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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 at Smith College invites applications for a tenure-track position in Cognitive Psychology at the rank of Assistant Professor, to begin July 01, 2024.  Successful candidates should be prepared to engage actively with a diverse range of students across the liberal arts. Teaching responsibilities for this position will regularly include two courses per semester (sometimes two sections of the same course): a course in the Introductory sequence (e.g., Introduction to Psychology or Research Methods), introductory and intermediate Cognitive Psychology courses, and an upper-level seminar on a topic related to the applicant’s research expertise. Other courses may be taught depending upon the candidate’s field of specialization. Areas of particular interest within Cognitive Psychology include adult high-level cognitive abilities, such as decision making, reasoning, critical thinking, problem-solving, planning and goal setting, creativity and innovation,...

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 California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) invites applications for three Tenure-track positions at the rank of Assistant Professor (Academic Year) whose areas of specialization are in  Biological, Clinical,  or  Cognitive Psychology  with the appointment starting in Fall 2024. At CSUDH, we celebrate and respect diversity in all forms that include every race, religion, gender, ethnicity, veterans, people with varied abilities, and members of the LGBTQ+ community. CSUDH is seeking applications from candidates who can demonstrate experience in teaching and working with individuals from diverse backgrounds and contribute to the University’s mission, vision, and core values. Biological Psychology  The candidate’s area of specialization will be in biological psychology. Responsibilities will include teaching a subset of courses within our undergraduate and graduate program specific to the candidate’s area of expertise. Other duties...

The  Department of Health, Exercise, and Sport Studies  (HESS) at Denison University invites applications for a  tenure-track  position in  Sport Studies  at the level of  Assistant Professor beginning in August of 2024. Our successful candidate will have earned a doctorate degree in Sport Studies, Sport Psychology, Sport Sociology, Sport Economics, Kinesiology, or a related discipline that provides a social science or humanities perspective on sport. Candidates must have completed a Ph.D. no later than August 15, 2024. We are seeking candidates who are enthusiastic about teaching at the undergraduate level and committed to continually refining and growing their pedagogy. A commitment to teaching undergraduates or evidence of successful undergraduate teaching should be clearly articulated in the teaching statement. The successful candidate will be expected to teach undergraduate courses in the History and Organization of Sport in the United States, Sport Psychology, a...

The Program in Cognitive Science, in collaboration with the University Center for Human Values, invites applications for postdoctoral or more senior positions in the Cognitive Science of Values. The successful candidate will be based in the laboratory of Dr. Tania Lombrozo in the Department of Psychology. We aim to support a highly promising scholar with a background in cognitive science or a related discipline, such as psychology, empirically informed/experimental philosophy, or formal epistemology. The scholar's research agenda should address a topic that engages with both cognitive science and values, such as the role of moral values in decision making, the role of epistemic values in belief revision, or the role of values in the cognitive science of religion. The proposed research is expected to yield both theoretical and empirical publications. Candidates will be expected to contribute the equivalent of one course each year to the University Center and/or the Department. This...

The Department of Psychology at Colorado State University (CSU) invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor in COGNITIVE  PSYCHOLOGY with an appointment date of August 1 6, 2024.   Priority will be given to candidates with research expertise in areas related to the Science of Learning, Human Factors Psychology, and/or Data Science (broadly construed). Candidates should demonstrate the ability to teach undergraduate and graduate level coursework in Cognitive Psychology.   Required qualifications: The candidate must have a Ph.D., or anticipate Ph.D. completion by 07/31/2024, in Cognitive Psychology or a related discipline. Candidates must also have an active research program in Cognitive Psychology, a clear and consistent record of publication in Cognitive Psychology and demonstrated excellence or the potential for excellence in undergraduate and graduate teaching and mentoring in Cognitive Psychology....

Assistant Professor (Cognitive Science) - Department of Psychology, College of Arts & Sciences   Location: Stony Brook, NY, United States   Open Date: Sep 12, 2023   Deadline: Oct 25, 2023 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time   Description   The Department of Psychology at Stony Brook University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the area of cognitive science. This appointment will focus on “Quantifying and Predicting Patterns in Human Behavior through Advanced Quantitative Methods”. We are seeking candidates using advanced quantitative methods to predict human behavior. Such methods may include but are not limited to: artificial intelligence, machine learning, neural networks, dynamical systems, and comparably rigorous approaches. We are particularly interested in a scholar whose work lends itself to novel collaborative initiatives within the Cognitive Science area, across other areas...

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...

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...

Tenure Track Faculty of Psychology - Cognitive   8262BR   College of Liberal Arts   CLA-Psychology   Faculty Type (Tenure Status): Tenure-Track   Faculty Discipline:   Faculty Rank: Assistant Professor   Employment Category: Fulltime   Anticipated Start Date: 12-Aug-2024   Detailed Job Description   The Department of Psychology at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT; www.rit.edu/psychology) invites candidates to apply for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position starting in August 2024. We are seeking an energetic and enthusiastic psychologist who will serve as an instructor, researcher, and mentor to students in our undergraduate (Psychology, Neuroscience) and graduate programs (Masters in Experimental Psychology, Ph.D. in Cognitive Science). We are particularly looking to build a cohort of faculty who can contribute to the interdisciplinary Ph.D. program in...

The Princeton University Center for Human Values invites applications for the Harold T. Shapiro Postdoctoral Fellowship in Bioethics for a possible available position starting in September 2024. The Shapiro Fellowship supports outstanding scholars studying ethical issues arising from developments in medicine, the biological sciences, or population health. We particularly encourage proposals focusing on problems of practical importance that have broader theoretical interest. The Shapiro Postdoctoral Research Associate will spend from one to three years at Princeton conducting research and teaching the equivalent of one course each year (subject to sufficient enrollments and approval by the Dean of the Faculty). They will participate in the Ira W. DeCamp Seminar in Bioethics and will be invited to participate in other activities of the University Center for Human Values including a year-long research seminar for visiting fellows and Center faculty. QUALIFICATIONS...

The Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences program and the Psychology Department at Wellesley College invite applicants for a joint tenure-track position at the rank of assistant professor, beginning September 2024.  Our Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences program is interdisciplinary with courses in linguistics, psychology, philosophy, and computer science, and our Psychology Department emphasizes empirical research in diverse subfields. We seek a candidate whose research program is in cognitive science or a related field.  Candidates will have a demonstrated commitment to teaching at the undergraduate level while maintaining a commitment to their research specialty. Applicants should be able to teach introductory and upper level courses in cognitive science, as well as cognition and an upper level seminar in their area of specialization. Ability to teach psycholinguistics is also highly desirable. The successful candidate is also expected to provide training in qualitative and...

Assistant Professor of Psychology (Three Positions), College of Letters and Sciences   The Department of Psychology at the University of California, Davis invites applications for three Assistant Professor positions to start July 1, 2024.   Assistant Professor in Computational Cognitive (Neuro)Science We seek applicants who primarily identify as a cognitive scientist whose research integrates the strengths of one or more of the department areas. Example topics include computational approaches to understanding memory, affect, decision making, action, attention, or perception. We welcome candidates who examine these domains as they relate to higher cognitive functions (e.g., representations, categories, concepts) and complex real-world behaviors (e.g., language, music). Candidates who use theoretically-motivated computational modeling to understand development and change (e.g., across the lifespan) or individual differences, especially as a function of...

Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Psychology The Department of Psychology at Lafayette College invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position beginning fall 2024. We seek applicants with expertise in Social Psychology; area of specialization is open but we especially welcome applications from those who specialize in race/racism. Applicants must have a Ph.D. in a relevant field (degree conferred by August 16, 2024), experience teaching undergraduates, and an active research program. Candidates will be expected to regularly teach introductory and advanced laboratory courses in social psychology and should be able to teach one or more of the following: Introductory Psychology, Statistics, and/or Research Design. Depending on the candidate’s area of specialization, there will also be opportunities to teach existing courses and/or develop additional courses that reflect the candidate’s expertise (e.g., first-year seminar or capstone courses). The...

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 participants for clinical...