Visiting Assistant Professor
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Job Summary
Applications are invited for non-tenure-track Visiting Assistant Professor positions, to begin in August 2025. These term positions are renewable annually for up to a total of three years. Candidates in all areas of applied mathematics will be considered.
Who We Are
The departmental roots go back to the turn of the last century when it originally was the Department of Engineering Mathematics. The Department teaches thousands of students and has a major research presence in computational and physical/biological mathematics and the statistical sciences. It has 23 tenured or tenure track faculty. In addition there are 10 full time instructors, more than 110 graduate students including approximately 40 teaching assistants, about 179 applied math majors, 109 statistics majors, 105 minors and a thriving Bachelor's-Accelerated Master's program.
The Department strives to be a leading program of applied mathematics. In 2018, the US News & World Report ranked the unit’s graduate program 14th in the nation. The unit also ranked positively in many measures by the National Research Council in its 2010 decadal survey.
Our faculty have won numerous awards including: four being named fellows of the Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics, two being named fellows of the American Mathematical Society, two being named fellows of the American Physical Society, two Guggenheim Fellows, American Statistical Association Fellow, Sloan Fellow. At CU-System: one Distinguished Professor, and at CU-Boulder: Hazel Barnes Prize, Professor of Distinction, winners of numerous CU-Boulder faculty awards, and two distinguished research lecturers.
What Your Key Responsibilities Will Be
The department is looking for candidates who have demonstrated excellence in research and who present documented evidence of teaching potential. Departmental and university research interests and priorities will be taken into account in selecting candidates. Please see this website to learn more about the research in the Department of Applied Mathematics: https://www.colorado.edu/amath/research.
Evidence that the candidate will contribute to the University of Colorado’s commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion will also be taken into consideration.
What You Should Know
- This position has a teaching load of two courses per year.
What We Can Offer
$65,000/yr, as well as a $1,500 discretionary fund to help with research activities.
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What We Require
- Candidates must have a PhD, or equivalent degree in mathematics, applied mathematics, or a related field before the position begins.
Special Instructions
To apply, please submit the following materials:
- Resume or CV (including a list of publications).
- Cover Letter addressed to the Search Committee briefly describing your qualifications, professional goals, and specific interest in this position.
- A statement of research interests.
- A statement on teaching philosophy
- Please also provide names and email addresses of three references who may be asked to upload their letters to the site.
Review of applications will begin March 17, 2025, and will continue until the positions are filled.
Note: Application materials will not be accepted via email. For consideration, applications must be submitted through CU Boulder Jobs.
Posting Contact Information
Posting Contact Name: Nancy Rodriguez
Posting Contact Email: nancy.b.rodriguez@colorado.edu