Program Administrator - Shields Center Exoplanet Climate and Interdisciplinary Education

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The Department of Physics & Astronomy is one of the largest academic departments in the School of Physical Sciences at UCI, with 53 faculty, 76 non‑senate academics, 15 career staff and 181 graduate students. Physics lies at the forefront of our understanding of nature. It includes the study of the universe on the largest scales—astronomy and cosmology, and on the smallest— the physics of quarks and leptons.

In addition, physics provides the background for high technology; lasers, nuclear power, semiconductors, and medical imaging all have their roots in physics. At the UCI Department of Physics & Astronomy, world‑renowned physicists study exciting topics like extrasolar planets, quantum mechanics, gravitation, the big bang, black holes, magnetism, and superconductivity.

The Department of Physics & Astronomy at the University of California, Irvine is seeking a part‑time, 50%, career position for a Program Administrator (PA), under the general supervision of UCI Professor Aomawa Shields, who coordinates all administrative and management aspects of Shields research and education group, including the Rising Stargirls (RS) program – outreach and marketing for upcoming workshops, workshop preparation, advertising RS‑related activities on the RS website and through its mailing list social media advertising, organizing participant data assessment and analysis, coordinating the training of students to facilitate workshops, leading education team meetings leading up to workshops and webinars, and arranging facilitators for the workshops, educator webinars, and outside RS speaking engagements.

The PA develops and nurtures relationships with educators in Southern California as well as nationally and internationally, towards the goal of involving as many girls of color as possible in the RS community as workshop participants and future scientists. The PA would also carry out logistical and administrative tasks related to Professor Shields' larger team, including submitting purchase orders and reimbursement paperwork, grant award preparation, management, and reporting, meeting scheduling and responding to email queries.

The PA may also arrange travel and logistics related to conference and other travel.

Rising Stargirls (http://), an educational program founded by UCI Professor Aomawa Shields in 2014, is dedicated to building personal connections between middle‑school URM girls, and the universe of which they are an integral part. By integrating creative strategies such as free writing, visual art, and theater exercises, our curriculum addresses each girl as a whole by providing an avenue for individual self‑expression and personal exploration that is interwoven with scientific engagement and discovery.

Rising Stargirls has carried out in‑person workshops on the East and West coasts of the United States, and virtual workshops for 30‑40 girls annually from around the country and the world, alongside webinars for educators from the U.S., Europe, and South America. Over the next five years, we will continue to expand the depth and reach of our program to involve girls from minority groups around the world in our virtual astronomy workshops, while simultaneously increasing our face‑to‑face presence through the facilitation of local and destination in‑person workshops in select communities across the country and world.

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