Dr McAteer is Deputy Provost, with a portfolio including all of Academic Affairs. He works on process improvement, professional development, academic policies and operational standards. Collaborates with various unit leaders, Deans, and other campus constituencies across the NMSU system, including Faculty Senate, Student Success, Graduate School, Research, Digital and Online Learning, Community College Campuses, Human Resource Services, Office of Institutional Equity, Inclusion and Diversity, Finance and Business Services, and others. Provides leadership for special projects as they arise including organizing into new academic units, co-managing academic plans, etc.). Works closely with Provost office support staff and provides feedback for evaluations. Reviews and moves forward academic agreements with external agencies, agreements with community colleges, etc.Works closely with the Provost, with overall faculty recruitment and retention, faculty performance review work, etc. Supports faculty and administrator training and development programs. Works with Associate Provosts and Deans in overseeing academic degree proposal processes. Works with the Associate Provost who handles accreditation, assessment and compliance with academic regulations, as needed. Provides collaborative leadership with regard to general education through committees and other efforts. Assists Provost with oversight of academic policies and procedural compliance. Helps facilitate the resolution of faculty/staff issues. Coordinates with faculty and deans to collate digital Promotion and Tenure and non-renewal documents for review by the Provost. Accesses data and assembles reports regarding academic budgets, enrollment information, programmatic offerings, etc. Holds regular meetings with Associate Provosts and other unit heads as appropriate. Delegated Provost level signature authority when the Provost is off campus.

Specific duties include but are not limited to:Lead and manage department faculty and staff by supporting them in meeting their professional responsibilities. Supervise staff in the Department, set priorities and ensuring well-being. Guide faculty through the promotion and tenure process, adhering to the P&T polic . Ensure faculty and staff performance is managed appropriately and adheres to HR policies. Advocate on behalf of faculty and open faculty lines to support a department comparable to universities in the state, region, and nation.Manage the day-to-day operational needs of the department, including course management and scheduling, material, and supply orders; develop and manage an annual budget, resource allocation.In consultation with the department faculty, develop and implement the department’s strategic plan in line with both the College and University strategic plans. Provide direction, leadership, and management in identifying and implementing short-term and long-term goals for the department. Strive for academic excellence and success by providing the best possible experience for our students, utilizing university resources, providing a diverse academic environment and a focus on student and faculty retention. Promote the University and Department both internally and externally, maintaining positive relationships with both on- and off-campus entities as well as relevant state and national organizations; steward and cultivate relationships with alumni and donors; communicate regularly with alumni, keeping them updated on current department and college initiatives. Focus on historically under-represented groups; facilitate the Department in achieving equity and inclusion goals; help guide and support faculty towards research excellence, through grant opportunities and material support when possible; serve the College as part of the Department Head team, providing input in shaping and implementing the college strategic plan, mission, and vision

Director of three observatories and data repository and retrieval services, including ensuring expenditure in line with federal and local laws, staff reporting, and strategic planning.Oversight of process improvement, professional development, academic policies and operational standards, academic policies, and compliance for off-campus remote locationBudget alignments to strategic goals, including compliance with federal, state, and board reportsLead the NMSU Department of Astronomy to operate the Apache Point Observatory and Sloan Digital Sky Survey telescope on behalf of the Astrophysics Research Consortium, with a combined $4.5M annual expenditure for 37 staff. Lead the Sunspot Solar Observatory to operate the Dunn Solar Telescope on behalf of the National Science Foundation, with a combined $1.3M annual expenditure of 11 staff. Lead NMSU to maintain the Planetary Atmosphere Node on behalf of the NASA Planetary Data System, with an annual expenditure of $1M of 4 staff and computational facilities.

Professor of Astronomy at NMSU, Tenured 2010 - CurrentResearch, Education and Public Outreach.PhD SupervisorPrincipal Investigator of Solar Physics and Space Weather Research group.Director, Sunspot Solar Observatory ConsortiumTaught over 1500 students in 14 astronomy classes at undergraduate level. Taught 50 students in 4 classes in solar and space physics at graduate level. Administrative oversight of 24 teaching assistants, including provision of supervisor, peer, and student evaluation. Designing and implementing flipped-classroom learning at all levels. Taught 2 week-long courses through the Teaching Academy on Team Based Learning. Inclusion of new topics in astronomy into each course annually.Research group lead combining roles of teaching, research, and PhD student supervision. Supervised 5 students to PhD completion, with 2 in progress. Published 49 research papers with PhD students. Trained and supervised 3 post doctoral researchers. Developed interdisciplinary solar physics and space weather research program. Selected as Future Leader in Space Physics by National Academies. Selected for NMSU Globalization award and NMSU Early-Career research award. Submission of multiple grants to federal programs. Scientific and financial reporting, and personnel oversight, of 18 funded proposals (total of $8.5 million).Elected faculty representative to faculty senate. Chair of senate standing committees on 5 occasions. Member of Senate Leadership for 5 years. Senior Senator for the College of Arts and Sciences. Member of University Budget Committee and College Budget Reallocation Committee. Creating proposals and shepherding these through the full senate and committee approval process. Critically evaluating and then either vocally supporting (or argue against) all proposals passing through the senate (about 120 proposals over 5 years). Ensuring all voices are heard in committee meetings, while adhering to adapted “Roberts Rules” and allocation of time.

Commissioner of Space History, appointed by the Governor

This career development grant, part of the European Union 6th Framework Program, is awarded to scientists who have shown an ability to carry out independent research early in their careers. This was awarded to carry out a large scale study of complexity in solar active region and predicting solar flares. The award specifically encourages career development by allowing the research fellow to carry out whatever teaching and administration duties they wish to partake of. I have used this opportunity to teach a number of undergraduate courses in electromagnetism, foundation physics, and computational skills. I also organise and teach postgraduate classes in plasma physics and image processing for astrophysicists. In addition I teach a series of evening classes for Astronomy Ireland.

As support scientist for the Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) I was primarily involved in researching the breakthrough science results from this innovative mission. For the first time in solar physics, we can could observe from off the Sun-earth line and finally reconstruct the solar atmosphere fully in three spatial dimensions. In additional to carrying out fundamental science, I was in charge of science coordination and starting the STEREO Science Center. This included organising and running weekly team meeting between scientists, programmers and engineers to discuss science goals, data and software. I also visited several institutions in USA and Europe where I taught the science goals and manipulation of STEREO data in 3D to both academic staff and post graduate students. As a member of this team I was received a prestigious NASA group achievement award, and in 2008 STEREO was ranked first overall in the ranking of NASA solar missions.

As a successful principal investigator of this highly competitive grant, I carried out independent research on predicting solar flares and studying X-ray emission from solar flares. I was a integral team member of several solar missions, including RHESSI and SoHO. In the field of space weather I started my ongoing position as a Max MIllennium Chief Observer, and Solarmonitor.org web curator, and started a successful summer internship program for Irish students at NASA.

As part of the successful Solar Eclipse Coronal Imaging System (SECIS) grant I studied high cadence coronal images of the sun observed at the total solar eclipse in Zambia, 2001. This project contained a large public outreach component, teaching the relevant solar physics to the Zambian undergraduate students. I instigated a successful ground based solar observing project and QUB and continue to collaborate on these projects as a visiting fellow.