graduate programs are also supported.
The successful candidate will have a PhD in Physics or Engineering. Candidates are expected to develop courses using active learning/scientific teaching, write grant proposals and develop an extramurally funded research program, mentor undergraduate students through their capstone research experiences, and contribute to departmental and program self-governance.
Applicants should submit: (1) a cover letter; (2) a curriculum vitae including publication list; (3) a statement of teaching philosophy, approach, and experience; (4) a statement that describes the applicant’s prior and current research and their vision and plans to include undergraduate students in future research; (5) a statement that describes the applicant’s commitment to and experience in promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion; and (6) the names and contact information for three current, professional references. Qualified applicants should apply via the UMES HR website https://umes.peopleadmin.com/. Process questions may be referred to HR@umes.edu; position questions to Dr. Jonathan Cumming: Professor and Chair, Department of Natural Sciences, Email: jrcumming@umes.edu, Telephone: 410-651-6014.
The University of Maryland Eastern Shore promotes Diversity, the inclusion of all groups that contribute our campus community and an awareness, encourages intercultural communication, and strives to recruit and retain a culturally diverse student body, faculty, and staff. UMES is an EEO/AA employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, age, sex, color, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, marital status, genetic information, or political affiliation. Minorities, women, veterans, and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
The University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES), a public historically black land-grant research university in Princess Anne, Maryland, is one of 12 University System of Maryland public institutions of higher education. In addition to 745 acres on its main campus in Princess Anne, UMES also operates a 385-acre research farm in southern Somerset County, and the Paul S. Sarbanes Coastal Ecology Center on eight acres near Assateague Island in neighboring Worcester County. UMES offers instruction in 37 undergraduate areas of study, as well as 15 master's degrees and eight doctoral-degree programs, of which 27 are peer-accredited. The campus serves 3,000 undergraduate and graduate students, is a top-20 HBCU, and is classified as an R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity. The Department of Natural Sciences (DNS) provides undergraduate programs in biochemistry, biology, chemistry, and environmental sciences and is home to graduate programs in chemistry, marine, estuarine, and environmental sciences, and toxicology. Graduate faculty research focuses on environmental chemistry and toxicology, coastal ecosystem and fisheries health, natural secondary metabolite chemistry, nutrient cycling and carbon sequestration, and the functional properties of nanostructures.
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