East Tennessee State University – College of Arts and Sciences – Department of Mathematics and Statistics – Assistant Professor – Tenure Track – 9 month.
The Department of Mathematics and Statistics at East Tennessee State University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position beginning August 15, 2025.
The Department has 13 tenured/tenure-track faculty, 4 full-time teaching colleagues, and 3 adjuncts, as well as 49 undergraduate majors with concentrations in statistics, computational applied mathematics, mathematical sciences, or mathematics education. Additionally, the department has 19 graduate students pursuing an MS in Mathematical Sciences and 16 graduate students pursuing an MS in Applied Data Science. The department is known for its high-quality teaching, research, and outreach. The recently launched Master of Science in Applied Data Science program is offered in conjunction with the Computation and Research in Data Science (CaRDS) institute, the Department of Computing, and the Statistical Consulting Lab. This program builds on the department’s history of providing internship experiences for students and preparing master’s students for exciting careers in data science, operations research, and statistics. See http://www.etsu.edu/cas/math for more information.
The value of employment at ETSU goes far beyond salary. The official workday is 7.5 hours, which includes a one-hour lunch/meal break. Regular benefited ETSU employees enjoy a full range of benefits, services and programs including paid time off & leave, paid holidays, health and life insurance, retirement, access to University facilities and services and much more! Check out the ETSU Human Resources Benefits page for additional information. https://www.etsu.edu/human-resources/benefits/
Review of applications will begin on December 1, 2024, and will continue until the position is filled. Apply electronically through, https://jobs.etsu.edu including cover letter, curriculum vitae, transcripts and statements of teaching and research.
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Faculty positions are only required to be posted for a minimum of fourteen (14) calendar days. The closing date for this posting is subject to change without notice to applicants.
East Tennessee State University has an enrollment of approximately 14,000 students. We are a Carnegie Foundation doctoral research university, with associated Colleges of Pharmacy and Medicine.
ETSU is located in Johnson City, a city of 74,000 in Northeast Tennessee between the Great Smoky Mountains and the Blue Ridge Mountains. The area offers many opportunities for outdoor recreation and enjoys a moderate climate with four distinct seasons. ETSU is an AA/EEOE employer. Women and minorities are especially encouraged to apply.
All positions at East Tennessee State University are contingent upon sufficient funding.
Requirements:
Ph.D. in Data Science, Statistics, or a related field or be ABD with an expected Ph.D. by August 2025.
Preferred Qualifications:
Candidates with research areas in computational science, high performance computing, or computational statistics are especially encouraged to apply. Interested in interdisciplinary collaborations, data science or global optimization is a plus.
East Tennessee State University is a state-supported, coeducational institution governed by the Tennessee Board of Regents, the sixth largest higher education system in the country. Chartered in 1909 as East Tennessee State Normal School, the institution became East Tennessee State Teachers College in 1925 and, five years later, State Teachers College, Johnson City. Beginning in 1943, the institution was known as East Tennessee State College for 20 years. Today, ETSU is a multifaceted university offering baccalaureate, graduate and professional programs of study through its College of Arts and Sciences, College of Business and Technology, Clemmer College of Education, College of Clinical and Rehabilitative Health Sciences, College of Graduate and Continuing Studies, James H. Quillen College of Medicine, College of Nursing, Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy, and College of Public Health. The university employees 931 faculty in its four institutional divisions--Medicine with 198, Pharmacy with 32, Family Practice with 27, and ETSU with 674. ETSU has a student population of approximately 15,000, including undergraduate, graduate, and professional students. Although the majority of stud...ents are from Tennessee and the surrounding southeastern region, over 45 states and over 55 foreign countries are also represented. Over 85 percent of the university's students receive federal, state or private sources of financial aid. A diverse population is necessary for the intellectual, social, economic, and cultural development of our university and region. Through our teaching, research and public service, ETSU honors the fundamental human values of compassion, tolerance and understanding and celebrates diversity of people and thought