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We are hiring two instructional faculty to join our department. We have a large and thriving Learning Assistant program supporting introductory calculus-based physics and general physics for life sciences, as well as peer instructors in a special physics course for future K-8 teachers. Contact Eleanor Close (eclose@txstate.edu) with questions.

From the formal job posting:
Our department offers baccalaureate and master’s degrees, with faculty doing research in the physics of materials, astrophysics, and physics education. Texas State is a comprehensive PhysTEC site with a thriving Learning Assistant program operating in multiple introductory courses. The Department of Physics is proud to serve a welcoming, equitable, and highly connected student community.

Primary duties of the position are instruction of introductory physics and/or astronomy courses. There are also opportunities to instruct upper division undergraduate and graduate courses where appropriate. Applicants will also have the opportunity to contribute to the development of undergraduate research and advanced coursework, and engage in advisement of student-led organizations and outreach activities.

Montana State University invites applications for a Postdoctoral Research Associate to work on a multi-institution collaboration developing cognitive diagnostic assessments for introductory physics and calculus. The successful candidate will contribute to large-scale assessment development, Bayesian and psychometric modeling, and mixed-methods STEM education research.

The work focuses on the LASSO (Learning About STEM Student Outcomes) platform and the development of our suite of cognitive diagnostics for calculus and physics.