Visiting Assistant Professor Human Development – Early Childhood and Adolescent Development Foc

Overview

The Department of Human Development invites applications for a one‑year visiting assistant professor in Human Development beginning July 1, 2025. The ideal candidate is an excellent teacher who enjoys working closely with students in a liberal arts context. The primary focus will be Early Childhood and Adolescent Development, with a broad emphasis on how sociocultural, environmental, and biological contexts influence human development.

Teaching load: 3/3, for a total of six courses during the academic year. The new hire will design and teach a first‑year seminar on a topic of their choice and expertise, teach several sections of Introduction to Human Development, and teach two to three additional courses required by our majors and minors. Potential courses include Individual Differences in Human Development, Children in Learning Environments, and Adolescent Development.

Applicants should hold a Ph.D. in Human Development, Psychology, or a related discipline that includes interdisciplinary areas such as cultural, critical, developmental, social or clinical work. The candidate’s research should align with the early childhood and adolescent development focus described above.

• Examining sociocultural practices and learning environments shaping socioemotional and/or cognitive development
• Studying self‑development and identity in early childhood and adolescence
• Investigating the impact of cultural and social practices on peer relationships, family, community, and educational or biological outcomes

The Connecticut College Child Development Lab School, integrated with the Human Development Department, offers a laboratory setting for student placements. The program serves roughly 90 children and their families from New London County each year, providing an applied context for the concepts taught.

The department is committed to supporting the college’s Equity and Inclusion Action Plan. We encourage a candidate who shares this vision and can integrate APA’s 2021 Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Framework into curriculum and departmental practices.

• No visa sponsorship for this position.
• Current policy: the college no longer requires COVID‑19 vaccination, but recommends remaining up to date.

Connecticut College is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all federal, state, and local laws prohibiting discrimination in private post‑secondary education. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, citizenship status, color, creed, disability, domestic‑violence victim status, ethnicity, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, lawful source of income, marital status, national origin, pregnancy, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, and other protected categories.