Chair Department of Psychology

Academic Career & Executive Search is pleased to assist North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (N.C. A&T) in its search for Chair of the Department of Psychology.

This is an exceptional opportunity to join the nation’s largest historically Black university as Chair of the Department of Psychology within the John R. and Kathy R. Hairston College of Health and Human Sciences. North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University is a land-grant, doctoral research university classified as R2:
High Research Activity by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. A&T is actively pursuing the R1:
Very High Research Activity designation and has already exceeded the current research expenditure and doctoral degree thresholds associated with R1 classification. That research momentum continues to accelerate, with faculty earning more than $113 million in research funding in fiscal year 2026 alone. Under the leadership of Chancellor James R. Martin II, A&T is advancing an ambitious agenda centered on innovation, research growth, external partnerships, and global impact.

Significant philanthropic investment is helping advance this agenda, including a historic $63 million gift, the largest single gift in A&T’s history.

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The Department of Psychology offers a B.A. in Psychology, an M.S. in Health Psychology, and a Ph.

D. in Applied Psychology, with doctoral concentrations in Cognitive-Behavioral Neuroscience and Social-Community Psychology. Faculty research spans neurocognition, aging and dementia, substance use, health psychology, behavioral science, and community-based research, creating opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration and externally funded scholarship. Building on these strengths and the University’s expanding research enterprise, the next Chair will lead the department through its next stage of growth, strengthening its research enterprise, expanding interdisciplinary and external partnerships, supporting faculty scholarship and graduate education, and advancing its strong foundation in teaching and student success.

This is a 12-month position reporting to the Dean of the Hairston College of Health and Human Sciences.

• Serves as the chief administrative and academic leader of the department, with general oversight of the department
• Provide visionary leadership of innovative programs with strong educator-researcher emphasis
• Responsible for strategic planning; budget development, management and allocation
• Recruitment and retention of faculty and students; implement strategies to increase recruitment, retention, and graduation rates of students in all degree programs;
  Participate in student recruitment, registration, and placement activities
• Faculty, staff, and student development
• Management and improvement of curricula
• Evaluating faculty performance for the allocation of awards
• Participation in the reappointment, promotion and tenure and post-tenure review process
• Oversight of accreditation and curricular and program development
• Secures external funding, and support faculty research, teaching and service
• Facilities management duties include coordination and oversight of classroom and laboratory usage
• Interacting with and networking with other department and university leaders to represent the goals of the department
• Collaborate with members of the healthcare and scientific communities to improve programs, to develop new programs, and to provide students with access to learning opportunities such as internships
• Serve on University, College of Health and Human Sciences, and Department of Psychology academic or…