Assistant Professor of Math
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Job summary
Georgia State University invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position in Mathematics within the Perimeter College, Department of Mathematics. This teaching-focused role expects 80% teaching, with 10% service and 10% scholarly/creative activity; faculty may teach on multiple campuses and in-person, online, or hybrid modalities.
Required: Ph.D. by appointment; experience teaching online and with instructional technology; evidence of commitment to inclusive teaching and
Qualifications
- Ph.D. in teaching field is required by the time of the appointment.
- Experience teaching online and using a distance learning platform.
- Experience or demonstrated interest in high-impact educational practices, scholarship of teaching and learning, building college-to-career linkages, and/or other pedagogical initiatives that enhance student success.
- Experience or demonstrated interest in scholarship in the discipline and/or scholarship of teaching and learning.
Responsibilities
- Teach 27-32 credit hours per academic year and engage in service to the department, college, and university.
- Demonstrate a strong commitment to undergraduate teaching and learning, and the ability to thrive at an access institution.
Skills
Education
Job description
Position Information
Posting Number F00548P
Classification Title Assistant Professor
Position Title Assistant Professor of Math
Georgia State University is a national model for innovation andopening opportunities for all, among the top five most innovativeby U.S. News & World Report, ranked 1st among publicuniversities in undergraduate teaching, the number 1 nonprofituniversity to award bachelor’s degrees to African Americanstudents, 4th in the country for its first-year student experience,and highly ranked for enabling the social and economic mobility ofits students. Among the most diverse universities in the nation,Georgia State opens global perspectives as the number 1 U.S. publicuniversity sending African American students to study abroad. A regional gateway to higher education, the five suburban PerimeterCollege campuses provide more than 30 associate degree pathways.The downtown Atlanta campus offers more than 250 degree programs in100 fields of study at the undergraduate, graduate andfirst-professional degree levels. With five university-wide research centers and numerous centers andinstitutes at the college and school levels, Georgia State’sinterdisciplinary, dynamic and productive research enterprisesaddress major health and societal challenges. It is one of only 146universities with an R1 designation from the Carnegie Foundation,an honor reserved for the nation’s most active researchinstitutions. Outgoing research expenditures have doubled in thelast decade and topped $1.2 billion over the last six years, anindication of the University’s rapid research growth. Georgia State is vital to the regional economy, with a more than$2.9 billion economic impact, and is also a vital part of Atlanta’svibrant arts and entertainment community, with highly regardedprograms in music, art, creative writing and film, the RialtoCenter for the Arts, and the Creative Media Industries Institutethat contributes to innovation and the workforce for interactivemedia and media entrepreneurship. General information on faculty roles and responsibilities can beobtained from the Faculty Handbookhttps://faculty.gsu.edu/faculty-handbook/ and the Office of FacultyAffairs website https://faculty.gsu.edu/. All faculty at GeorgiaState are, as part of their essential job duties, expected to: (1)be physically present on-campus as needed to contribute to GeorgiaState’s in-person educational experience, and (2) be able to teachin each of the following instructional modalities – in-person,online, or blended/hybrid – as determined by their Department Chairor Dean.
Department Mathematics
College Perimeter College
Campus College-wide
Position Type Full Time Faculty
Posting Type Internal/External
Perimeter College Department of Mathematics provides students witha strong foundation to transfer to a four-year college and continueinto the work force or graduate studies. Math clubs and programssuch as STEM or MESA help to increase academic performance.Students also have opportunities to compete in national testssponsored by the American Mathematical Association and gain accessto support from tutoring, scholarships and grants.
The Department of Mathematics invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position in Mathematics.Mathematics is the science and study of numbers, shapes, andspaces, and how they apply to the universe in which we live.Mathematics examines operations, interrelations, combinations,generalizations, abstractions, configurations, structure,measurement, and transformations.
This is a teaching-focused position: 80% of the workload isinstruction, with service and scholarly and creative activityaccounting for 10% each.
Perimeter faculty are responsible for providing 27-32 credit hoursof instruction per academic year and engaging in service to thedepartment, college, and university. Perimeter College facultymaintain a campus presence, and the successful applicant willdemonstrate a strong commitment to early undergraduate teaching andlearning, and the ability to thrive at an access institution. Perimeter College is a multi-campus institution, and the teachingassignment may be on any of the college’s campuses.
- Experience teaching online and using a distance learningplatform.
- Experience or demonstrated interest in high-impact educationalpractices, scholarship of teaching and learning, buildingcollege-to-career linkages, and/or other pedagogical initiativesthat enhance student success.
- Experience or demonstrated interest in scholarship in thediscipline and/or scholarship of teaching and learning.
A Ph.D. in the teaching field is required by the time of theappointment.
- None specified.
- Ability to teach effectively using a variety of methods with ademonstrated knowledge of instructional technology.
- Ability to create a sense of belonging for a varied studentpopulation and facilitate student learning in both the in-personand virtual learning environments.
- Effective oral and written communication skills.
- Excellent communication, organizational and computer skills(able to maintain appropriate records).
- Demonstrated knowledge of instructional technology.
- Ability to collaborate with colleagues to achieve discipline,department, or college goals.
None specified.
A criminal background check is required.
Position may require non-standard hours (including day, evening,online, hybrid, weekend and/or other campus locations).
Salary Range: $53,350 – $65,000 or commensurate with qualificationsand experience.
Please contact the search committee chair Barrett Walls,bwalls@gsu.edu regarding questions about the position.
Please contact the department chair John King,jking22@gsu.edu regarding questions about the position.
Description of Job Duty
Instruction (80%), Service (10%), Research (10%)
100
Number of Vacancies 1
Desired Start Date 08/01/2026
Position End Date (if temporary)
Open Date 07/28/2026
Review of Applications Begins 09/06/2026
Close Date 09/06/2026
Open Until Filled No
- Letter of intent/cover letter
- Curriculum vitae/resume
- Unofficial transcript of all degrees completed. Officialtranscripts must be provided if an offer is accepted.
- Candidates with foreign degrees must provide a foreign degreetranscript evaluation as verification of educationalequivalency.
Georgia State University is an equal opportunity employer withregard to veterans and individuals with disabilities and prohibitsdiscrimination on the basis of an individual’s race, color,religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, geneticinformation, or protected veteran status.
The University System of Georgia is comprised of our 26institutions of higher education and learning, as well the SystemOffice. Our USG Statement of Core Values are Integrity, Excellence,Accountability, and Respect. These values serve as the foundationfor all that we do as an organization, and each USG communitymember is responsible for demonstrating and upholding thesestandards. More details on the USG Statement of Core Values andCode of Conduct are available in USG Board Policy 8.2.18.1.2 andcan be found on-line athttps://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section8/C224/#p8.2.18_personnel_conduct.
Additionally, USG supports Freedom of Expression as stated in BoardPolicy 6.5 Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom found on-lineat https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section6/C2653.
Required Documents
- Resume/CV
- Letter of Intent/Cover Letter
- Unofficial Transcripts of All Graduate-Level Degrees Completedor In Progress
Optional Documents
- Foreign Degree Transcript Evaluation
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