Department Chair - Associate Professor/Full Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics

About the role

Florida International University is a Top 50, preeminent public research university with 55,000 students from all 50 states and more than 140 countries, as well as an alumni network of more than 340,000. Located in the global city of Miami, the university offers more than 200 degree programs at the undergraduate, graduate and professional levels, including medicine and law. FIU faculty are leaders in their fields and include National Academy members, Fulbright Scholars and MacArthur Genius Fellows. A Carnegie R1 institution, FIU drives impactful research in environmental resilience, health and technology and innovation. Home to the Wall of Wind and Institute of Environment, FIU stands at the forefront of discovery and innovation. With a focus on student success, economic mobility and community engagement, FIU is redefining what it means to be a public research university.

The Department of Mathematics and Statistics at FIU is home to a group of about 80 faculty engaged in research and teaching across pure and applied mathematics, statistics, mathematics education research, and interdisciplinary fields. The department has long-standing master's programs and a growing doctoral program, and at the same time serves thousands of undergraduates annually who take mathematics and statistics courses as part of their general education requirements. As such, the department has a significant service-teaching mission that spans STEM and non-STEM disciplines and is integral to the student success outcomes of the college and university.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership for and administrative oversight of the department's research, teaching, and service missions, while developing a strategic vision in alignment with FIU's mission, the College of Arts, Sciences & Education, and University priorities.
• Advocate for the department within the university and externally, including with funding agencies and professional associations.
• Support faculty in advancing their research, teaching, and service while mentoring junior colleagues.
• Steward departmental resources and pursue opportunities for growth and innovation.
• Foster interdisciplinary collaboration with emerging areas such as mathematical data science, applied mathematics, computational statistics, machine learning, and AI.
• Oversee and encourage curricular innovation in undergraduate and graduate programs including FIU's newer offerings such as the Mathematical Data Science major while ensuring rigorous standards and effective pedagogy.
• Cultivate a supportive and collegial departmental climate that supports faculty, staff, and students.
• Build consensus across different perspectives while promoting transparent communication and effective governance.

Qualifications

• A Ph.D. in Mathematics, Statistics, or a closely related field.
• An outstanding record of scholarly achievement and teaching that merits appointment at the rank of full professor with tenure.
• Demonstrated experience in academic leadership, with evidence of successfully addressing complex organizational challenges.
• Strong communication and consensus-building skills.
• Capacity to lead a department through cultural and organizational change.

The Ideal Candidate: We seek a leader who embraces challenges as opportunities, who listens as carefully as they act, and who can inspire confidence while guiding the department into a new era of collaboration and achievement.