[RUME] job announcement

[Cathy Liebars]

Tenure-track Position in Mathematics Education

The Department of Mathematics and Statistics at The College of New 
Jersey (TCNJ) invites outstanding applicants for a tenure-track 
Assistant or Associate Professor in Mathematics Education, starting 
August 2009. Teaching and research are mutually supportive activities at 
TCNJ. Candidates should be strongly committed to the teacher-scholar 
model in a primarily undergraduate, residential institution, to 
maintaining both high quality teaching and an active and productive 
research program, and to encouraging and engaging highly motivated 
undergraduates in intensive, individual work both inside and outside the 
classroom (e.g., undergraduate research, independent study). Faculty 
members also serve as academic advisors and have service 
responsibilities within the College. The Mathematics and Statistics 
Department is housed in a modern building that offers excellent 
facilities. For further information about our program, please visit: 
http://www.tcnj.edu/~mathstat/ <http://www.tcnj.edu/%7Emathstat/>.

We seek broadly trained candidates who have potential to contribute 
collaboratively to interdisciplinary curricular and scholarly efforts 
within the School of Science, School of Education, and at the College. A 
doctorate in Mathematics Education, Mathematics, or Statistics, with a 
strong background and interest in K-12 mathematics education, are 
required. The successful candidate will teach Mathematics methods and 
content courses, supervise student teachers, and conduct research in 
mathematics education. Typical teaching load is 2 to 3 courses per 
semester.

TCNJ is a highly selective, public institution that has earned national 
recognition for its commitment to excellence. TCNJ emphasizes the 
residential experience for its 5,900 undergraduate students, who benefit 
from a 12-to-1 student-to-faculty ratio and an average class size of 
only 20 students. TCNJ is one of only five public institutions included 
on /Barron//’//s Profiles of American Colleges/ list of the 75 “most 
competitive” colleges and universities in the United States, and of 
those five, TCNJ is the only primarily undergraduate institution 
included. TCNJ’s campus encompasses 289 beautiful tree-lined acres in 
suburban Ewing, NJ, which is located between Trenton and Princeton in 
the historic Delaware Valley, and is convenient to Philadelphia, New 
York, the Jersey shore, and the Pocono Mountains.

To apply, candidates should submit a letter of application highlighting 
their interest and qualifications; current curriculum vitae; statement 
of teaching philosophy; statement of research objectives; copies of 
graduate and undergraduate transcripts; and have three letters of 
recommendation sent to: Math Education Search, Department of Mathematics 
and Statistics, The College of New Jersey, P.O. Box 7718, Ewing, NJ 
08628-0718. Review of applications will begin October 15, 2008 and will 
continue until the position is filled.

To enrich education through diversity, TCNJ is an Affirmative 
Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Women and members of underrepresented 
groups are encouraged to apply.

-- 
Cathy S. Liebars, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Mathematics & Statistics
The College of New Jersey
2000 Pennington Rd.
Ewing, NJ 08628-0718
(609)771-3043
liebars at tcnj.edu