| GRINNELL COLLEGE – DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS – TWO TENURE-TRACK POSITIONS IN MATHEMATICS (START FALL 2022).
GRINNELL COLLEGE. The Department of Mathematics and Statistics invites applications for two tenure-track appointments in mathematics or applied mathematics beginning Fall 2022. Assistant Professor (Ph.D.) preferred; Instructor (ABD or foreign equivalent) or Associate Professor possible. We encourage candidates with teaching and research interests in any field of mathematics (applied or pure) to apply.
Founded in 1846, Grinnell enrolls approximately 1,700 students who come from across the United States and from 45 countries around the world. Grinnell is widely viewed as an institution of the first rank among the nation’s small liberal arts colleges, with an excellent faculty, rigorous curriculum, and a consistently accomplished and diverse student body. Its location in the nation’s heartland, its global reach, and its passionate and driven students, faculty, staff, alumni, and trustees make it a unique and exciting place to work.
All mathematics faculty teach courses across the undergraduate math curriculum. Our engaged and diverse majors go on to a wide variety of professions as well as graduate school in various fields (the department ranks 20th in the country, adjusted for institutional size, in the production of students who go on to earn PhDs). Grinnell provides excellent support for research with students, and generous funds for faculty development and travel.
Grinnell College is a highly selective undergraduate liberal arts college with a strong tradition of social responsibility. In letters of application, candidates should discuss their potential to contribute to a college community that maintains a diversity of people and perspectives as one of its core values; in particular, candidates should address ways in which they can help all students, especially students from underrepresented backgrounds, feel like they belong to the Grinnell learning community. To be assured of full consideration, all application materials should be received by October 24, 2021. Please visit our application website at https://jobs.grinnell.edu to find more details about the job and submit applications online. Candidates will need to upload a letter of application, curriculum vitae, transcripts (copies are acceptable), a teaching statement, a research statement which discusses conducting research in an undergraduate college setting and involving undergraduate students in research, and provide email addresses for three references. At least one letter of reference should include information about the candidate’s teaching. Questions about this search should be directed to the search chair, Professor Karen Shuman, at MathematicsSearch@grinnell.edu or 641-269-3172.
Grinnell College is committed to establishing and maintaining a safe and nondiscriminatory educational environment for all College community members. It is committed to a policy of nondiscrimination in matters of admission, employment, and housing, and in access to and participation in its education programs, services, and activities. The college does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy, childbirth, religion, disability, creed, or any other protected class.
An offer for this position will be contingent on successful completion of a background check. |
finished (2021/08/25, finished 2022/04/30, listed until 2021/10/24)
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