University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)

Assistant Teaching Professor in Mathematics

The Department of Mathematics and Statistics at University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) is hiring at the level of (full-time) Assistant Teaching Professor in Mathematics starting August 2025. This Teaching Professor role (non-tenure track) provides the opportunity to advance in rank from Assistant to Associate to Teaching Professor. (Effective January 1, 2025 UMBC has new teaching faculty titles: Lecturer = Assistant Teaching Professor, Senior Lecturer = Associate Teaching Professor, Principal Lecturer = Teaching Professor.) 

Candidates should have a Doctoral or Master’s degree (Ph.D. preferred) in Mathematics or a related field, and experience in college-level teaching.  A successful candidate should have strong teaching experience, capacity to coordinate multi-section courses, and an aptitude for undergraduate student advising.  Candidates are expected to have experience and/or desire to pursue funding for leading-edge educational applications and research.  Additionally, they should be prepared to apply innovative pedagogical techniques around encouraging student engagement and assessing learning.  

The Mathematics and Statistics department is committed to the UMBC and department mission area of inclusion. We are particularly interested in candidates who demonstrate an active commitment to inclusion of underserved and/or underrepresented populations in research, teaching, leadership, and/or service.

Teaching will be primarily at the first- and possibly at the second-year level.  The current teaching load is 12 credits per semester.  Candidates’ duties will include, but are not limited to, participation in the life and governance of the Department including service work (e.g., at the department, college, and university levels as well as with professional organizations), course coordination, and advising.   

Applicants should submit (a) a cover letter; (b) a curriculum vitae that includes any publications; (c) a teaching philosophy statement; (d) a description of scholarly interests and plans; (e) a statement of commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, and access in higher education; and (f) have at least three letters of recommendation submitted using the Interfolio system:  https://apply.interfolio.com/159211.

Applications submitted by December 15th, 2024 will be given full consideration, although applications will continue to be reviewed until the position is filled. Early application is encouraged

About University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC)

UMBC is a Carnegie classified R1 institution in Baltimore County, Maryland. The campus is 15 minutes by car from Baltimore City, and 45 minutes to the Washington D.C. metro area. The Department of Mathematics of Statistics has active research groups in applied mathematics in modeling, analysis, and computation of differential equations, applications of stochastic processes and dynamical systems, as well as numerical optimization and optimization theory. UMBC has both Applied Mathematics Ph.D. and masters programs that serve the greater Baltimore-Washington region.

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