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Visiting Assistant Professor of Data Analytics

  • 1.  Visiting Assistant Professor of Data Analytics

    Posted 03-19-2019 20:05
    Posting link: https://employment.denison.edu/postings/2341

    Denison University seeks to hire a Visiting Assistant Professor of Data Analytics for a two-year term, commencing in August 2019. Candidates must have earned a Ph.D. by the start date. or be ABD with an expected defense by August 2020.

    We seek to hire an individual from one of the many disciplines that are representative of the applied, interdisciplinary nature of Data Analytics. Candidates' primary discipline may be in the social, natural, or quantitative sciences or the humanities. In any case, candidates must also have formal education in Data Science/Analytics, or be actively engaged in research that utilizes and/or develops advanced data analytics techniques to address questions in their discipline.

    Denison's interdisciplinary Data Analytics major is taught and administered by an interdisciplinary group of approximately a dozen faculty, including two whose home department is Data Analytics. The program is currently in its third year and has already attracted over 100 majors. For more information on Denison's Data Analytics program, please visit http://denison.edu/academics/data-analytics.

    Candidates must demonstrate successful teaching at the undergraduate level. Teaching responsibilities will consist of core courses in the Data Analytics major. Successful candidates should have experience teaching statistical concepts and elementary programming in R and/or Python. A typical semester teaching load is two sections of Introduction to Data Analytics, or three upper-level Data Analytics courses, or a combination thereof.

    Denison University is an academically rigorous liberal arts college with an increasingly diverse campus community. It offers a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package. Denison is located in the village of Granville, 30 minutes from Columbus, Ohio, the state capitol, which hosts a wide range of cultural and artistic opportunities. Granville also offers an excellent public school system and easy access to outdoor activities.

    To apply, please go to https://employment.denison.edu and submit
    • a cover letter speaking to the areas mentioned above 
    • a curriculum vita
    • transcripts of graduate work (unofficial acceptable for applications) 
    • a statement on your teaching philosophy, experience and effectiveness, including how you will engage with and foster diversity on campus
    • evidence of effective teaching, including teaching materials and evaluations (if available)
    • a statement on your current and future research program
    • 3 references, of which at least 2 must address teaching

    We will begin reviewing applications on April 8, 2019 and continue to consider applications until the position is filled.

    To achieve our mission as a liberal arts college, we continually strive to foster a diverse campus community, which recognizes the value of all persons regardless of religion, race, ethnicity, gender, color, gender identity and or expression, sexual orientation, family configuration, disability, socioeconomic status, religion, national origin, age, or military status. For additional information and resources about diversity at Denison please see our Diversity Guide at http://denison.edu/forms/diversity-guide. Denison University is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer.



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    Anthony Bonifonte
    Assistant Professor of Data Analytics
    Denison University
    Granville OH
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