Instructor: Undergraduate Physics Laboratory Manager

Management of Undergraduate Physics Laboratories: 40%

Direct the operations and development of undergraduate laboratories including:

• Maintain and operate instructional laboratories, including weekly laboratory setups for introductory courses.
• Recruit, supervise and manage undergraduate and graduate student employees with laboratory- and department-related duties.
• Maintain and develop laboratory equipment, as needed.
• Evaluate and purchase suitable laboratory equipment in cooperation with Physics academic leadership.

• Teach laboratories and other physics courses and seminars as assigned in keeping with the highest professional standards and following best practices for diversity, equity, justice, and inclusion.
• In collaboration with faculty, maintain laboratory manuals, safety manuals, lab instructional guides, lab curriculum, and related materials for introductory physics and astronomy courses.
• Work collaboratively with faculty on other laboratory-related curriculum and instructional equipment needs for upper-level physics courses, particularly the Paradigms in Physics courses.
• Supervise graduate teaching assistants, including weekly training sessions.
• Participate in Fall Graduate Student Orientation as needed.
• Maintain a library of physics demonstrations and associated pedagogical materials.
• Assist faculty in selecting and presenting effective demonstrations.
• Design and build new physics demonstrations and develop associated pedagogical materials.
• Assist faculty with departmental outreach activities as needed.
• Maintain the physics tutoring center (“Wormhole”) and associated software and hardware.
• Schedule and manage graduate and undergraduate student Wormhole Assistants and other support staff.
• Collect and analyze statistics on Wormhole usage.
• Serve as physics liaison to Library committees related to the Wormhole

• Assist with department maintenance on a limited basis.
• Service to the department, college, university, and the profession related to instruction or as assigned.
• Participate in training and professional development to maintain a current knowledge of best practices in lab management, demonstration support, teaching, mentoring, interacting with students, and being a supportive member of the physics community.
• Serve in department, college, and university level committees, centers, and programs with the goal of improving diversity, equity, justice, and inclusion.