Cover Letter Faculty Position Psychology

The successful applicant should be prepared to take an active role in the MA program in Research and Experimental Psychology.

Information about the SJSU Psychology Department can be found at Salary Range : Commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Starting Date : August 13, 2020 Eligibility : Employment is contingent upon proof of eligibility to work in the United States.

Candidates who can demonstrate clear connections to one or more of these areas of research or the potential for creative cross-disciplinary collaboration within and across departments are preferred.

The successful candidate will value collegiality and service to their department/institution and will have the demonstrated capability to teach graduate and undergraduate courses in applied areas of psychology such as engineering psychology, human/computer interaction, statistics, and research methods, and will serve as a research mentor to undergraduate and graduate students.

Willingness to teach both face to face and online is desirable.

To ensure full consideration of your application, submit your online application with all required materials by October 1, 2019 via https://edu/postings/36460 San José State University - San José, California POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT Subject to Budgetary Approval Job ID (JOID): 25128 Department: Psychology Specialization: Cognitive Psychology Rank: Assistant Professor, Tenure-track Qualifications : A Ph D in Psychology (or closely related field, including cognitive science or cognitive neuroscience) by time of appointment.Applicants should demonstrate awareness of and sensitivity to educational goals of a multicultural population as might have been gained in cross-cultural study, training, teaching and other comparable experience.Responsibilities : San José State University is a teaching institution that values mentored research.To ensure full consideration, application materials should be received by October 31, 2019. AU is committed to increasing diversity among its faculty, and applicants who can contribute to this mission are particularly encouraged to apply.AU is a private institution in Washington DC, and part of a vibrant local scientific community that includes many biomedical research centers, federal and non-federal funding bodies, including the NIH and the NSF. The Department of Psychology has an APA-accredited Ph. program in Clinical Psychology and many of its faculty members are affiliates of the university-wide interdisciplinary Behavior, Cognition, and Neuroscience Ph. American University is an equal opportunity, affirmative action institution that operates in compliance with applicable laws and regulations.Depending on qualifications, the appointee to this position may be recommended for tenure at the time of hiring. Candidates should be strongly committed to excellence in scholarly research and undergraduate and graduate teaching and learning.We welcome applications from candidates engaged in high-quality scholarship, with a preference for applicants conducting research that investigates the link between health and environment, broadly construed. The successful candidate will be expected to maintain an active program of research; seek external funding for their lab; teach, advise, mentor and supervise the research of undergraduate, master’s and doctoral students; and participate in departmental, school, and university-level service activities. Please include a cover letter, current curriculum vitae, a statement of research interests, a statement of teaching philosophy and interests, contact details for three references, recent teaching evaluations (if available), and 3-5 representative files of published papers.The candidate must maintain a productive research program, which may consist of collaborative research across the University, with other academic institutions, or other external agencies.The candidate will participate in service through membership on department, college, and university committees, and through academic advising of students.Student mentoring is valued in our department, and a successful candidate will mentor and support undergraduate and graduate students of diverse backgrounds in conducting research.The candidate will be expected to develop a program of research focused on the scientific study of cognitive psychology, and to pursue both internal and external funding.