Assistant Professor of STEM Education

About the role

Texas Tech University is seeking an Assistant Professor of STEM Education with experience in Mathematics Education. The Department of Curriculum and Instruction in the College of Education invites applications for a full-time, 9-month tenure-track position to begin September 1, 2027.

About the University

Established in 1923, Texas Tech University is a Carnegie R1 (very high research activity) Doctoral/Research-Extensive, Hispanic Serving, and state-assisted institution. Located on a beautiful 1,850-acre campus in Lubbock, the university enrolls over 40,000 students with 33,000 undergraduate and 7,000 graduate students.

About The College Of Education

The Texas Tech University College of Education, with over 2,000 students, offers a nationally recognized undergraduate teacher preparation program and 21 graduate degrees that prepare students for professional or academic positions in education. The college is a diverse community of scholars, researchers, and educators with a commitment to excellence in teaching and serving ED-12 public schools and beyond.

About The Department Of Curriculum & Instruction

The Department of Curriculum and Instruction is committed to serving diverse stakeholders in K-12 and beyond through excellence in teaching, research, and service in order to improve education using innovative practices to create positive change in the dynamic global society in which we all live.

Responsibilities

As a faculty member in the Department of Curriculum & Instruction, the successful candidate will be expected to:

• Maintain an active, externally funded research program focused on K-16 Mathematics Education
• Publish in high-impact, peer-reviewed journals and other scholarly outlets
• Teach graduate level courses aligned with the candidate’s expertise
• Advise and mentor students, including but not limited to doctoral students pursuing dissertation research
• Contribute to collaborative initiatives within the College of Education and across the university
• Engage in outreach and policy communication activities to ensure research informs state and national workforce priorities

Requirements

Required Qualifications:

• A Ph.D. in Mathematics Education or Curriculum & Instruction with a Mathematics Education emphasis conferred by an accredited university by August 31, 2027
• Three or more years of full-time mathematics teaching in the K-12 classroom and/or undergraduate mathematics or in mathematics education
• Evidence of an emerging research agenda and scholarly contributions in Mathematics Education including recent (within the past four years) peer-reviewed journal publications

Preferred Qualifications:

• Earned doctorate from an AAU institution
• One or more years working with and/or facilitating STEM outreach
• Evidence of a clear research agenda (refereed presentations and publications in research-focused venues) in content-specific, psychological K-16 Mathematics Education and/or applications of AI in Mathematics Education
• Evidence in developing and/or participating in research practice partnerships, collaborative research, and/or engaged scholarship with teachers, school districts, non-profits, government agencies, and/or community/professional organizations
• Evidence of participation in practitioner-focused professional development and/or teaching professional organizations at local, state, national and/or international levels
• Demonstrated experience in mentoring or a record of advising graduate students and serving on quantitative-focused doctoral dissertation and/or master’s thesis committees
• Demonstrated experience of teaching online
• Demonstrated experience of teaching graduate-level STEM education and/or mathematics education courses at the post-secondary level
• Demonstrated experience with grant activities, either applying, receiving, and/or working off grant funding