Opportunities to teach in LSA’s Program for Computing in the Arts and Sciences (PCAS)

The director PCAS reached out asking me to advertise some interesting teaching opportunities for Math GSIs at Michigan. They are looking to hire three GSIs for three different new courses in computing in the Arts. This is a unique opportunity to expand your teaching portfolio and teach something different. Details with links to apply below.…

Summer teaching opportunity

Innovative Instructional & Public Impact Opportunity  Wolverine Pathways seeks math instructors to design and teach innovative in-person courses to high school seniors from July 10, 2023 – August 4, 2023. The goal is to introduce students to how creative, far-reaching and rich the world of math can be. A few examples of topics a class…

UM CS department looking to hire math PhDs to teaching faculty positions

You may be aware that there is a national shortage of faculty in Computer Science. This is true here at Michigan, where CSE administrators regularly reach out to hire our post-docs and PhD students. Many courses offered are highly mathematical, including “Discrete Math” (EECS 203), “Theory of Computer Science” (EECS 376–binary, etc), “Intro to cryptography”…

Interested in Teaching in the CS department?

You may be aware that there is a national shortage of computer science professors and lecturers. This means opportunities for YOU, Math PhD looking for work, especially if you love teaching and want to stay in Ann Arbor. The chair of the hiring committee for the CSE department here at Michigan asked me to help…

Interested in teaching EECS 376 this fall?

The Associate Chair, Seth Pettie,  in the CSE department (the more theoretical side of EECS) is again looking for a Math PhD/MLB student to hire as GSI for EECS 376, Foundations of Computer Science this fall. Let me know if you’d like an introduction. This is a great way to get to know colleagues in…

Reminder: Sweetland Fellowship due Sunday

The Deadline for applying for a Sweetland Fellowship for next year is Sunday. This is great opportunity to teach something different (as an English GSI!) and discuss teaching of writing through mathematics with a diverse array of scholars. Our own Rachel Webb won this fellowship two years ago. Scroll through this document to read her…

EECS 203 GSI Positions for winter

The CSE department hires a few Math PhD students to teach EECS 203 (Discrete Math) each semester. Currently, they are interviewing for winter. Let me know if you’d like to me to put your name forward to them. At least 3 semesters teaching experience for math, with decent student evals, and strong academic work required.…

Dissertation Writing Groups

If you are at the writing stage of your dissertation and struggling with writers block or just want to make some new friends who will support you through the writing process, consider signing up for a “Dissertation Writing Group” this fall.  You can also serve as a paid “group leader” for such a writing group.…