Job no: 535493
Work type: Faculty - Career
Location: Eugene, OR
Categories: Instruction, Psychology
Department: CAS Psychology
Rank: Assistant Teaching Professor
Annual Basis: 9 Month

DEPARTMENT SUMMARY

Within the College of Arts and Sciences, Psychology is one of the largest departments supporting instructional and research activities in a wide range of fields within the discipline. The Department has about 2,000 undergraduate majors and 80 doctoral students, as well as around 30 tenure-related faculty and 10 current Career faculty. For more information on the Department, visit https://naturalsciences.uoregon.edu/psychology.

POSITION SUMMARY

The Department of Psychology at the University of Oregon is seeking an innovative Assistant Teaching Professor to join a nationally-recognized program that provides flexible curriculum and an engaging learning environment for about 2,000 undergraduate students who aspire to be professionals in the many varied fields served by a psychology degree (e.g., community mental health, child and youth policy and programming, personnel administration and management, user experience, opinion polling, to name just a few).
Career instructional faculty in the Department of Psychology teach a base load of 9 courses per academic year. They are expected to teach a wide variety of classes at the 100-500 level and develop undergraduate curriculum that furthers the department’s instructional goals. The specific areas of teaching may include introductory psychology, statistical and research methods, and various content courses covering topics in community, cognitive, developmental, personality, performance, psychopathology, mental health, neuroscience, and/or social psychology.
In addition to teaching, the successful candidate will be expected to engage in departmental and university service, work effectively with faculty, staff, and students from diverse backgrounds, participate in student advising, and to be a leader in evidence-based pedagogy for the Department of Psychology.
This is a full-time, 9-month annual position as an Assistant Teaching Professor rank within the Career faculty classification.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• Master’s Degree in Psychology or a related field.
• One year of demonstrated teaching experience (e.g. teaching college level courses, creating and delivering training programs, guest lectures, or other related instructional experience) in fields related to this position.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• PhD in Psychology, or a closely related field.

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