It’s been a very busy year since my last post! Job search, new baby, new course to teach, thesis defense, moving… and finally—starting a new position as Assistant Professor, in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Colby College. I am delighted and honored to be here. More on all that later, but for now, just a quick announcement:
We are hiring another tenure track faculty member in Statistics here at Colby:
https://www.mathjobs.org/jobs/jobs/12378
Please share the posting with anyone who may be interested. This would be the fourth statistician in our Department of Mathematics and Statistics. I am excited that we are expanding our statistics offerings, including our collaboration with the Computer Science department on a minor in Data Science.
Colby College is one of the top small liberal arts colleges in New England. I have found it to be a very collegial, supportive environment, with wonderful students and top-notch colleagues. While Colby emphasizes excellence in teaching, I am already pleased to see that there’s also ample time and resources for research and scholarship as well as professional development.
There is a lot of great energy around Colby’s growing civic engagement with our town of Waterville, as well as increasing size and diversity of both the student body and the faculty. We’re about an hour’s drive from Portland, Maine and about three hours from Boston. The Waterville area offers plenty of local nature and outdoors activities (including a beautiful set of city-maintained cross-country skiing trails).
Full consideration will be given to applications received by October 9, but review will continue until the position is filled. If you have concerns about making this deadline, or if you have any other questions, please do get in touch.
Finally, if you know of interested colleagues on the CS side, our Computer Science department is also hiring for an open-rank tenure track position:
http://www.cs.colby.edu/doc/ColbyCS-2019-TenureTrack.pdf
Tenure-track Position in Statistics
We invite applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Statistics at Colby College to begin September 1, 2019. Applicants with substantial faculty experience may be considered for a more senior rank. The department offers degrees in mathematics, mathematical sciences, and mathematical sciences with a concentration in statistics. We also offer minors in mathematics and statistics and in data science. Colby is committed to several interdisciplinary programs related to statistics, including a new computational biology major, as well as new initiatives in the digital humanities and in data science. The successful candidate will be the fourth statistician in the department, joining an established, vibrant, and growing statistics program. Applicants must hold a Ph.D. in statistics, biostatistics, data science or a related field by the date of appointment, have a strong commitment to research, and be passionate about teaching statistics to undergraduates at all levels. The teaching responsibility for this position is 4.5 courses per year. We are interested in all areas of research, including scholarship that spans disciplinary boundaries. Colby is committed to diversity, inclusion, and equity and seeks candidates who contribute to this via their teaching, research, and service.
For more information about the department, please see our web site at http://www.colby.edu/mathstats/. Colby is a highly selective liberal arts college recognized for excellence in undergraduate education and close student-faculty interaction. Applicants should submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae, statements of teaching and research interests, and three letters of recommendation electronically through https://www.mathjobs.org/. Review of applications will begin October 9, 2018, and will continue until the position is filled.
Colby is a private, coeducational liberal arts college that admits students and makes employment decisions on the basis of the individual’s qualifications to contribute to Colby’s educational objectives and institutional needs. Colby College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, religion, ancestry or national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, or veteran’s status in employment or in our educational programs. Colby is an Equal Opportunity employer, committed to excellence through diversity, and encourages applications from qualified persons of color, women, persons with disabilities, military veterans and members of other under-represented groups. Colby complies with Title IX, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in an institution’s education programs and activities. Questions regarding Title IX may be referred to Colby’s Title IX coordinator or to the federal Office of Civil Rights. For more information about the College, please visit our website: www.colby.edu