University of Rhode Island-posted 3 months ago
Full-time • Entry Level
Kingston, RI
Educational Services

Applications are invited for a tenure-track, academic-year Assistant Professor position in the Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematical Sciences at the University of Rhode Island to begin Fall 2026. We are seeking to attract a diverse pool of job applicants for this position. A core part of URI's mission is to foster a diverse, inclusive, an equitable environment for researchers, teachers, learners, and community members. We are guided by foundational values of inclusivity, accessibility, equity, and respect, upholding the rights and dignity of all. The department has 16 research faculty members, 8 teaching faculty members, and 16 graduate teaching assistants. We offer programs leading to BA, BS, MS, and PhD degrees in mathematics, with applied mathematics options at all levels. We co-govern the Data Science Program, which houses a BA, BS, online graduate certificate, and online MS degree. The interdisciplinary nature of our department will provide the new faculty member with opportunities to interact with a broad range of colleagues in areas such as, Oceanography, Computer Science, Statistics, Physics, Engineering, and Life Sciences. The research activities of the faculty in our department lie in the areas of combinatorics and graph theory, complex dynamical systems, computational mathematics, data science, difference equations, financial mathematics, mathematical biology and modeling, numerical analysis, numerical linear algebra, applied probability/statistics, partial differential equations, scientific computing, applied analysis, and mathematics education.

  • Teaching and developing undergraduate and graduate courses, in line with departmental needs and the candidate's expertise areas.
  • Publishing original research in peer-reviewed academic journals.
  • Seeking external funding.
  • Advising undergraduate and graduate students.
  • Engaging in departmental, college, and university service.
  • Ph.D. in Mathematics or a related field by the time of appointment August 2026.
  • Research interests in graph theory, combinatorics, or network science.
  • Demonstrated ongoing research program and sustained record of publications, commensurate with academic experience.
  • Ability to contribute to our graduate research program and supervise M.S. and Ph.D. students, commensurate with academic experience.
  • Ability to become an effective teacher of mathematics at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.
  • Strong interpersonal and oral communication skills.
  • Commitment to seeking external funding appropriate to research interests.
  • Preferred areas of research: extremal, probabilistic, or algebraic graph theory.
  • Postdoc or other relevant industry experience.
  • Potential to interact productively with researchers working in the priority areas of the University of Rhode Island and its College of Arts and Sciences such as: quantum computing, the Blue Economy, artificial intelligence, life sciences, and other interdisciplinary fields.
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