Washington State University - Mathematics - Chair

INSTITUTION: Washington State University DEPARTMENT: Mathematics POSITION: Chair NOTES: Washington State University invites applications and nominations for the position of Chair of the Department of Mathematics. The chair is expected to possess the vision necessary to lead the department as it contributes to the university’s goal of becoming a leading research university and as it continues in its commitment to provide excellent educational opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students. The preferred starting date is July 1, 2012. Qualifications: This position at the full professor level is open to candidates who have: 1) a Ph.D. in Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, or a related field; 2) qualifications to be tenured at the full professor level; 3) a distinguished record of scholarly research and demonstrated success in teaching; 4) experience in effective graduate student supervision; 5) demonstrated success in attracting continuing external funding; and 6) leadership and interpersonal skills necessary to lead a department committed to teaching and research excellence. Previous successful chair or significant administrative experience is desirable, but candidates who otherwise possess exceptionally strong credentials will be given serious consideration. Responsibilities: The chair provides leadership to the department on a day-to-day basis. In addition, the chair must be able to work with faculty and students from multiple disciplines; attract and retain top-tier faculty; enhance existing undergraduate and graduate degree programs; advance the status of the department in terms of funded research and graduate education; support and promote the service mission of the department which currently teaches more credit hours than any other department in the university; maintain an innovative, well-funded, and nationally recognized research program in mathematics; teach classes at the undergraduate and/or graduate level and supervise high quality graduate research. The Department: The department has 33 full-time faculty members (three are lecturers), 14 instructors, and a staff of 10. The department aspires to be an excellent comprehensive department of mathematics and statistics. We currently have 172 undergraduate majors and 72 graduate students, and of these 36 are doctoral students. The department has strong faculty in computational and applied mathematics, probability and statistics, and mathematical education. Our department is one of only two PhD granting departments in the state of Washington. It is currently listed as a Group II department by the AMS, even though the average faculty size for our peers is 43 (60% larger than WSU). The Environment: Washington State University conducts transformational research and provides world-class education to more than 26,000 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students. Founded in 1890 in Pullman, it is Washington’s original land-grant university. Pullman is the largest city in Whitman County, Washington, United States. The population was 24,675 at the 2000 census and 29,799 according to the 2010 census. Pullman is best known as the home of Washington State University, a four-campus land-grant university, and of Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, an international firm in the power industry. Eight miles east of Pullman is Moscow, Idaho, home of the University of Idaho. The surrounding region, called the Palouse prairie, or simply the Palouse, is noteworthy for its natural beauty and the wealth of outdoor recreational opportunities (Idaho wilderness, Hell's Canyon, wild river kayaking, and multiple lakes and rivers are within easy driving distance).