Assistant Professor

Department Contact: Dr. Justin Mac Donald, , jmacd

Internal or External Search: External - Open to all applicants

Advertising

Summary:

The Department of Psychology is seeking an Assistant Professor.

Position Title: Assistant Professor

College/Division: Arts and Sciences College

Department: 331600-PSYCHOLOGY

Location: Las Cruces

Target Hourly/Salary Rate: Commensurate with qualifications.

Appointment Full-time Equivalency: 1.0

FLSA Status
:
Exempt

Bargaining Unit Announcement: This is NOT a bargaining unit position with American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME).

Contingent Upon Funding: Not Applicable

Standard

Work Schedule:

Standard (M-F, 8-5)

Job Duties and Responsibilities: Candidates should demonstrate in their application materials:
1) Ability to contribute to teaching courses on topics in Engineering Psychology and closely related areas including, but not limited to, Cognitive Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, and/or Graduate Statistics;
2) Strong potential for and commitment to compete for external funding;
3) Strong potential to make a significant impact in one or more research specialty areas;
4) Interest in and prospects for creative cross-disciplinary collaboration both within and across departments.
Current faculty and graduate students have active research interests in cognitive, social, and applied areas of psychology. The successful candidate will value collegiality and service to the department and institution and will be able to teach graduate and undergraduate courses in the Psychology curriculum and serve as a research mentor to both graduate and undergraduate students.

Required

Education and Experience:

A Ph.D. in Psychology with an emphasis in a cognitive or closely related area is required (in hand by hire date).

We are looking for a candidate whose research interests fall within the domain of Cognition (basic and/or applied research) with an emphasis on Engineering Psychology, Human Factors, or Artificial Intelligence.

Preferred Qualifications:

• A Ph.D. in Psychology with an emphasis in a cognitive or closely related area is required (in hand by hire date).
• A current curriculum vitae
• A cover letter describing research and teaching interests
• Unofficial transcripts of the highest degree earned
• A supporting document that should include up to three relevant reprints or preprints of completed research
• Three letters of recommendation must be sent via email to Dr. Justin Mac Donald, Search Committee Chair, Department of Psychology, jmacd with the subject line “NMSU Search:
  Recommendation on behalf of [Applicant Name]”
• We are looking for a candidate whose research interests fall within the domain of Cognition (basic and/or applied research) with an emphasis on Engineering Psychology, Human Factors, or Artificial Intelligence.

Environment: Work is normally performed in a typical interior/office work environment.

Physical Effort: No or very limited physical effort required.

Lifting Requirements: Requires handling of average-weight objects up to 10 pounds or some standing or walking.

Risk: No or very limited exposure to physical risk.