St. Olaf College Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science - Tenure Track Position

St. Olaf College's Department of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science seeks a mathematician with applied expertise and a demonstrated commitment to supporting a thriving and diverse undergraduate mathematics program.

APPOINTMENT: Full Time (1.0 FTE) tenure-track position starting September 1, 2011. Appointment is expected to be at the assistant professor level, but might in an extraordinary case be made at the associate level.

QUALIFICATIONS: A Ph.D. in mathematics is strongly preferred by the date of appointment. Applicants should have expertise in an applied area. All areas of applied mathematics will be considered and biological applications are particularly encouraged.  Applicants should also be able to contribute to our broad mathematics program, ideally with some expertise in mathematical analysis.  Applicants must have some experience teaching undergraduate mathematics courses; those applicants who have had full responsibility for teaching courses will be given higher consideration.

RESPONSIBILITIES:  Responsibilities include teaching beginning, intermediate, and advanced undergraduate mathematics courses, developing and maintaining an active research program, and contributing to the department's commitment to research by and involving undergraduates.  

APPLICATIONS: Applications must be submitted online, through http://www.mathjobs.org.  Applicants must also register with St. Olaf College's Human Resources Office, at https://jobs.stolaf.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=51219.

A completed application (on-line at http://www.mathjobs.org) includes:

*    a letter of application (addressing your general interest in the liberal arts and your particular interest in St. Olaf College)

*    a current curriculum vitae

*    graduate transcripts (copies are acceptable)

*    three letters of reference (at least two must directly address teaching)

*    separate statements on teaching philosophy and research program

*    registration with Human Resources (on-line at https://jobs.stolaf.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=51219).

DEADLINE: Review of applications will begin November 15, 2010.  Semi-finalists will be interviewed at the Joint Mathematics Meetings in New Orleans in January 2011 or by phone if unable to attend the meetings; applications must be complete by December 13, 2010 in order to be considered.  On-campus interviews of finalists will begin in early February.   

CONTACT INFORMATION: Questions about the position may be addressed by e-mail to Prof. Tina Garrett, Hiring Committee Chair garrettk@stolaf.edu.

OTHER INFORMATION:  The mathematics program at St. Olaf College is among the largest and most successful at American undergraduate institutions. Graduating annually about 65 mathematics majors, 20 statistics concentrators, and 5-10 computer science majors in a new and growing program, St. Olaf is among the nation's top undergraduate origins of Ph.D.'s in the mathematical sciences. With many majors to serve, we regularly offer such advanced courses as complex analysis, topology, measure theory, graph theory, and a variety of seminars in pure and applied mathematics. In a typical summer 10--15 students do supported summer research with department faculty.  The department has nearly 20 faculty members with expertise in algebraic topology, complex analysis, graph theory, group theory, logic, mathematics education, mathematical physics, operations research, partition theory, real analysis, logic programming, reliable real time systems, computer graphics, statistics and biostatistics.

Our department is proud to be the home of three outstanding programs in mathematics, statistics, and computer science.  While maintaining disciplinary rigor, we seek interactions and synergy among the three programs.  The Center for Interdisciplinary Research is a nationally recognized program that pairs faculty and students in MSCS with faculty and students from other disciplines “to share in the excitement and challenge of working across the traditional academic boundaries to collaborate on research.”  Opportunities abound for collaborative research, especially involving undergraduates.  Please visit the department web page at www.stolaf.edu/depts/mscs and navigate from there to the three different programs.

Located in Northfield, MN, 35 miles from the vibrant and culturally rich metropolitan area of Minneapolis and St. Paul, St. Olaf is an academically rigorous, nationally ranked liberal arts college that is home to 3,000 students and 800 faculty and staff employees. For more information about the college, please visit: http://www.stolaf.edu.

A liberal arts college affiliated with the Lutheran Church (ELCA), St. Olaf College is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and actively seeks diversity in its students, faculty and staff. The college is especially interested in qualified candidates who can contribute to the diversity of our community through their teaching, research, and/or service.