Assistant Professor of Quantitative Psychology

Assistant Professor of Quantitative Psychology #26-04

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Tenure-Track Faculty Position Announcement

Department:
Psychology

Faculty Hire Number: #26-04

Rank:
Assistant Professor

Effective Date of Appointment:
August 19, 2026 (Subject to Budgetary Approval)

Salary Scale: $73,000 – $80,000 (Dependent upon qualifications)

CSUN is committed to achieving excellence through teaching, scholarship, learning and inclusion. Our values include respect for all people, building partnerships with the community and the encouragement of innovation, experimentation, and creativity. CSUN strives to cultivate a community in which a diverse population can learn and work in an atmosphere of civility and respect. CSUN is especially interested in candidates who make contributions to equity and inclusion in the pursuit of excellence for all members of the university community.

As a Hispanic-serving Institution (HSI), inclusiveness and diversity are integral to CSUN’s commitment to excellence in teaching, research, and engagement. As of Fall 2025, CSUN enrolls 36,960 students, where 57.5% are Latinx, 18.4% are White, 8.5% are Asian‑American, 5.5% are Black/African American, 0.1% are Native American, and 0.1% are Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander.

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The Department of Psychology at California State University, Northridge (CSUN) is seeking a tenure‑track faculty member in the area of Quantitative Psychology or a closely related field, at the rank of Assistant Professor.

The successful candidate will teach upper‑division statistics and research methods courses in our undergraduate program, as well as graduate‑level statistics courses in our Clinical Psychology and Psychological Science MA programs. Course topics may include areas of quantitative psychology (e.g., univariate and multivariate statistics, latent variable models) and/or data science (e.g., machine learning and AI, Bayesian methods, predictive analytics). In addition, all faculty members are expected to conduct research in the subdiscipline of their expertise and involve undergraduate and/or graduate students in their research.

Applicants are expected to understand and serve the needs of a diverse student body and must clearly demonstrate their contributions to equity, diversity, and justice through teaching, mentoring, research, and/or service that fosters an equitable and inclusive scholarly environment.

In addition to teaching, the position requires weekly office hours, attending faculty meetings, developing curriculum, participation in assessment of student learning, and service to the department, college, and university. The successful candidate may be required to teach on weekdays, evenings, weekends, and/or online and will be held to the standards and requirements of the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences and the Department of Psychology recommending tenure and promotion.

Given CSUN’s commitment to excellence in teaching, research, and engagement in a diverse environment, the successful candidate will help the Department achieve equitable academic outcomes for all students through teaching, student mentorship, scholarship, and service.

• PhD in Psychology or a closely related field from an accredited institution. Degree must be awarded by date of appointment.
• Evidence of, or clear potential for, excellence in teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in our curriculum, including statistics and research methods courses.
• Evidence of, or clear potential for, excellence in research in a core area of psychology (e.g., quantitative, data science, clinical, social, cognitive, developmental, or diversity science) that is aligned with department curriculum.
• Evidence of, or clear potential for, working with the pedagogical needs of a diverse student population, which includes commitment to teaching and enhancing the learning environment of students from diverse and…