Assistant Professor of Mathematics

University of North Texas System•Dallas, TX

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The University of North Texas at Dallas (UNT Dallas) is part of the University of North Texas System. UNT Dallas invites applications for a full-time faculty position in Mathematics, beginning Fall 2027. This tenure-track position is being offered at the Assistant Professor level. The successful candidate will be expected to achieve excellence in teaching and to participate in continued development of the Mathematics program, which offers a B.A. with Secondary Teacher Certification and a B.S. in Mathematics. Expectations for tenure-track faculty at UNT Dallas include excellent teaching, research, and service. Teaching load is equivalent to four courses each semester. This workload expectation can be fulfilled through a combination of teaching, high-quality research and scholarship, service, and program development. Faculty are also expected to participate in such service activities as curriculum development, student recruiting and advising, program assessment, and committee leadership. Tenure-track faculty are expected to have an active research agenda that involves undergraduate students. The ideal candidate will be committed to advancing UNT Dallas’s Classroom to Career initiative—an innovative effort that bridges academic achievement and career readiness. This includes strengthening industry partnerships, embedding experiential learning (such as internships, research, and service learning) into the curriculum, integrating career and character competencies, and fostering AI fluency and essential power skills like communication, adaptability, teamwork, and leadership. The candidate should also support the development of new academic programs aligned with workforce needs and pathways to family-sustaining careers.

Requirements

Ph.D. in Mathematics or other closely related field by start date.
Evidence or demonstrated potential for excellence in teaching.
Experience in teaching college level Mathematics courses.
Demonstrated potential for excellence in scholarship that includes undergraduate students.
Demonstrated effective written, verbal, and team-building communication skills.

Nice To Haves

Experience in using high impact teaching practices.
Demonstrated research productivity.
Experience supervising undergraduate research students.
Experience in curriculum development and developing interdisciplinary degree programs.
Experience in building and supervising student organizations.
Experience in developing and implementing STEM related service learning in curricular and co-curricular settings, and implementing activities that enable students to move from classroom to career.
Academic experience working with a wide-ranging student population.

Responsibilities

Teach the equivalent of four courses per semester.
Achieve excellence in teaching, research, and service.
Establish a research program involving undergraduate students.
Participate in curriculum development, student recruiting and advising, program assessment, and committee work.
Other duties as assigned by administration.