Pool for Part-time Lecturer, Physics and Astronomy

Department Of Physics and Astronomy

 

Faculty Employment Opportunity

Job# 534579

Work type: Instructional Faculty – Temporary Faculty
Location: Sonoma
Categories: Temporary, Part Time, Instructional Faculty – Temporary Faculty
Unit 3 CFA – California Faculty Association

Department of Physics & Astronomy
Temporary Faculty Position (Lecturer)

 

Our Commitment

Guided by our core values as a university: diversity, sustainability, community engagement, and adaptability, Sonoma State University (SSU) offers an education that fosters intellectual, social, and personal growth. SSU is a public liberal arts and sciences university. As the only member of the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges in the state of California, we are committed to preparing students for a life of active citizenship and public service. We have a vibrant campus life characterized by a lively co-curriculum that fosters broad based intellectual and artistic opportunities in which the campus as a whole is actively engaged. Faculty members are committed to facilitating spaces in which all can grow by building on our scholars’ assets as they explore new knowledge. These efforts include fostering creativity, critical thinking, collaboration, experimentation, empathy, and communication. We strive to create a diverse, equity-minded, and inclusive campus environment. Faculty are expected to collaborate thoughtfully with our staff and scholars, which means we value the full range of everyone's assets in terms of languages, abilities, cultures, and ways of knowing. We are fully committed to the rights of scholars, staff, and faculty. We are especially interested in candidates who are committed to diversity, equity and inclusion.

The University

Sonoma State University’s beautiful 274-acre campus is located in Sonoma County wine country, an hour north of San Francisco. The campus offers the ideal setting for teaching and learning and access to a community of rich cultural, environmental, and recreational opportunities. Founded in 1960, SSU is one of the 23 campuses of the California State University System. As members of the largest public higher educational system in the nation, we provide accessible, high-quality education. Sonoma State University is a federally-designated Hispanic Serving Institution, as such we are committed to achieving the goals of equal opportunity and endeavors to employ faculty and staff reflecting the linguistic, ethnic, and cultural diversity of the region and state.

 

The Department

The Department of Physics and Astronomy’s mission is to provide excellent education to the diverse Sonoma State University student population through general education, support courses, and a strong major program with demonstrable quality of instruction and vibrant scholarship that first and foremost integrates student involvement in an inclusive environment.

Our program includes teaching three different, but aligned populations of students: the preparation of our majors for a broad array of pathways to careers in industry, research, and teaching; the training in the processes of physics of students in aligned STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) fields; and providing the student body with a rich set of General Education courses to serve as a lasting impression in how science works as part of our SSU tradition as a public Liberal Arts institution. We incorporate research-based instructional practices and inclusive pedagogy that supports our students’ sense of belonging in in STEM.

Central to the education of the majors, and enriching the experience of the other two populations, is our goal to conduct student-centered authentic research directed by our faculty and incorporated in our degree programs via our intermediate and advanced laboratories, our special studies programs, and culminating in a senior Capstone research experience, which is frequently aligned with issues of sustainability. Our final goal is centered upon sharing the processes and discoveries of physics and astronomy in ways that involve the broader campus and community and reflect our core values.

Prospective applicants are encouraged to see the department’s web page at:

http://www.phys-astro.sonoma.edu

 

Duties of the Position

The Department of Physics and Astronomy within the School of Science and Technology (SST) at Sonoma State University (SSU) is seeking highly motivated instructors to teach a variety of undergraduate courses in