The Psychology Department at Franklin & Marshall College invites applications for a tenure-track professorship beginning July 1, 2019. The rank will be Assistant Professor or Instructor depending on qualifications. Applicants should possess or be close to completing a doctorate degree. For a more experienced candidate, appointment at the level of Associate Professor (without tenure) with a shortened tenure clock may be possible.
We seek candidates whose research takes an interdisciplinary approach to the mind or human experience, specialty area open. We are especially interested in candidates who will contribute to the intellectual vibrancy and diversity of the academic community through their research, teaching, and service, and who are committed to engaging and inspiring our broadly diverse undergraduate student population. Pursuant to the College’s vision for cultivating an inclusive community, the search committee asks all applicants to address in their teaching statement how their past and/or potential contributions might serve to advance F&M’s commitment to teaching and mentoring young people from a variety of personal experiences, values, and worldviews that arise from differences of culture and circumstance.
The department is characterized by our commitment to excellence in teaching, research, and service. The successful candidate will participate in our interdisciplinary program with the Philosophy Department, the Scientific and Philosophical Studies of Mind (SPM) program, by teaching courses related to their specialty area in the Psychology Department; core courses in the SPM Program; and courses that serve the College’s general education curriculum, Connections. Teaching load is 3/2. Our commitment to scholarship is reflected in our work as active scholars in our disciplines and a focus on student research including lab experiences throughout the curriculum. To obtain tenure and promotion, the successful candidate will be expected to maintain an active program of qualitative or quantitative research resulting in peer-reviewed publications. The Psychology Department is seated in the Natural Science Division of the College, and start-up funds and lab space are available to support scholarly success. The successful candidate also will participate in academic advising, service, and departmental citizenship as we work together to advance the college’s mission.