The University of Pittsburgh's Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences is seeking applications for two Lecturer positions in the Department of Statistics beginning September 2018, pending budgetary approval. Both positions are outside the tenure stream with the expectation of rolling multiyear contract renewals for successful lecturers.
Candidates should preferably have a PhD in statistics, biostatistics or related field and a demonstrated talent for teaching undergraduate statistics courses and possibly applied masters courses. Lecturers are involved in advising undergraduate students, mentoring graduate teaching assistants, course development, and other administrative and scientific activities for the department's functioning and growth. The candidate is expected to have knowledge about the breadth of statistics and its interface with other disciplines. There is the possibility that an applicant with 5 -7 years of successful teaching experience as a full-time lecturer can be appointed as a Senior Lecturer. The normal teaching load is three courses in each semester. Reductions in teaching may be possible depending on the approved non-instructional activities supported by a lecturer.
The department currently has eight tenure-stream faculty and two senior lecturers. There are over forty graduate students and very active undergraduate majors and minors programs. The department has close ties to the Department of Biostatistics in the Graduate School of Public Health, the Department of Psychiatry in the School of Medicine, the Department of Industrial Engineering in the School of Engineering, and a number of departments within Arts and Sciences. The University of Pittsburgh has made a strategic commitment to furthering its research infrastructure for data science and also fostering its instruction programs in data science. The newly restructured School of Computing and Information and the Department of Statistics are collaborating in these developments. The University of Pittsburgh is ranked nationally as 9th in science and engineering research funding and 5th in NIH funding.
Additional information about the department can be found at http:www.stat.pit.edu/. Informal inquiries about this positon may be directed to Prof. Carl Bodenschatz at cboden@pitt.edu. Applicants should submit a detailed cover letter, a curriculum vitae, teaching materials, and three letters of reference. For each reference, you will have the opportunity to input an email address, and an email notification will be sent to the designated address with instructions about uploading the letters to our system. Applicants can apply online at: https://facultysearch.as.pitt.edu/apply/index/MTkz. Review of applications will begin December 9, 2017 and continue until the position is filled. The University of Pittsburgh is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and values equality of opportunity, human dignity and diversity. EEO/AA/M/F/Vets/Disable.