Assistant Professor and Open Rank (assistant, associate, or full) Professor of Computer Science

Pomona College seeks applications for an Assistant Professor of Computer Science and an Open-Rank (assistant, associate, or full) Professor of Computer Science, to begin on July 1, 2025. We seek a computer scientist with a strong commitment to inclusive undergraduate teaching across all levels of the curriculum, mentoring a diverse student body, and developing a strong independent research program that involves undergraduates. We welcome applicants with broad intellectual interests from a wide range of subdisciplines, with a preference for candidates whose research and teaching interests are in theory, systems, programming languages, or other areas that complement those of the current faculty. The teaching commitment is four courses per year over two semesters of instruction. Candidates should have a Ph.D. in hand by the start date.

Our department values candidates who have experience working with undergraduate students from diverse backgrounds and who can demonstrate a commitment to improving higher education for underrepresented students through their teaching, scholarship, or service. After graduation, recent CS majors have taken jobs in industry and gone on to graduate programs at top research institutions.

Pomona College, located in Southern California, is the founding member of the Claremont Colleges, which also includes Claremont McKenna, Scripps, Pitzer, Harvey Mudd, and Claremont Graduate University. Students of the Claremont Colleges can cross-register for courses at any of the colleges. Pomona students thus enjoy the advantages of personalized instruction and close faculty-student interaction in a small liberal arts college setting, combined with the intellectual and extracurricular resources typically found at much larger universities. Pomona’s Computer Science department has 8 full-time tenured or tenure-track faculty, and we are hoping to grow to 12 over the next five years. There are over 25 CS faculty across the Claremont colleges. In collaboration with the Claremont College Consortium, Pomona College offers a variety of professional development, mentorship, and networking opportunities for junior faculty including the opportunity for entering faculty members to apply for a fully-funded leave in their fourth year at the College.

A complete application includes a cover letter; a detailed curriculum vitae; graduate transcripts; three brief statements – one addressing teaching philosophy, one addressing scholarship, and one addressing the ability to mentor a diverse student body; and three or more letters of reference, at least one of which evaluates the candidate’s teaching.
Please upload electronic copies of all materials to: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/27931.

Review of applications will begin on October 6, 2024, and will continue until the position is filled. Compensation includes a comprehensive benefits package and a salary that is commensurate with rank and teaching experience, starting at $100,000. For further information, we can be reached via email at cssearch@pomona.edu.