[cmath] Faculty Position in Financial Mathematics - American University of Sharjah (United Arab Emirates)

[Alan Kelm]

      Faculty Position in Financial Mathematics

The Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the American University
of Sharjah invites applications for a position in *Financial*
Mathematics at the Assistant or Associate Professor levels beginning
August 2011.

Candidates are required to have a Ph.D. in mathematics with research
interest in financial or actuarial mathematics. Evidence of potential in
research, excellence in teaching at all levels of the curriculum, and
strong communication skills in English, are expected. Experience in the
American-style higher education is an advantage.

Applicants should submit a cover letter, an AMS cover sheet (www.ams.org
<http://www.ams.org>), a curriculum vitae, a research statement, a
teaching statement, and arrange for at least three letters of
recommendation (one of which addresses teaching) to be sent. All
applications should be submitted via e-mail to *Dean Mark Rush *at
cashr at aus.edu <mailto:cashr at aus.edu>. Complete applications should be
received by * January 31, 2011 * to receive full consideration.

The Department of Mathematics & Statistics at AUS offers an
undergraduate major in Mathematics, a minor in Applied and Computational
Mathematics, and a minor in Actuarial Mathematics. It provides courses
in service to almost every academic program campus-wide. The department
currently consists of twenty-five full time faculty members who are
actively engaged in original research in different areas of mathematics
and statistics. The teaching load is nine credit hours per semester.

American University of Sharjah (AUS) was founded in 1997 by His Highness
Sheikh Dr. Sultan Bin Mohammad Al Qassimi, Member of the Supreme Council
of the United Arab Emirates and Ruler of Sharjah, who envisioned the
university as a leading educational institution in the Gulf region. AUS
is an independent, not-for-profit coeducational institution. Consciously
based upon American institutions of higher education, AUS is thoroughly
grounded in Arab culture and is part of a larger process of the
revitalization of intellectual life in the Middle East. AUS is a leading
comprehensive university in the Gulf, serving some 5,500 students of 82
nationalities.

AUS is accredited by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle
States Association of Colleges and Schools and licensed in the United
States by the Department of Education of the State of Delaware. The
university is also licensed by the UAE Ministry of Higher Education and
Scientific Research, and all undergraduate and graduate programs have
been awarded either full or initial accreditation. AUS offers 25 majors
and 48 minors at the undergraduate level, and 13 master's degrees programs.

Further information about AUS and the Department of Mathematics and
Statistics can be obtained from http://www.aus.edu and
http://www.aus.edu/cas/maths/.

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