FIU’s Diversity Mentor Professor Program is a special initiative to recruit multiple excellent STEM faculty to FIU who have a history of and commitment to the mentorship of women and underrepresented minority students in STEM, particularly Hispanic-American and African-American students.

Diversity Mentor professors will participate in FIU’s National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded Institutional Transformation Project,FIU ADVANCE, which focuses on increasing faculty diversity and inclusion, mentoring, advocacy, and leadership activities. They also will contribute to FIU’s research goals through their federally funded research programs.

Two accomplished senior faculty began last semester as Diversity Mentor Professors, Daniela Radu, associate professor of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, from Delaware State University (DSU), and Svetlana Roudenko, professor of mathematics, from George Washington University (GWU).

The search is open for two more faculty members. Applicants must have a Ph.D. and outstanding academic credentials.  Successful candidates are expected to have outstanding records of scholarly publications, research support, and teaching and be eligible for a tenured appointment in any of the following:

Qualified candidates are encouraged to apply at https://facultycareers.fiu.edu/ (for Science/Math Departments, apply to Job Opening ID 514305; for Engineering/Computing Departments, apply to Job Opening 514306).  Send nominations or questions to:

Review of applications will begin on November 1, 2019, and continue until the positions are filled.