Job Description:

Behavioral Neuroscience, Visiting Assistant Professor



Location:

Waterville, Maine

Open Date:

Nov 11, 2024

Description:

 

The Department of Psychology at Colby College is hiring a Visiting Assistant Professor in behavioral neuroscience to begin in Fall 2025. The specific area of research interest is open, however, we have a strong preference for candidates who use a rat model given our state-of-the-art vivarium is specialized for rats.  We also are interested in candidates who are committed to reproducible science and who have research interests compatible with and complementary to the current research programs in the department or other areas of the college. Teaching responsibilities may include introductory and advanced courses in the candidate's area of training, participation in a team-taught introduction to psychology course, assisting with the department's methodology and statistics offerings, and supervision of student independent research.  The ideal candidate has been instructor of record of at least one course. The initial contract is for one year but there will be the option to renew for up to two more years pending performance review.For more information about the department, please see our website at https://www.colby.edu/academics/departments-and-programs/psychology/.


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 September 1, 2025. 


Application Instructions:

 

Applicants should submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae, statements of teaching philosophy and research interests that demonstrate a commitment to equitable and inclusive teaching, a summary of teaching evaluations, copies of publications, in-press manuscripts and preprints, and three confidential letters.  Review of applications will begin February 3, 2025, and will continue until the position is filled.  Questions about this search should be directed to Professor Martha Arterberry: psychologysearch@colby.edu. 

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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