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The Department of Psychology at Northern Illinois University (NIU) seeks applications for a full-time tenure-track assistant professor in neuroscience and behavior. Applications are invited from individuals that use modern neuroscience or physiological techniques to investigate the basis of developmental, cognitive, or social phenomena. Successful candidates are expected to demonstrate the potential to establish an independent research program that will provide translational learning experiences for students and will attract extramural funding. In addition, the candidate is expected to contribute to teaching undergraduate and graduate classes within their area of expertise. Finally, the candidate will be involved in mentoring students through capstone, MA, and PhD projects. Experience working with diverse populations of students as well as evidence of inclusive and engaging teaching practices are highly desirable. Additional responsibilities include service to the...

The Department of Psychology at Indiana University Kokomo invites applications for two openings. Both openings are full time, 10-month positions beginning August 1, 2024. One position is for an Assistant Professor of Psychology with a behavioral neuroscience focus. The successful candidate will teach General Psychology, Behavioral Neuroscience, and other courses in the biological bases of psychology. The ability to teach courses in Sensation and Perception and/or Drugs and the Nervous System, as well as supervise undergraduate research is desirable, as is experience supervising undergraduate research and experience using teaching technologies. Responsibilities include teaching three courses per semester; establishing and maintaining an active, productive research program on a small liberal arts campus; engaging undergraduate students in research; contributing to the assessment of the psychology major and student learning outcomes; and engaging in campus initiatives to...

Position Overview The Department of Psychology at The Ohio State University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor or tenured Associate Professor or Professor faculty position in diversity science. We welcome applications from scholars who address topics relevant to diversity and/or health equity in their research and teaching/training, including but not limited to prejudice, implicit bias, neural processes underlying biased perceptual processing, sampling bias, measurement bias, measurement development, physical and mental health disparities, and treatment bias in medical and mental health. As such, the scholar could be hired into any one of our department training/research areas including social, developmental, quantitative, clinical, cognitive, or behavioral neuroscience and could affiliate with a cross-cutting initiative in the department such as cognitive neuroscience or decision psychology. The scholar would extend our department’s work in diversity...

Position Overview The Department of Psychology at The Ohio State University invites applications for an early-career scholar with a focus on Psychological Science and Racial and Health Disparities. This position is part of The Ohio State University’s Provost’s Tenure-Track Fellow to Faculty Program. The Provost’s Tenure-Track Fellow to Faculty Program assists early career scholars to transition to the tenure track. Provost Fellows receive research funding and participate in career development programs to support their transition to assistant professor and their long-term career success. Provost Fellows focus time on research for up to two years allowing for an in-depth start on scholarship with limited teaching requirements (Fellows have the option to teach one course per year if they choose), participate in the activities within the Department of Psychology, and have a designated faculty mentor. Following the two-year fellowship period, which is an instructor rank...

The Yale Psychology Department is pleased to announce this postdoctoral associate position in honor of Professor Susan Nolen-Hoeksema that has been endowed by her husband, Richard Nolen-Hoeksema. Each Susan Nolen-Hoeksema Postdoctoral Associate in Integrative Psychology is for a two-year period, with appointments staggered such that only one position turns over in a given year.  Eligible applicants must have a Ph.D. in Psychology or a related field by June 30 of the year in which the appointment begins.  Applications in any area of psychology are encouraged, especially from candidates with research interests that are integrative across areas and levels of analysis and applicable to one or more domains of psychopathology or its treatment (i.e., areas in which Professor Nolen-Hoeksema took special interest).  Applicants for the initial position, to begin July 1, 2024, should identify one or more Yale faculty members with whom they desire to work during...

Position Description The Department of Psychology at Yale University invites applications for a tenure-track, open-rank faculty appointment in the area of quantitative methods beginning July 1, 2024. We are interested in scholars who can help advance social science research in any subfield of psychology (social, cognitive, developmental, clinical, neuroscience) by developing and employing novel analytical techniques and methods and teaching classes in quantitative methods in psychology. The ideal candidate would be instrumental in building bridges between Psychology, the Department of Statistics and Data Science, and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences data-intense social science initiative. We are open to any area of quantitative methods relevant to psychology, for example, modeling of longitudinal and multilevel data structures, dynamic systems modeling, computational and predictive modeling, and other analytic approaches that can advance our understanding of psychological...

The Department of Psychology and Neuroscience at Duke University, psychandneuro.duke.edu, invites applications for an early or late stage Assistant Professor position in Developmental Psychology to begin Fall 2024.   We seek outstanding applicants with a nationally recognized and externally fundable research program in Developmental Psychology. The specific research area is open, but our preference is for research in basic processes of cognitive and/or social development (rather than applied or clinical). The ideal candidate will also be an effective teacher at the undergraduate and graduate levels and will supervise Ph.D. students as a member of the developmental graduate training area (and potentially other areas) in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience. Duke offers a rich intellectual climate, and the faculty member could have additional affiliations with the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, the Social Science Research Institute, and the Carolina...

Vassar College   Assistant Professor of Psychological Science, Tenure Track   Department: Psychological Science Department   Posting Number: F093P   For full consideration applicants should apply by: 10/23/2023   About Vassar College   Vassar is a highly selective, coeducational liberal arts college of about 2400 undergraduate students, located in the Hudson Valley, seventy-five miles north of New York City. Vassar stands upon the homelands of the Munsee Lenape. The College is located in Poughkeepsie, home to a culturally diverse community, and benefits from convenient commuter rail access to New York City. Vassar faculty are committed teachers/scholars who bring research and creative discovery to life for students in classrooms, labs, and studios and in individually-mentored projects. They teach broadly in the curricula of their departments, advise students, and serve on college-wide and departmental...

The Illinois College Psychology Department invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track position in Neuroscience to begin August 2024.  The successful hire will teach courses in neuroscience, including sensation and perception, as well as introductory psychology and research methods and statistics. Applicants must have a commitment to undergraduate teaching, advising, and developing an undergraduate student-faculty research program. Demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion essential. Strong preference for previous college teaching experience.  Illinois College seeks candidates who have a commitment to working closely with a wide range of students. Currently, our population is approximately one-quarter students of color and 40% first-generation college students. Eagerness and ability to work with these populations is essential. Equally important is commitment to evidence-based pedagogy.   Since 1829, Illinois College has transformed the lives of...

Full-time Teaching Faculty , Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences, Indiana University-Bloomington. The Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences seeks to fill a  full-time teaching faculty Lecturer  position in the area of Neuroscience. IU Psychological and Brain Sciences has a vibrant Neuroscience B.S. degree with over 500 current majors and a large assortment of undergraduate neuroscience courses.  Lecturer-stream faculty will have opportunities to develop and teach courses in this area, including smaller intensive labs.  We especially welcome candidates who add diversity to the department, are deeply committed to evidence-based pedagogy and innovative methods, and could also provide instruction for some core courses such as research methods or introductory psychology. The ideal candidate will have experience as an instructor of record at the college level with an interest in adding value to the undergraduate program. The initial contract period is for...

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,...

The Department of Psychology at Centenary College of Louisiana invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position to begin in August 2024. We seek a colleague who is committed to excellent undergraduate teaching, who can develop a productive line of research involving undergraduate students, and who is committed to working with students who are diverse in terms of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and economic background.  A strong commitment to teaching in a student-centered liberal arts environment is essential. Teaching duties will include a lower-level Biological Psychology course, upper-level courses in their area of expertise, and core psychology courses (e.g., intro, methods, stats). We are especially seeking a candidate who will contribute to developing new courses to add to our existing psychology offerings. The teaching load is six courses per year, with the opportunity to teach courses in the...

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...

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...

The Research on Affective Disorders and Development (RADD) Laboratory in the Department of Psychology at the University of Colorado Boulder, directed by Dr. Roselinde Kaiser, is seeking to hire two Professional Research Assistants with skill in clinical or neuroscience research and database management. In the RADD Lab, we investigate brain functioning and mood disorders like depression across the lifespan. The lab uses behavioral, neuroimaging (fMRI), and clinical approaches to address our research questions.     These two Professional Research Assistant positions in the RADD Lab will support a set of new and ongoing studies that investigate core neurocognitive markers that predict resilience and mood problems in adolescents and young adults. The position will be primarily focused on research recruitment, acquiring behavioral, app-based, EMA and neuroimaging data, and database management. Specific responsibilities will include recruiting and scheduling...