LAI Math Search

September 13, 2023 Kickoff meeting

Chris, Virginia, Naomi, Erin, Suzanne, John, Michael

• All search committees go through antibias training. Racechelle will reach out.

Priorities

• Support growing UBTEach program
• Challenges in undergraduate math education

Recruitment strategies

Questions

• Tenure:
  • 50/50 appointments are bad for the person. So 51/49, with tenure in GSE. Overhead and teaching duties split down the middle. Priority expected to be oriented toward UBTeach courses. All service in GSE.

Process

• Start right away after 10/15
• Trying to wrap up the process before the end of the year
• GSE will cover all the costs.
  • CP -> Kristine Mariglia mathjobs.org
• Are you really looking for an associate?
• Policy guidelines: there will be another update
  • Key poeple for meetings can shepard
• Job talks online? No, publicly.

Procedures

• Email list

My questions

• Process: Getting clarity on our vision of math ed.
  • Make sure we have a living understanding of what the ad means.
• Letters of recommendation/references.
  • We require names/contact information. We will contact these people at some point in the process.
• Send out “no” sooner

Process ideas

• Provide interview questions ahead of time?
• Teaching demo?
• Filter?
• Someone who doesn’t have a master’s in math probably would not teach a 300-level course.

Next steps

• Rubric?

Interview questions

• What interests you about the position at UB?
• What kind of difference do you hope your scholarship will make? What are you top priorities in terms of lines of scholarly inquiry in the upcoming several years?
• The job call for this position emphasizes citizen scholarship and engagement with communities. What would an ideal process for learning about and building relationships in communities in Buffalo look like to you, in ways that would allow you to continue on your path of engaged scholarship?
• What kinds of courses would you be most interested in teaching?
• What questions do you have for us?