Psychology Instructor - Rural​/Early College, Tenure Track; One )(BC

Psychology Faculty Position

Bakersfield College is seeking a faculty member for Psychology. If you are highly motivated, eager to engage a diverse student body, and passionate about teaching and learning, we highly encourage you to submit an application. We are a team of innovative, caring, and thoughtful faculty, staff, and administrators who are passionate about contributing to the intellectual, cultural, and economic vitality of our community.

We embody six core values:
Learning, Diversity, Integrity, Community, Wellness, and Sustainability. These values frame our work as we provide opportunities for our students who come to us from diverse economic, cultural, geographical, and educational backgrounds. We offer Associate and Baccalaureate degrees and certificates, workplace skills, and preparation for transfer. Our rigorous and supportive learning environment promotes diversity, equity, and inclusion and fosters students' abilities to think critically, communicate effectively, and demonstrate competencies and skills to become productive members of our community and world.

Bakersfield College is located in Bakersfield, California, in the heart of the Central Valley. Established in 1913, Bakersfield College is one of the nation's oldest continually operating community colleges. The college serves 33,000 students annually on the 153-acre main campus in northeast Bakersfield, at the Delano Campus (35 miles north of Bakersfield), the Weill Institute (downtown Bakersfield), and BC South-West (southwest Bakersfield).

We also offer classes at several alternative locations, including Shafter Learning Center, Arvin/Lamont, McFarland, Olive Drive Training Facility, Wasco and other regional community locations. As a recognized and highly awarded Hispanic Serving Institution, Bakersfield College students are diverse and represent the communities we serve.

We are sincere about building and sustaining an inclusive and equitable working and learning environment for all students, faculty, staff, and administrators. We believe every member of our team enriches our diversity by exposing us to a broad range of ways to understand and engage with the world, identify challenges, and to discover, design, and deliver solutions. Bakersfield College has sharpened its focus on removing institutional barriers in access, momentum, and completion.

We pledge to address systemic issues of environmental microaggressions, implicit bias, and racism through intentional learning. We commit to strengthening our campus culture so that students, faculty, and staff and our partners are aware of and equipped to change policies and practices that disproportionately affect marginalized students.

Situated in the south San Joaquin Valley, Bakersfield has a rapidly growing economy in a location that is central to some of California's best places to visit. Fresno, Los Angeles, the mountains, and several great beaches are less than two hours away, and San Francisco is less than four hours away. Known for hot, dry summers and mild winters, Bakersfield has deep roots in the energy (oil, solar and wind), agriculture, and logistics industries.

Despite its growth, Bakersfield has maintained the "small town feel" that residents here love. With a relatively low cost of living, plenty of community events, and availability of housing, the City of Bakersfield is a great place to live.

We are seeking psychology faculty who demonstrate excellence in their discipline and who are passionate about the community college mission of access, equity, and student success. Ideal candidates value sound pedagogy, creativity, and innovation in teaching. We are committed to fostering meaningful connections with students, colleagues, and our diverse local community.

Our department is known for its collaborative culture and its commitment to innovative approaches that improve student success, persistence, and retention. We are especially interested in applicants who are reflective practitioners—faculty who are motivated to continuously refine their teaching strategies and who welcome opportunities to contribute through committee work, engaging campus events, and other collegial endeavors.

Diversity, equity, and inclusion are core values at Bakersfield College, and we strongly encourage applicants who demonstrate a thoughtful commitment to these principles and who are eager to contribute to an inclusive learning environment. This position includes teaching Elementary Statistics for the Social and Behavioral Sciences, and experience teaching Research Methods is highly desirable. Faculty hired should expect to teach at least part of their load within Bakersfield College's Early College Program.

If you are interested in modeling academic excellence, engaging in meaningful campus work, and joining a supportive and dynamic department, we invite you to apply and become part of a team that will both challenge and inspire you.

The Behavioral Sciences Department is a large, multidisciplinary…