Assistant Professor, Psychology (Affective, Behavioral, or Cognitive Neuroscience)

Position Number: 005400

Department: College of Humanities & Earth and Social Sciences (Col)

Employment Type: Permanent - Full-time

Months Per Year: 9

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

This position will have joint teaching and research responsibilities in the Department of Psychological Science.

Minimum Experience / Education:

UNC Charlotte gives primary consideration to the earned doctorate or terminal degree in the teaching discipline or a related discipline.

Preferred Education Skills and Experience:

Required qualifications: A Ph.D. degree in Psychology, Neuroscience, Cognitive Science, or a closely related field; an active program of research that can contribute effectively to our graduate and undergraduate programs; a demonstrated record of (or strong promise for) external funding for research; an ability to teach and mentor a diverse student population at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.

Preferred qualifications: The successful applicant will be joining a diverse group of faculty who value teaching, research, and service. They will be someone who finds meaning from providing high-quality, innovative learning experiences and who also seeks to be a productive scholar with a programmatic, externally funded line of research. Preference will be given to candidates whose research and teaching complement existing departmental strengths and enhance interdisciplinary collaboration. The successful candidate brings:

• A track record of research productivity (publications and external funding) that has engaged (or could engage) graduate and undergraduate students.

• Expertise in one or more areas such as: empirical research employing neuroscientific methods to understand affective, cognitive, or biological mechanisms of behavior; biological, psychological, or social factors impacting physical or mental health; integrative approaches that combine behavioral, physiological, neural, and/or computational methods; the use of artificial intelligence or other advanced methodologies for enhancing research in affective, cognitive, or behavioral neuroscience.

• Experience teaching courses at the undergraduate and/or graduate levels, and potential to teach courses in affective, cognitive, or behavioral neuroscience, the biological basis of health and behavior, research methods, and related topics.

• Evidence of interdisciplinary research orientation or collaboration, with clear potential to contribute to graduate programs in Cognitive Science, Psychology, and/or Health Psychology.

• The capacity to provide service to the Department of Psychological Science to support its undergraduate program, the Cognitive Science graduate certificate, the Psychology M.A. program, the Ph.D. program in Health Psychology, the College of Humanities & Earth and Social Sciences, and the University.