Visiting Instructor Physics

Job Details

Visiting Instructor Physics

Job ID: 298356
Location: Statesboro, Georgia
Full/Part Time: Full Time

About Us

Georgia Southern University is the state's largest and most comprehensive center of higher education south of Atlanta. With nearly 150 degree programs at the bachelor's, master's and doctoral levels, Georgia Southern has been designated a Carnegie Doctoral/R2 "high research" university and serves more than 29,500 students from all 50 states, Washington D.C., and Puerto Rico as well as 106 nations.

With three vibrant campuses - the Statesboro Campus, the Armstrong Campus in Savannah and the Liberty Campus in Hinesville - Georgia Southern offers a dynamic environment which encourages learning, discovery and personal growth.

Location

Statesboro Campus
1332 Southern Drive
Statesboro, GA 30458

Department Information

Within this setting, the new faculty hire will play a vital role in teaching introductory-level courses for the department in physics or astronomy. The hire must be able to support instruction in both majors and non-majors physics courses in both lecture and laboratory settings.

Job Summary

Reporting to the department chair, the visiting instructor of physics requires excellence in teaching with a 15 contact hour of classroom and / or laboratory instructional load as assigned by the Department. This is an academic year appointment for the months of August 2026-May 2027. All visiting positions are non-tenure track appointments.

Required Qualifications

• Earned M.S. in physics or a closely related field, by August 1, 2026 with at least 18 graduate semester hours in physics or closely related field.
• Willingness to engage with institutional student success initiatives.
• Commitment to engaging with best practice initiatives in instruction and pedagogy, mentoring, and curriculum design and development.

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to teach face-to-face and online courses.
• Experience teaching at the university / college level.
• Experience teaching large lecture sections and laboratories

Required Documents to Attach

A complete application consists of a letter addressing the qualifications cited above; a curriculum vitae; and the names, addresses, telephone numbers, and email addresses of at least two professional references.