Applied Social Psychology, Tenure-track Assistant Professor

3 weeks ago

Waterville, Maine, United States Colby College Full time


The Department of Psychology at Colby College is hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor in applied social psychology to begin in Fall 2025.

The specific area of research interest is open, but we are especially interested in candidates whose research combines social psychology with practical applications to solve real-world problems in various settings, such as health and healthcare, education, business, or community development.

We are also interested in candidates who are committed to reproducible science and who have research interests that would be compatible with and complementary to the current research programs in the department.

Teaching responsibilities for this tenure-track position include introductory and advanced courses in the candidate's area of training, participation in a team-taught introduction to psychology course, and supervision of student independent research.

The ability to contribute to the department's methodology and statistics offerings is desirable.

For more information about the department, please see our website at

Qualifications


We believe the best way to learn the science of psychology is by engaging our faculty and students in a collaborative search for new knowledge about human cognition, emotion, and behavior.

To this end, we have a unique curriculum that engages students in research at all levels.

The successful candidate will be expected to teach with passion, to be engaged in an active and sustained program of research that contributes to the global effort to advance psychological knowledge, to involve Colby's exceptional undergraduates in that research, and become an active and engaged member of our academic community.

Colby is a highly selective liberal arts college recognized for excellence in undergraduate education and close student-faculty interaction.

We are especially interested in candidates who, through their research, teaching, and/or service, will promote diversity, inclusion, and equity at Colby.

The Ph.
D. in Psychology or a closely related field should be completed by the start date of September 1, 2025.

Application Instructions


Applicants should submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae, statements of teaching philosophy and research interests that demonstrates a commitment to equitable and inclusive teaching, a summary of teaching evaluations, copies of publications or in-press manuscripts, and three letters of recommendation through Review of applications will begin October 4, 2024, and will continue until the position is filled.

Questions about this search should be directed to Professor Martha Arterberry:

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement


Colby is a private, coeducational liberal arts college that admits students and makes personnel decisions on the basis of the individual's qualifications to contribute to Colby's educational objectives and institutional needs.

The principle of not discriminating on the basis of race, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, caste, national or ethnic origin, marital status, genetic information, political beliefs, veteran or military status, parental status, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, physical or mental disability unrelated to the job or course of study requirements is consistent with the mission of a liberal arts college and the law.

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