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Visiting Assistant Professor , Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences, Indiana University-Bloomington We seek to fill two positions for visiting assistant professors to teach undergraduate courses in any of the following broad areas: Neuroscience, Sensation and Perception, Cognitive Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Industrial/Organizational Psychology, and Social Psychology. The candidate may also contribute to general courses in our psychology or neuroscience majors, such as introductory psychology, experimental methods, or statistics. This will be a 1-year appointment, with the possibility of renewal for one additional year. The teaching load is five courses per year. Candidates with a doctorate in psychology or related field in hand at the time of appointment are preferred, but those who have completed all degree requirements except the dissertation defense (i.e., ABDs) will be considered. Applicants should have documented teaching experience and  submit...

The Department of Psychology and Neuroscience in the College of Liberal Arts (CLA) at Temple University is seeking to hire a tenure-track faculty member at the Assistant Professor or Associate Professor level. Candidates should be prepared to lead a dynamic and rigorous research program with strong potential for external funding. They should also be committed to excellence in teaching and mentoring at the undergraduate and graduate levels. We are particularly interested in candidates who work in cognition, cognitive development, or cognitive neuroscience. Priorities include some of the following: (a) candidates who study multiple age ranges, various ethnicities/cultures, or atypical as well as typical development; (b) candidates who use multiple techniques, including behavioral measures, neuroscientific measures, or computational modeling; (c) candidates whose research is relevant to education and science of learning. The earliest start date for the appointment would be July 1,...

Job Ad- Assistant Professor The Department of Psychology and Neuroscience in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill seeks to recruit a new tenure track faculty at the rank of Assistant Professor, to begin July 2024. We seek an outstanding researcher who addresses cognitive development across the lifespan with a focus on data science methods. The desired candidate could study any area of cognition, including attention, memory, language, perception, intelligence, problem-solving, or decision-making. The Department of Psychology and Neuroscience has six program areas (Behavioral & Integrative Neuroscience, Clinical, Cognitive, Developmental, Quantitative, and Social Psychology), providing opportunities for exciting collaboration and innovation. A scholar working in this area could build collaborative relationships with colleagues throughout our department, as well as with UNC’s new School of Data Science and Society, the UNC...

Perception - Open Rank The highly ranked Department of Psychology is seeking excellent candidates for one tenure-track, or tenured, faculty position in the area of Perception. The selected candidate will mount a vigorous research program while making significant contributions to the department's teaching mission. The area of research within the broad domain of perception is open. A successful candidate may be studying any sensory system(s), using any one or more methods (behavioral/psychophysics, computation, neuroimaging, etc.), in any population. Questions related to perception, however, should be at the core of the candidate's research program. The successful candidate will contribute to an inclusive, fair, and equitable environment that fosters engagement and a sense of belonging for faculty, staff, students and members of the broader community. Our department is enhanced by members' diverse approaches, perspectives, and life experiences; applicants are encouraged to...

Cognitive or Perceptual Development - Open Rank The highly ranked Department of Psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is seeking excellent candidates for a tenure-track, or tenured, faculty position in the area of Cognitive or Perceptual Development. The selected candidate will mount a vigorous research program while making significant contributions to the department's teaching mission. Topics of study might include how humans learn to perceive, represent, and act on the world; what kinds of experiences guide perceptual organization and conceptual development; the interface of perception with the development of conceptual representations; or the development of executive functions, memory, reasoning, or decision making. In addition to experimental behavioral research with human infants and/or children, successful candidates might also employ cognitive neuroscience methods, cross-cultural or ethnographic methods, or computational modeling, among other approaches. Our...

The Division of Social Science at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology seeks to fill one position in Psychology.  The University is an English-speaking research university with international faculty.  The Division of Social Science is highly ranked internationally.   We invite applications at all ranks (Assistant Professor/Associate Professor/Professor) . Candidates should work in any major area in psychology, with demonstrated potential/ability to build a strong publication portfolio.  The appointee will develop research programs independently, write scientific publications and grant proposals, and contribute to the Division’s minor program in Psychology. For more information about the Division, please visit https://sosc.hkust.edu.hk . Applicants should have a PhD degree by the time of employment.  The successful candidate is expected to teach courses at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.  Salary is competitive and will be...

T32 Postdoctoral Fellow   The Prevention and Methodology Training (PAMT) program at the Pennsylvania State University is hiring a cohort of Postdoctoral Fellows focused on substance use and addiction. PAMT is an interdisciplinary program at the Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center (https://prevention.psu.edu/) in the College of Health and Human Development. Funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse through a T32 award, PAMT (https://www.pamt.psu.edu/) cross-trains predoctoral and postdoctoral researchers as substance use prevention scientists and methodologists. Fellows are trained to apply cutting-edge methods to emerging critical research needs in the prevention of substance use and addiction. This two-year training program presents a unique opportunity for postdoctoral researchers who wish to establish a research career focused on substance use prevention to receive two years of training from some of the top substance use prevention scientists...

Lecturer or Assistant Teaching Professor of Psychology   Penn State York invites applications for a teaching-line faculty position in Psychology, Clinical or Counseling Psychology multi-year non-tenure line appointment, 36 weeks to begin August 2024, or as negotiated.   Responsibilities : Responsibilities will include teaching undergraduate courses each semester to support the psychology (PSYCH) and human development and family studies (HDFS) programs using traditional, hybrid, and online delivery methods. Teaching assignments will include courses in clinical/counseling psychology as well as other supporting courses within the two majors such as research methods, introductory statistics for psychology majors, and/or coordinating internships. Ability to teach courses in the biological bases of behavior core (perception, neuro/biological psychology, evolutionary psychology) is preferred. Teaching assignments may require teaching day and evening classes...

Assistant Professor Of Developmental Psychology   R0007714   Tampa   If you are a current University of Tampa student, please search for and apply to student jobs https://www.ut.edu/about-ut/university-services/human-resources/employment-opportunities via Workday. Job applications for current students will not be considered if submitted through the external career center.   Position Details   The Department of Psychology at The University of Tampa is seeking a diverse pool of applicants for a tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor level to begin August 2024.   The University of Tampa is a medium-sized, comprehensive, residentially based private institution of 10,500 undergraduate and graduate students. The University is ideally situated on a beautiful 110-acre campus next to the Hillsborough River, adjacent to Tampa's dynamic central business district, a growing, vibrant, diverse metropolitan area. UT...

Tenure-Track Position at the Assistant Professor Level in Developmental Science   The  Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences  at Boston University invites applicants for a tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor level in Developmental Science to begin July 2024. The areas of research expertise desired are ethnic and/or cultural influences on child development and/or the impact of structural racism on child development. Specific topic areas (e.g., social, emotional, cognition, and language) may vary. The successful candidate will be expected to establish a vigorous, externally supported program of research, engage in research training, and teach courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Application of advanced quantitative methods to the substantive research program would be valued. Boston University expects excellence in teaching and in research and is committed to building a culturally, racially, and ethnically diverse scholarly...

The Department of Psychology in the Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles is seeking applications for a tenure-track position with the rank of Assistant Professor in Developmental Psychology . We are seeking a strong scholar who has established a track record of research publications and grant support, or who has demonstrated potential for programmatic research and receipt of external research funding. Successful candidates should embrace working collaboratively both within the department and across disciplines. We are seeking scientists who examine developmental processes that occur across infancy, childhood, and adolescence. Ideal candidates should focus on any area of developmental inquiry, including cognitive, neurobiological, and socio-emotional development as well as developmental psychopathology, contexts of development, and identification of early risk factors. The department is building a culturally...

The Department of Psychology at Butler University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in   Developmental Psychology or Child Clinical Psychology   to start in August 2024. We seek colleagues who are committed to inclusive undergraduate teaching and collaborative research with undergraduate students. The Butler Psychology Department values diversity among its faculty, is committed to building a culturally diverse intellectual community, and strongly encourages applications from historically marginalized groups.   Successful applicants will be broadly trained in psychology and will be ready to teach in a multidisciplinary university core curriculum. Standard teaching load is   nine (9) credit hours per semester plus an active program of research involving undergraduate collaborators . We seek colleagues who will be ready to teach required psychology courses such as research methods and statistics, introductory psychology, lifespan developmental, abnormal...

The Department of Psychology at the University of Utah invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Developmental Psychology faculty position starting July 1, 2024.  We are searching for someone whose scholarly work addresses developmental adaptation to change and challenging contexts . Our world is experiencing rapid social, ecological, and technological changes that affect every domain of human development: social media use, artificial intelligence, virtual schooling, cultural diversity, diaspora, and the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. These challenges intersect with children’s socioeconomic and cultural contexts to shape how children and adolescents develop. We are open to scholars from any area of developmental psychology addressing adaptation to change and challenging contexts.   We are especially interested in scholars working at the interface between early experience, basic developmental processes (for example cognitive control, attention,...

WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS, Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences - Endowed Full Professor. The Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences seeks candidates for an endowed Professor position as the William R. Stuckenberg Professor of Human Values & Moral Development. Candidates should have a distinguished, internationally recognized reputation in research and of securing outside research funding, and a strong record of effective teaching and mentoring, commensurate with an endowed full professorship. All areas of research will be considered. We are particularly interested in candidates whose research connects with established departmental strengths and areas of interest in clinical science, diversity science, cognitive neuroscience, mindfulness science, personality, aging and development; candidates who can contribute to interdisciplinary collaborations with other relevant and related units on campus will also be prioritized. The individual in this...