Sessional Lecturer Learning and Plasticity

Teach learning and plasticity at the University of Toronto St. George campus, emphasizing behavioural neuroscience, memory, and conditioning.

This Sessional Lecturer appointment covers PSY
260H1S, Introduction to Learning and Plasticity, from January through April 2027. The course examines classical and operant conditioning, learning theories, memory, synaptic plasticity, and neural systems. Students also explore applications involving drug addiction, phobias, and other disorders.

• Lecture undergraduate students during Wednesday evening classes
• Counsel students throughout the course
• Set the final examination
• Invigilate and report final marks
• Supervise course teaching assistants

• Completed PhD in behavioural neuroscience, neuroscience, psychology, or related field
• Expertise in learning, memory, and neural plasticity in model systems
• Demonstrated excellence in university-level teaching
• Experience teaching learning, conditioning, memory, or behavioural neuroscience
• Preferred experience teaching undergraduate behavioural neuroscience courses

Apply your teaching expertise in learning, memory, conditioning, and neural plasticity as a University of Toronto lecturer.