Assistant Professor

COLLEGE OF NATURAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS

The Department of Mathematics invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position in statistics at the Assistant Professor level beginning August 2019. California State University, Fullerton values and is dedicated to the goal of building a diverse community. We strongly encourage applications from candidates who will contribute to the diversity and excellence of our community through their teaching, research and service.

Position

Applicants must have a solid theoretical and applied background in statistics. Expertise in the areas of statistical learning and Big Data are highly desirable. The successful candidate will contribute to the statistics community at Cal State Fullerton through teaching, research, professional activities, and service. Teaching responsibilities will include a wide spectrum of theoretical and applied courses in statistics and probability, at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.

Teaching may also include courses in the mathematics curriculum, depending on background and interest of the applicant. Further responsibilities include conducting research resulting in publications in high-quality peer-reviewed journals, conducting faculty-student collaborative research, and advising students. A successful candidate will have the opportunity to participate in a transdisciplinary Center for Computational and Applied Mathematics and to contribute to the growth of the newly established Statistical Consulting Center within the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics.

Qualifications

A Ph.D. in statistics or related field must be completed by the appointment date. Preference will be given to candidates who have:

* Teaching experience with a strong commitment to excellence in teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels

* Evidence of strong potential in research, and the potential to supervise undergraduate and master’s level students in research

* Evidence of a strong interest in participating in transdisciplinary collaborative research

* Demonstrated a strong commitment to teaching and mentoring a diverse student population

* Evidence of a strong commitment to seeking external funding

* The ability to communicate effectively with an ethnically and culturally diverse campus community

A background check (including a criminal records check) must be completed satisfactorily before any candidate can be offered a position with the CSU. Failure to satisfactorily complete the background check may affect application status of applicants or continued employment of current CSU employees who apply for the position.

Mathematics Department

The Mathematics Department has 31 tenured or tenure-track faculty members and offers an undergraduate degree program with concentrations in statistics, actuarial science, pure mathematics, applied mathematics, and teaching mathematics. The department also offers the following degree programs: M.S. in Statistics, M.A. in Applied Mathematics, and M.A. in Teaching Mathematics. For more details, please visit the Mathematics Department webpage at (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..

The Statistics Program

The statistics faculty research areas include Bayesian statistics, statistical computing, spatial statistics, experimental design, and survival analysis. Faculty are active in application areas of neuroscience, geology, biostatistics, psychometrics, epidemiology, bioengineering, and finance. The Center for Computational and Applied Mathematics provides high performance computing to support faculty research. The statistics undergraduate program includes courses in probability theory, stochastic processes, statistical modeling, and statistical learning.

The M.S. in Statistics program serves the growing demand in the workforce for professionals with knowledge and training in data science and quantitative analysis. Moreover, the program prepares students interested in graduate studies at the Ph.D. level. The M.S. courses are conducted synchronously in-person and via two-way stream on the Internet.

The University and College

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