Job description

Salary: $64,284.00 – $86,147.00 Annually

Location: Cheyney, PA

Job Type: Full-Time

Job Number: 00278

Division: Academic Affairs

Department: Natural & Applied Sciences

Bargaining Unit: APSCUF – Faculty

Position Summary

Proudly standing as the nation’s oldest HBCU, Cheyney University of Pennsylvania has been a stalwart and highly respected institution of higher education since our founding in 1837.

For over 185 years our alumni have emerged as leaders and left their mark on the social, economic, and political history of Philadelphia, the surrounding region, the nation, and the world. Building on this legacy, the vision for Cheyney University is to become the premier model for academic excellence, character development, and social responsibility.

Here at Cheyney, we value scholarship, diversity, integrity, respect, and service. We are committed to maintaining a vibrant educational community that is dedicated to promoting scholarship and lifelong learning for its students, offering wide student access to resources to ensure an opportunity for all to acquire an education, encouraging freedom of thought and freedom from discrimination by ensuring a respectful environment, and provide outreach and service to external and constituent communities, demonstrating their understanding of the importance and value of service.

We’re looking for exceptional individuals who share our values, embrace our mission, recognize our potential, and covet the opportunity to continue to move our historic University forward. CU proudly offers a positive and purposeful work environment; comprehensive employee benefits including health, vision, and dental insurance along with many wellness programs; generous retirement plans; a commitment to work-life balance including generous paid vacation, paid sick time, military leave and paid time off for most major holidays; and a University mission to support employee personal and professional growth including a tuition waiver for self and family members, training and development, and advancement opportunities.

The Department of Natural and Applied Sciences invites applications for a tenure-track assistant/associate professor position beginning August 2026. The department currently supports biology major and minor. The mathematics courses that we offer include service courses for all majors in the University. Once we have the conditions to resume mathematics programs in the future the candidate will be responsible for teaching all levels of undergraduate mathematics courses. The candidate must have a strong commitment to excellence in teaching. We value experiences in teaching diverse and multicultural student populations and evidence in excellent teaching.

Requirements

The minimum requirement for the position is an earned Ph.D. degree in mathematics, statistics, or a closely related field by the time of hiring. Responsibilities include teaching mathematics courses offered by the department, scholarship activities and services to the department and the university. Preference will be given to the candidates whose research areas are related to the algorithms of the current artificial intelligence.

Diversity Statement

Cheyney University an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer complies with all applicable federal and state laws and regulations regarding nondiscrimination and affirmative action; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment. The University is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, age, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, creed, marital status, political affiliation, personal appearance, or on the basis of rights secured by the First Amendment, in all aspects of employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions.

Benfits

Cheyney University offers comprehensive benefits to our employees.Visit our Benefits page here: https://cheyney.edu/for-faculty-staff/office-of-finance-administration/human-resources/payroll-benefits/

How to apply

A complete application will include the following. Incomplete applications will not be reviewed.

1. Cover Letter
2. Resume/Curriculum Vitae
3. Three letters of reference
4. Unofficial Transcript(s) of your highest completed degree
5. Statement of teaching philosophy
6. Statement of research

Official transcripts of all undergraduate and graduate degrees will be needed before an official offer of employment.The position will remain open until filled.