Job Description

The Department of Mathematics and Computer Science seeks applicants for a full-time instructor position (not tenure-track) in Mathematics beginning in the fall of 2026.

Requirements:

The successful candidate should possess:

A terminal Ph.D. in Mathematics is required.
A demonstrated excellence in teaching or demonstrable ability and or commitment for teaching excellence.
A demonstrated track record of service activities.
A demonstrated track record or expressed interest in engaging students in active pedagogy and problem solving activities.
An expressed desire and commitment to support the university's mission.
General Responsibilities:

The successful candidate will be expected to:
Teach undergraduate courses in mathematics, including the calculus sequence.
Participate in program review and pedagogical improvement.
Work with the Student Success team to coordinate the Math Student Success Center.
Participate in service activities as needed by the department and the university.
Applicants must provide a cover letter addressing qualifications for the position, curriculum vitae, philosophy of teaching, and the names and contact information of three professional references. Applicants must also submit a statement demonstrating an understanding of and a firm commitment to advance the mission of Catholic higher education as it is articulated in Ex Corde Ecclesiae.

The University of St. Thomas is committed to hiring faculty who can help it not only fulfill its integrated mission -the formation of the whole person for flourishing in this life and the next - but also advance it in new ways. The University's Catholic identity is the center of this mission, a Catholicism expressed for our own age by the Catechism of the Catholic Church and Pope St. John Paul ll's Ex Corde Ecclesiae. The University asks all candidates applying for this position to consider these documents to ensure their professional goals and practices can align with them. While applicants need not be Catholic, they must be able to support the University as it seeks to be faithful to and embody the riches of the Catholic intellectual tradition.