"Assistant Professor"

Assistant Professor

Posted: 10-Dec-25

Location: Pullman, Washington

Type: Full-time

Categories: Academic/Faculty, Mathematics/Statistics

Internal Number: 6779499

Online applications must be received before 11:59pm on: January 18, 2026

Available Title(s): 270-NN_FACULTY - Assistant Professor

Business Title: Assistant Professor

Employee Type: Faculty

Position Term: 9 Month - Summer

The Opportunity:

The Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Washington State University (WSU) invites applications for a permanent, full-time, nine-month, tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Pullman, WA, with a specialty in Statistics. We seek applicants who have an established or emerging research record in statistical learning or computational statistics. The successful candidate will be expected to teach undergraduate and graduate courses in Statistics, develop independent and collaborative research, establish an externally funded research program, and publish scholarly work. The candidate will also ideally develop interdisciplinary research collaborations with allied research groups in sciences, engineering, and other areas. Expected start date of employment is August 16, 2026.

Job duties:

• Maintenance of a strong record of publication and scholarly activity
• Teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in Statistics
• Establishment and leadership of a grant-supported research program in methodology and theory for statistical machine learning or modern statistical computation and, where applicable, development of interdisciplinary research collaborations with allied research groups in sciences, engineering, and other areas
• Advising graduate students at both the master's and doctoral levels
• Service contributions to the department, college, university, community, and profession.

Additional Information:

Annual Salary: $85,000-95,000 per nine-month academic year. | Commensurate with experience and qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Earned Ph. D. in Statistics, Mathematics with Statistics emphasis, Data Science, or a closely related field is required before the start of the position
• Demonstrated record for research in areas of statistics that complement and enhance the existing strengths with the current group of statisticians, probabilists, and applied mathematicians in the department, which includes, but not limited to, statistical learning or computational statistics
• Proven or potential for successful teaching and instruction

Location: Pullman, WA 99164

Application Instructions: Applicants must upload the following required documents to their online application. Application materials should clearly communicate how the applicant meets all required qualifications and additional requirements.

• A cover letter addressing qualifications for this position as well as a response to the following prompt: As a land-grant university, we have a commitment to ensure access and opportunity in all aspects of our work. The successful candidate for this faculty position will have the experience, knowledge, and skills to build their research/scholarship/creative practice, pedagogy, curriculum, and service in ways that reflect and enhance this commitment. Using the job announcement for this position, please list and explain up to three areas of responsibility you see as related to fulfilling this mission.
• Curriculum vitae
• Teaching statements that describe your teaching experience and philosophy, which may incorporate experience from formal or informal teaching and mentoring opportunities.
• Research/Scholarship/Creative Activity statement which outlines your scholarly work and includes your future.
• Professional reference contact information (Names, addresses, and contact information of at least four references who can address your history of and potential for excellence in research, teaching, and service (letters will be requested later)) will be requested later in the recruitment process through Workday.

Inquiries should be directed to Yuan Wang, yuan.wang@wsu.edu.

To apply, visit https://wsu.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/WSU_Jobs/job/Pullman-WA/Assistant-Professor_R-14009