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Emory University’s Department of Physics seeks a full-time, non-tenure-track Assistant Teaching Professor of Astronomy in Atlanta, Georgia, beginning in Fall 2027. The position is career-track, includes full faculty governance rights and responsibilities, and offers competitive salary and benefits, with potential for regular term renewal and promotion through the teaching-track ranks. The successful candidate will join a department with 18 tenure-track and 4 teaching-track faculty members. The role focuses on teaching astrophysics and introductory astronomy, along with other courses in the undergraduate physics curriculum; maintaining astronomy undergraduate research projects and providing sustained student mentorship; and teaching and coordinating astronomy laboratories. Additional duties may include overseeing undergraduate research programs in the Physics Department and organizing and participating in outreach events. Department facilities include a Zeiss Skymaster planetarium, an on-site 24-inch telescope, and a 25-foot-diameter radio telescope. The position must be performed in person at an Emory University location; remote work is not an option.