Faculty Position Announcement

Applications are invited for visiting professorships at any level (assistant, associate, or full professor) in the Department of Mathematics at Brigham Young University. The department has a strong commitment to undergraduate education and has a small, but strong, doctoral program.

Qualifications: Ph.D. in mathematics or related field; demonstrated excellence in teaching; desire and ability to teach undergraduate and graduate level mathematics, including courses at the freshman level; desire and ability to conduct high quality mathematical research.

Responsibilities: Teaching mathematics at the undergraduate and graduate level, including courses at the freshman level; conducting and directing independent research; collaborating with other faculty at the university; supporting university, college, and department goals and missions.

Review of applications will begin on December 1, 2007 and will continue until the position is filled.

To apply, go to http://yjobs.byu.edu

For further information about the department and the university go to http://math.byu.edu.

The department consists of 35 tenured or tenure-track faculty with research interests including algebraic geometry, applied mathematics, combinatorial and geometric group theory, combinatorics, dynamical systems, geometry, mathematical biology, matrix theory, number theory, numerical analysis, partial differential equations, and topology. For further information on the department see our home page.

Prospective faculty may also be interested to know that the Higher Education Research Institute's faculty survey recently reported very high satisfaction levels for BYU faculty, while Kiplinger's ranked Provo, Utah, one of the five best places in America to raise a family.

If you have any difficulty with the application process or if you have additional questions, please call or email Lonette Stoddard (lonettes@math.byu.edu, 801-422-2062). Or you may write to

Brigham Young University, an equal opportunity employer, does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, age, national origin, veteran status, or against qualified individuals with disabilities. All faculty are required to abide by the university's Honor Code and Dress and Grooming Standards. Preference is given to qualified candidates who are members in good standing of the affiliated church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Successful candidates are expected to support and contribute to the academic and religious missions of the university within the context of the principles and doctrine of the affiliated church.