[visionlist] Tenure-track Faculty Position Listing

[Keith M. Shafritz]

Please post the following advertisement for a tenure-track job at Hofstra University:

Title:
Tenure-track Assistant Professor in Cognition/Cognitive Neuroscience

Description:

Hofstra University is offering an anticipated tenure-track position in the Department of Psychology, to begin in the Fall semester of 2012.  Applicants should have a research focus in one or more of the following areas:  sensation and perception, human factors psychology, judgment and decision-making.  Preference will be given to those who are proficient in the methods of neuroscience.  Research collaborations with the new Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine will be encouraged, with possible shared access available to a GE 3-T MRI equipped for functional imaging for a candidate technically competent in its use.  A technically qualified candidate may also have shared access to an Eyelink 1000 eye-tracker.

The successful candidate will be expected to teach 18 hours a year (2 to 3 courses a semester) primarily in an undergraduate program whose basic mission is to train students in the scientific foundations of psychology.  He or she will be asked to teach a subset of the following undergraduate courses:  Sensation and Perception, Cognition, Research Methods, Statistics, Behavioral Neuroscience, and Advanced Research Methods in Cognition or Biopsychology.  Psychology faculty also often teach undergraduate courses in the Hofstra Honors College or First Year Connections programs, which offer small classes to promote student retention and instructional innovation.

Opportunities may occasionally arise to teach graduate courses within the candidate's field of interest.  Hofstra's Psychology Department also administers the following programs: a Ph.D. Program in Clinical Psychology, a PsyD. Program in School-Community Psychology, and a Ph.D. Program in Applied Organizational Psychology.  Please forward statements of research and teaching interests, evidence of teaching competence, sample publications, and 3 letters of recommendation to Dr. Charles F. Levinthal, Chair, Department of Psychology, 135 Hofstra University, Hempstead NY 11549 by January 6, 2012.  Applications will be accepted until the position is filled, but a decision concerning initial interviews is anticipated by February 2012.  Hofstra University is an equal opportunity employer, committed to fostering diversity in its faculty, administrative staff and student body, and encourages applications from the entire spectrum of a diverse community.
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