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The Department of Mathematics at Virginia Tech (http://www.math.vt.edu/) invites applications for an Assistant Professor, tenure-track faculty position in the research area of mathematics education with a start date of August 10, 2027, at its Blacksburg, VA, campus. The successful candidate will conduct research in undergraduate mathematics education, with particular interest in research specialties that complement and add to the department's existing research strengths. Possible specialties include but are not limited to the following: the teaching and learning of undergraduate mathematics and/or graduate mathematics, the mathematical preparation of prospective teachers, and the teaching and learning of applied or computational mathematics.
This position builds on the Mathematics Department’s existing strengths and efforts to expand its national prominence in mathematics education research. The successful candidate will join a thriving mathematics education research group, housed in the Mathematics Department, which currently has three tenured faculty, a postdoc, and several graduate students enrolled in a Mathematics PhD program with a dissertation and coursework focus in educational research.
Applications received by 11:59 pm EST on October 23, 2026, will receive full consideration.