[Cugapost] Post Doctoral Teaching Fellow - Radford Physics

[Lorelei Carlson]

Project:
The overall goal of REALISE is to create an environment in Radford’s 
Physics, Biology, and Chemistry departments that is student-ready, 
welcoming and inclusive by embedding Maker projects into the curricula. 
REALISE will capitalize on Radford University’s nascent Maker movement 
which encourages individuals to collaborate, experiment, innovate and 
create solutions to real-world problems. The principles of Making share 
a great deal with the practice of science, including a willingness to 
experiment and invent, an investigative mindset, and the need for 
collaboration. One example of a recent maker project in the Department 
of Physics is the Arctic Geophysics research class. In this class, 
students and faculty build sensor platforms to measure properties of 
arctic sea ice that they themselves deploy in Alaska. REALISE provides 
support for faculty and students as they become Makers. Faculty 
development will promote best practices for inclusive pedagogy. A 
student peer role-modeling program, led by students who have already 
established themselves as Makers, will help students develop a maker 
mindset.
Position: The position will include full-time teaching responsibilities 
in general physics within the Department of Physics at Radford 
University. The postdoctoral fellow will participate in faculty learning 
communities, entry-level course redesign, assessment of the REALISE 
project, and mentoring student peer role models. The work will be 
supervised most directly by Dr. Rhett Herman but will include close 
interactions with the Dean of the Artis College of Science and 
Technology, Dr. Orion Rogers, and other faculty and students from the 
Departments of Physics, Biology, and Chemistry.

For complete details visit: https://jobs.radford.edu/postings/5694
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