Instructor​/Assistant Professor – Physics

Suffolk County Community College is the largest community college in the State University of New York (SUNY) system, enrolling more than 26,000 students at its three campuses in Selden, Brentwood, and Riverhead, as well as its Culinary Arts Center in Riverhead. Established in 1959, the college offers a wide array of transfer-oriented associate degrees in the liberal arts and sciences; business;

communications and the arts; computing and cybersecurity; health sciences; and many other areas. Career-facing degrees and certificates are offered in allied health professions, automotive technology, culinary and baking, manufacturing, and many other areas. The college provides high school concurrent enrollment opportunities to thousands of students each year through both Suffolk’s Beacon program and through on-campus early college classes. Designated by the U.S. Department of Education as a Hispanic Serving Institution, Suffolk enrolls thousands of students in English Language Learning courses, and also serves more service veterans and military-connected students than any other college in the SUNY system.

Announcement is hereby made for a full-time (10-month), tenure-track Instructor/Assistant Professor – Physics, for the Spring 2027 semester on the Ammerman Campus in Selden, NY. Suffolk County Community College is an open admissions institution committed to serving a diverse student population in a variety of degree and career programs.

The successful candidate must be able to teach the full spectrum of physics courses at the conceptual, vocational, algebra/trigonometry, and calculus-based levels. Specific subjects include mechanics, E&M, thermodynamics, waves, optics and modern physics. The successful candidate should be familiar with both traditional and computer-based laboratory instruction. Recent research experience (educational, experimental, theoretical, or computational) in physics is desirable.

• Planning and delivering high-quality student-centered instruction appropriate to an open-access community college.
• Participating in curricular development, assessment, and revision at the course, discipline, and program levels, including assessment of student learning outcomes.
• Ensuring that principles of equity and inclusion are integrated in curriculum and instructional practice.
• Ensuring that student knowledge and skills are aligned with current academic and workforce needs and best practices.
• Incorporating engaging and relevant technology into all modes of instructional delivery.
• Maintaining a commitment to ongoing and research-based professional development in pedagogy, research and subject matter.
• Teaching assigned courses in accordance with the description published in the college catalog and the approved course outline.
• Providing academic advising and actively participating in college-wide recruitment, student engagement and retention strategies (e.g. early alerts, open house).
• Advise and mentor students outside of class.
• Actively participating in departmental, campus and college committees, meetings and professional development opportunities.
• Participating actively in the life of their department, campus, and the college.
• Fulfilling all contractual requirements related to faculty, as well as other duties as assigned.

The college seeks faculty who value the opportunity to form mentoring relationships with our students. The successful candidate will demonstrate an ongoing commitment to excellence in teaching, professional development, and service. They will also demonstrate openness to pedagogical innovation, including, but not limited to,…