Visiting Assistant Professor in Statistics at Colby College in Waterville, Maine

Job Description:

We invite applications for a two-year faculty visiting position in statistics at Colby College to begin Fall 2025. The department offers a major and minor in statistics, as well as a major and minor in data science (jointly with mathematics and computer science). Colby is committed to several interdisciplinary programs related to statistics, including the Davis Institute for Artificial Intelligence and the newly announced McVey Center for Computational and Data Sciences. The successful candidate will join a standalone department of five statisticians. A Ph.D in statistics, biostatistics, or a related field by the time of employment is preferred, but others considered. The ideal candidate will be passionate about teaching statistics to undergraduates at all levels, and also contribute to the research life of the department. The teaching responsibility for this position is five courses per year. Colby is committed to diversity, inclusion, and equity and seeks candidates who contribute to this via their teaching, research, and service.

For more information about the department, please see our web site at colby.edu/statistics. Colby is a highly selective liberal arts college recognized for excellence in undergraduate education and close student-faculty interaction. Applicants should submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae, statement of teaching interests that demonstrates a commitment to equitable and inclusive teaching, a statement of research interests or activities, and contact information for three references electronically through Interfolio. Review of applications will begin October 26, 2024, and will continue until the position is filled.

Colby is a private, coeducational liberal arts college that admits students and makes personnel decisions on the basis of the individual's qualifications to contribute to Colby's educational objectives and institutional needs. The principle of not discriminating on the basis of race, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, caste, national or ethnic origin, marital status, genetic information, political beliefs, veteran or military status, parental status, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, physical or mental disability unrelated to the job or course of study requirements is consistent with the mission of a liberal arts college and the law.