Tenured Positions

Dedman College is accepting the following applications for tenured/open rank positions to begin Fall 2025: 

Earth Sciences. C.W. Matthews Endowed Chair. Position No. 0050601. The Roy M. Huffington Department of Earth Sciences at Southern Methodist University invites applications to a fully endowed professorship named in honor of C.W. Matthews to be filled at the Associate or Full Professor level. We are seeking applicants who conduct innovative, interdisciplinary and quantitative research programs across all fields of earth sciences and are especially interested in candidates working in emerging areas across disciplinary boundaries whose expertise contributes to department strengths. The successful applicant will have a demonstrated ability to maintain an outstanding, internationally recognized, externally-funded research program; to teach, lead, and collaborate effectively with a diverse student body of graduates and undergraduates; and to supervise professional staff. The successful candidate will join a dynamic department with internationally recognized faculty that conduct frontier research using quantitative, measurement-based approaches focused on the evolution of earth's fluid envelope and lithosphere, paleo- and modern climate, biogeochemical systems including astrobiology, and earth hazards. We are a community geared towards enabling our colleagues to succeed and lead in their individual fields. We welcome women, underrepresented scholars, veterans, and persons with disabilities to apply. Endowments to the department support strategic faculty lines, student research and laboratory facilities. The Department features Stable Isotope and X-ray Analytical laboratories, Remote Sensing and Geophysical facilities and the Shuler Museum of Paleontology, supported by fully-funded technical staff positions. Faculty also participate in unique interdisciplinary research communities, including research clusters in Earth Hazards and National Security, Energy and Environmental Systems, and Data Science. The Matthews Chair will work with other researchers to review significant research, ongoing or planned, at SMU that addresses hazard and/or national security challenges with the goal of developing new and innovative avenues of research. More information on the research clusters can be found at https://www.smu.edu/dedman/resources/faculty-staff/recruitment/clusterhires. All faculty in Earth Sciences are expected to fully participate in the educational mission of the department; this includes teaching courses to a multicultural and diverse student body at the undergraduate and graduate level and mentoring postdoctoral researchers. The position will start August 1, 2025. Applications received by December 1, 2024, will receive full consideration, but applications will continue to be accepted until the position is filled. Application will include a cover letter, CV, statements on research and teaching, and contact information for three letters of recommendation. Please submit application materials via Interfolio at http://apply.interfolio.com/150744. Candidates must have the following required qualifications: A PhD in the geosciences or closely related field at the time of appointment; A research record commensurate with tenure; i.e. greater than six years post PhD experience; Demonstrated ability to establish an internationally recognized, externally funded research program ; A commitment to excellence in teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels.  The committee will notify applicants of its employment decisions after the position is filled. For more information, please visit the Roy M. Huffington Department of Earth Sciences or contact geology@smu.edu.

Psychology. (Position No. 6336).  The Department of Psychology at Southern Methodist University invites applications for a tenure-track Associate or Full Professor position in Psychological Clinical Science (Position No. 6336) to begin in August 2025. We are searching for a candidate with an outstanding research record to serve as the Director of Clinical Training in our Psychological Clinical Science Ph.D. program. Our APA accredited program is a member of the Academy of Psychological Clinical Science. Accreditation by the Psychological Clinical Science Accreditation System (PCSAS) is a goal of our program. Therefore, the ideal candidate will have previous academic leadership experience and knowledge regarding PCSAS and the Clinical Science training model. For additional information about our doctoral program and the department, please visit our website https://www.smu.edu/dedman/academics/departments/psychology. The specific area of research is open, as long as it is within psychological clinical science. Substantive research areas of particular interest include: (1) nosology/classification, etiology, measurement, prevention, and/or treatment of psychopathology (broadly defined); (2) diversity science (broadly defined) (3) risk or resiliency factors (broadly defined); (4) impact of societal problems (e.g., violence, racism) on mental and/or physical health. Successful candidates will have a collaborative approach to research and will have a track record of successfully generating external funding for research. Candidates also must be committed to excellence in teaching and mentoring at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Women, individuals from minoritized backgrounds, veterans, and persons with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply. A Ph.D. is required at the time of appointment.  The Department of Psychology runs a training clinic, which can be used for assessment/treatment research. Recent university-wide initiatives facilitate multi- and interdisciplinary research collaborations among faculty members, including the establishment of research clusters in Technology-Enhanced Immersive Learning and Data Science. The Moody School of Graduate and Advanced Studies offers many forms of support for doctoral students, including a range of research fellowships. SMU is also home to one of the fastest and most powerful academic supercomputers in the nation (ManeFrame III), which can handle large volumes of complex data as well as the ability to implement advanced algorithms for time-series analysis, data mining, computational modeling, AI, and machine learning. There is also an NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD. Both are free to use for all faculty and students. More information is available here.  Applications must be submitted electronically via Interfolio at http://apply.interfolio.com/150780  Interested applicants should submit a cover letter highlighting the candidate’s qualifications; a curriculum vitae; a statement of research; a statement of teaching philosophy and interests, evidence of teaching effectiveness, up to 5 representative publications or preprints, and contact information for three professional references who may be contacted at a later date. To ensure full consideration, applications should be received by November 1, 2024; however, the committee will continue to accept applications until the position is filled. A Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology is required for the position. For questions about the search submission process or position, contact Mike Chmielewski, Ph.D. (mchmielewski@smu.edu), Psychology Search Committee Chair. The committee will notify applicants of its employment decisions after the position is filled. Start date is August 1, 2025.

Statistics and Data Science. Position No. 5753. The SMU Department of Statistics and Data Science invites applications for the C. F. Frensley Chair in Mathematical Sciences, to begin in Fall 2025. We seek a distinguished scholar who has an outstanding record of achievement in statistics and data science and a commitment to research and inclusive teaching. The successful candidate will teach in our statistics and data science programs, direct doctoral dissertations, mentor faculty members, conduct research, and attract external funding to the University.  Appointment will be at the level of full professor with tenure. The Department of Statistics & Data Science has 13 permanent faculty members, of whom 8 are tenured or on the tenure track. Faculty members conduct research in bioinformatics, causal modeling, clinical trials, human mobility data, imaging, incomplete data, machine learning, nonparametrics, sports analytics, survival analysis, time series, and topological data analysis. They collaborate with investigators across SMU, at the UT Southwestern Medical Center, and in other universities and government agencies. The department offers a PhD in Statistical Science, a PhD in Biostatistics (in collaboration with UT Southwestern), a PhD in Data Science, an in-person MS in Data Science & Applied Statistics, an online MS in Data Science, a BS in Statistics, and a BS in Data Science.  Faculty members teach and mentor students in the Statistics and Data Science programs and throughout the University.  For more information, visit smu.edu/statistics. The department is affiliated with SMU's O’Donnell Data Science and Research Computing Institute, which aims to develop research connections between SMU faculty and students and corporations, governmental agencies, and nonprofit organizations.  It also serves as a gateway to SMU's high-performance computing environment and data science training resources.  For more information, visit smu.edu/provost/data-science-institute. SMU is undertaking a Data Science cluster hire that seeks to foster large-scale collaborative research projects responding to some of humankind's most daunting challenges.  The Frensley Chair will have the opportunity to collaborate with colleagues in this enterprise.  To apply, submit: a letter of application highlighting your qualifications, a curriculum vitæ, a research statement, a teaching statement, and contact information for three references. Applications and supporting documentation must be submitted online at http://apply.interfolio.com/150981. A PhD is required at the time of appointment. To ensure full consideration, the application must be received by November 1, 2025, but the committee will continue to accept applications until the position is filled. Applicants may address questions to Professor Ian Harris at iharris@smu.edu.

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