Assistant Professor, Applied Psychology

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* Job Title:

** Assistant Professor, Applied Psychology##
** Department:
** Psychology##
** College/Division:
** College Of Liberal Arts And Sciences
** Primary Job Posting

Location:

** Macon, GA 31207
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** Job Details:
** The Department of Psychology at Mercer University's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Psychology to begin August 2026.
** Responsibilities**:

The department shares Mercer University’s vision to create a community of students, faculty, and staff who join together to make a positive difference in the world. The successful candidate will have documented evidence of teaching excellence in an area of Applied Psychologythat complements our current faculty (e.g., clinical, counseling, health, school psychology), a research program capable of involving students, and a commitment to serving all students.  

The successful candidate will teach survey, laboratory, and seminar courses in their area.  Candidates who also can and are interested in teaching Research Methods & Statistics and Introduction to Psychology are preferred.

Standard teaching load is 21 semester hours per academic year, which translates as three courses per semester with usually only two preps. Responsibilities include teaching, research, and service to the department/college/university.
** Qualifications**:

A PhD from an accredited college/university, or ABD status, in an applied psychology discipline, or a related field with demonstrated connections to applied psychology is required. A candidate with ABD status would be considered at the Instructor rank until the PhD has been completed.
** Pay Rate:
** Commensurate with experience
** Additional Information:
** Founded in 1833, Mercer University is a dynamic and comprehensive center of undergraduate, graduate and professional education. With more than 9,100 students enrolled in 12 schools and colleges, on major campuses in Macon and Atlanta; medical school sites in Macon, Savannah and Columbus; and at regional academic centers in Henry and Douglas counties, Mercer is ranked among the top tier and best values of national research universities by
* U.S. News & World Report*. The Mercer Health Sciences Center includes the University’s School of Medicine and Colleges of Nursing, Health Professions and Pharmacy. Mercer is affiliated with six teaching hospitals – Atrium Health Navicent The Medical Center and Piedmont Macon Medical Center in Macon;
Memorial Health University Medical Center in Savannah;
Piedmont Columbus Regional Hospital and St. Francis-Emory Healthcare in Columbus; and SGMC Health in Valdosta. The University also has an educational partnership with Robins Air Force Base in Warner Robins. It operates an academic press and a performing arts center in Macon and an engineering research center in Warner Robins. Mercer Medicine, the clinical faculty practice of the School of Medicine, is based in Macon and operates additional clinics in Sumter, Clay, Putnam, Harris, Taylor and Glynn counties.

Mercer is one of only 293 institutions nationwide to shelter a chapter of The Phi Beta Kappa Society, the nation’s most prestigious academic honor society; one of eight institutions to hold membership in the Georgia Research Alliance; and the only private university in Georgia to field an NCAA Division I athletic program. .Mercer's Department of Psychology has 11 faculty members, offers both B.A. and B.S. degrees, and has the second-largest major in CLAS with over 200 majors.

In addition, Psychology and Biology faculty formed an…