Adjunct Faculty

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This position is for an adjunct instructor, or `per courser,' who will teach the Physics 407 lecture class on introductory physics for scientists and engineers.

Job Duties

In-person contact with students (35%)

• This includes preparing and delivering three lectures per week, holding in-person office hours to answer student questions, spending one hour per week in the Physics Help Center, and communicating with students concerning requests for extensions, make-up exams, and absences from class.

Managing the course workflow (45%)

• This includes preparing homework problem sets and solutions, preparing recitation problems and solutions, selecting the laboratory exercises that will be done each week and making sure these are timed appropriately with the lectures, and preparing in-class exams and solutions. This also includes developing a syllabus and class schedule and posting information about different aspects of the course on Canvas to establish effective communication with the students in the class.

Managing the teaching assistants (20%)

• This includes meeting as needed with the teaching assistants to discuss the labs and lab policies, assign grading tasks to the teaching assistants, and establish grading rubrics and policies for the teaching assistants to follow.

Minimum Acceptable Education & Experience:

• PhD in physics or equivalent degree

Required Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• The candidate must have expert knowledge of physics, excellent communication skills, and the ability to interact professionally with large numbers of students in a classroom environment.

Applicant Instructions:

Applicants should be prepared to upload the following documents when applying online within the My Experience: Resume/CV section of the application: (Maximum of 5 Documents)

• Resume/CV

• Cover Letter

Applications that are missing any of the required items may not move forward for consideration. Additional uploaded documents not requested in the position announcement will not be reviewed.

Compensation Pay Range:

$10,000

The University of New Hampshire is an R1 Carnegie classification research institution providing comprehensive, high-quality undergraduate and graduate programs of distinction. UNH is located in Durham on a 188-acre campus, 60 miles north of Boston and 8 miles from the Atlantic coast and is convenient to New Hampshire's lakes and mountains. There is a student enrollment of 13,000 students, with a full-time faculty of over 600, offering 90 undergraduate and more than 70 graduate programs. The University actively promotes a dynamic learning environment in which qualified individuals of differing perspectives, life experiences, and cultural backgrounds pursue academic goals with mutual respect and shared inquiry.

EEO Statement

The University System of New Hampshire is an Equal Opportunity/Equal Access employer. The University System is committed to creating an environment that values and supports diversity and inclusiveness across our campus communities and encourages applications from qualified individuals who will help us achieve this mission. The University System prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or marital status.

The pay range for this position is listed above. Actual offer will be based on skills, qualifications, experience, and internal equity, in addition to relevant business considerations. More information on benefits can be found here: USNH Employee Benefits | Human Resources

Location:

Durham

Salary Grade:

Period Activity