<p>The Department of Psychology at Denison seeks applicants for a two-year Visiting Assistant Professor position beginning August 2025. We are looking to hire a Social Psychologist or Health Psychologist, with area of sub-specialization open.</p> <p>We seek individuals who are committed to a liberal arts education and to helping undergraduate students to understand and appreciate psychological science and its applications. Working closely with students is a primary responsibility of the job, and we seek individuals who are motivated to educate and support a diverse student body. As a department, we strive to develop our students' critical and scientific reasoning skills as well as foster an engaged community of scholars.</p> <p>Departmental and institutional support is available for teaching and research. Support includes Denison's Center for Learning and Teaching, shared research space, and the opportunity to apply for grants from the Denison University Research Foundation and stipends for supervising summer-research students. Denison offers a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package.</p> <p>Candidates are required to have a Ph.D. in Psychology or a related field by start date (ABD will be considered as Instructor until Ph.D. is attained).</p> <p>The successful candidate will be able to teach a range of courses including PSYC 100 (with a significant lab component), Research Methods and Statistics, Health and / or Social Psychology, an intermediate level research course, and intermediate or advanced electives within the psychology curriculum in the candidate's area of specialty. The teaching load is 6 courses per academic year.</p> <p>We are seeking applicants who are deeply committed to teaching excellence and who demonstrate a strong dedication to mentoring students in a liberal arts setting. The successful candidate will provide evidence of a commitment to or experience with teaching psychological science using an evidence-based, inclusive approach to pedagogy. Preference will be given to those with an active research program that could involve undergraduate researchers.</p> <p>All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national or ethnic origin, age, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected classes.</p> <p>Title IX Notice: Sex discrimination is prohibited by federal law through Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. Denison does not discriminate on the basis of sex in the education programs or activities that it operates including admissions and employment. For Denison's official Notice of Non-Discrimination, please visit https://denison.edu/forms/non-discrimination-notice. You can learn more about Title IX at Denison at https://denison.edu/campus/title-ix.</p> <p>Job seekers who may need a reasonable accommodation to complete the application process should contact the Office of Human Resources at (740) 587-6299 or by email at HR@denison.edu.</p>