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Cognitive Neuroscience of Human Memory Department of Psychology College of Arts & Sciences     Position Overview The Department of Psychology at the Ohio State University invites applications for a tenure-track or tenured (Assistant or Associate rank) faculty hire with a focus on human memory research. We seek applicants with a primary focus on basic research on foundational questions of human memory, specifically long-term memory in healthy adults. Ideal applicants will study human memory using one or more neuroimaging approaches.   The successful candidate will have access to our state-of-the-art neuroimaging facilities housing fMRI, EEG, TMS, and eye-tracking equipment. The candidate will also have opportunities to build connections in our department with colleagues studying developmental, aging, clinical, and nonhuman populations; colleagues developing cutting-edge cognitive neuroscience and computational modeling approaches; and colleagues...

The New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences at Arizona State University (ASU) invites applications for a Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship in Psychology. We welcome candidates from all subfields of psychology, including but not limited to social, cognitive, developmental, clinical, neuroscience, quantitative, health, and legal psychology, who are interested in applying their research to the legal system, broadly defined. Applications can include, but are not limited to, areas such as decision-making, behavior change, assessment and treatment, prevention science, restorative justice, policy evaluation, and more. The postdoctoral scholar will be embedded in ASU’s Law and Behavioral Science group, an interdisciplinary collective of psychological scientists engaged in research that addresses current and emerging issues facing the legal system in its broadest sense . The Law and Behavioral Science group spans many academic units across the university, but...

St. Mary’s University invites applications to the Department of Psychology at the Visiting Assistant Professor level for employment beginning August 2025 for an initial 2-year appointment with the possibility of renewal or future tenure-track. Candidates for the position must have a PhD or PsyD in Psychology, preferably in clinical psychology, counseling psychology, or school psychology, with a strong and illustrated commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and community engagement. Doctoral degrees in other areas of psychology will be considered providing the candidate has substantial education and experience in one of the practitioner areas (for example an LPC, LSSP, or LPA with a subsequent doctoral degree in a non-practitioner area of psychology). Doctoral degree must be from an accredited institution and should be completed at time of employment; ABD applicants will be considered.   The department has a strong empirical focus and seeks a practitioner with similar...

The Neuroscience Program at William & Mary, a public university of the Commonwealth of Virginia, invites applications for a 3-year, non-tenure track Assistant Teaching Professor instructional position that will begin August 10, 2025. This full-time teaching faculty appointment carries a service component commensurate with rank and comes with the possibility of ongoing renewals and a framework for promotion. Located in historic Williamsburg, Virginia and close to metropolitan areas such as Richmond, Norfolk, and Virginia Beach, William & Mary consistently ranks among the top public universities nationally.   We seek an individual with expertise in behavioral or cognitive neuroscience or a related discipline.  The successful applicant will be expected to be an effective teacher and will have a [3-3] teaching load.   Required: A Ph.D. in Neuroscience, Biology, Psychology, or a related discipline is required at the time the appointment begins on 10 August...

As part of a strategic investment for a transformative expansion of the faculty of the Johns Hopkins University’s Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, the  Department of Cognitive Science  seeks candidates for three open-rank, tenure-track/tenured faculty positions, in the following areas: 1)  high-level vision ; 2)  interaction of language and vision ; and 3)  language . These searches reflect the University’s commitment to faculty growth in Cognitive Science that contributes to large-scale, university-wide investment and initiatives in Data Science/AI and Neuroscience. For the high-level vision position, we are seeking candidates with research programs addressing central topics in higher vision (examples include, but are not limited to, object, face, and scene recognition, perception of actions and social interactions, and visual inference). Candidates for the language/vision interaction position should have research programs addressing empirical and theoretical...

The Department of Psychology at Arizona State University invites applications for two full-time Assistant or Associate Teaching Professor positions (rank is commensurate with applicant’s experience) with an anticipated start date of August 2025. The positions are full-time, benefits-eligible, career-track (i.e., non-tenure-eligible) positions renewable on an academic year basis (August 16 to May 15) contingent upon satisfactory performance, availability of resources, and the needs of the university. The successful candidates will be expected to teach four sections (likely a mix of online and in-person) per semester at the undergraduate level in support of the Neuroscience major and will participate in service to the university and profession as appropriate. Assigned courses will typically include one or more foundational courses (e.g., Introduction to Neuroscience, Research Methods in Neuroscience), along with one or more upper-division breadth courses in (e.g., Cognitive...

As part of a strategic investment in a transformative expansion of the faculty of the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Johns Hopkins University invites applications for two full-time tenure-track faculty members: one with a focus on cognitive psychology and the other on cognitive neuroscience, to start July 2025. The successful candidate will have an exciting and active research program in any area of cognition and cognitive neuroscience broadly construed. Areas of research could include (but are not limited to) perception, concepts, memory, learning, language, action, reasoning, metacognition, social cognition, moral cognition, cognitive development, comparative/animal cognition, and decision-making. This search is a part of a larger departmental hiring effort that includes a concurrent search in the area of behavioral neuroscience.  The Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences is located on the Homewood Campus of...

The Department of Psychology & Neuroscience at DePauw University invites applications for a tenure-track position in neuroscience, broadly defined, at the rank of Assistant Professor beginning August 2025. A doctoral degree in any area of neuroscience, psychology. or appropriate allied area completed by August 2025 is preferred, while ABD will be considered at the rank of Instructor. The search is open to candidates in any area of neuroscience who are committed to teaching at an undergraduate liberal arts and sciences university and to establishing a program of research that actively engages undergraduate students. Teaching load is 6 courses per year (3/3 plus a 0.5 credit extended studies course once every three years), and will include Neuroscience and Behavior and/or Cognitive Neuroscience, introductory and upper level courses in neuroscience or psychology including Research Methods . Funding is available for professional development and research with...

Faculty Position in Brain and Behavior Department of Psychology and Center for Neural Science New York University Faculty of Arts and Science The Department of Psychology and Center for Neural Science in the Faculty of Arts and Science at New York University invites applications for a joint, tenure-track assistant professor position to study the neural basis of cognition . The appointment is expected to begin September 1, 2025, pending budgetary and administrative approval. We seek applicants with an outstanding record of research in human systems neuroscience. Examples of research areas include, but are not limited to, attention, perception, decision making, memory, and executive function. Pay Transparency In compliance with NYC’s Pay Transparency Act, the annual base salary range for this position is $90,000-$130,000.. New York University considers factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the candidate’s work experience,...

The Department of Psychology at Emory University invites applications for a tenure-track position at any rank with an anticipated start date of August 1, 2025. We are specifically searching for applicants who make use of cutting edge neuroscience techniques in research with small animal systems. We seek applicants who will establish an independent, internationally visible, externally-funded program of research that advances our understanding of the mechanisms of behavior and cognition at both biological and psychological levels of analysis. Psychology at Emory is a scientific hub, with connections to researchers across Emory College, the School of Medicine, the Marcus Autism Center, and the Emory National Primate Center. Candidates who can engage with faculty across our department, including facuty in Developmental Science, Cognition and Computational Science, Behavioral and Systems Neuroscience, and Clinical Science are especially encouraged to apply. Consistent with...

NIH is the center of medical and behavioral research for the Nation ----making essential medical discoveries that improve health and save lives.   The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is seeking exceptional candidates for the position of Director, Division of Neuroscience and Behavior (DNB). NIDA is committed to advancing the science on drug use and addiction and applying that knowledge to improve individual and public health. The Director, DNB provides scientific executive leadership, direction, and vision for NIDA’s basic neuroscience and behavioral extramural research program of national and international scope focused on (1) the neurobiological mechanisms of substance use and addiction and (2) the effects of illicit drugs on brain function through integrated research programs in genetics, systems neuroscience, behavioral and cognitive neuroscience, chemistry, neuropharmacology, and HIV/AIDS-related neuroimmunology....

Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Utah . The Department of Psychology at the University of Utah invites applications for two tenure-track faculty positions in cognitive neuroscience. This advertised position is for a tenure-track assistant professor . We welcome applications from any area of human cognitive neuroscience (including but not limited to attention, memory, emotion, executive functioning, perception, language, decision-making, and reasoning) with a strong theory-based research program. We especially welcome applicants who conduct research in visual cognition (e.g., visual attention, visual working memory) in both laboratory and applied settings . Candidates who can speak to the real-world impact of the processes they study are particularly well suited to the applied cognition focus of faculty already in the area. Applications will be considered from those with diverse domains of methodological expertise (e.g., EEG, neuromodulation, computational modeling,...

Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Utah . The Department of Psychology at the University of Utah invites applications for two tenure-track faculty positions in cognitive neuroscience. This advertised position is for an open rank tenure-track faculty member. We welcome applications from any area of human cognitive neuroscience (including but not limited to attention, memory, emotion, executive functioning, perception, language, decision-making, and reasoning) with a strong theory-based research program. We especially welcome applicants who conduct research in visual cognition (e.g., visual attention, visual working memory) in both laboratory and applied settings . Candidates who can speak to the real-world impact of the processes they study are particularly well suited to the applied cognition focus of faculty already in the area. Applications will be considered from those with diverse domains of methodological expertise (e.g., EEG, neuromodulation, computational...