The College of Literature, Science, and the Arts (LSA) at the University of Michigan (U-M) invites applications for a tenured faculty position in the Department of Physics to begin July 1, 2025, including service as department chair for at least the first five years. The chairship is a five-year renewable appointment at 50 percent effort with support from a departmental chief administrator and an executive assistant. The department chair is responsible for leading the faculty in carrying out the shared mission of the college and the unit through teaching, scholarly work, leadership, governance, and professional activities.

Spelman Johnson search consultant Sharon Meagher is facilitating our initial recruitment efforts. We are searching for a future colleague with an exceptional research, teaching, and leadership record who is expected to serve as chair for a five-year term with the possibility of renewal.

More details and the application are available on the Spelman Johnson website: https://spelmanandjohnson.com/position/department-chair-and-professor-of-physics/.

If you have questions about the position, please contact Sharon Meagher at Spelman Johnson, smm@spelmanjohnson.com. Confidential informational conversations can be scheduled here: https://calendly.com/smm-sjg/u-michigan-physics-department-chair.