Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology

Application Deadline: July 1

The Department of Psychology at Connecticut College invites applications for a one year visiting assistant professor in Psychology to begin July 1, 2024. We seek a colleague who is an excellent teacher and is enthusiastic about working closely with students in a liberal arts context. The focus of this position is Health Psychology, with an emphasis on promoting health equity. Examples of expertise could include the social determinants of health, the impact of social, economic, and environmental factors on brain development and brain health, the psychophysiological impacts of oppression, a focus on health impacts for underserved and/or historically marginalized communities, neural mechanisms of health and well-being, and strategies for promoting health and nervous system functioning at the individual and community level. This individual will contribute to our Psychology Major and teach Health Psychology, other 200-level area courses (e.g., Research Methods, Social Psychology, Drugs and Behavior, Psychology of Gender, or other survey courses) and possibly an upper-level seminar course. A total of five courses will be offered over the academic year. The successful candidate should have a Ph.D. in psychology at the time of appointment.  The Department of Psychology is working to support the college’s Equity and Inclusion Action Plan in various ways, including an integration of the APA’s  Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Framework (2021) into our curriculum and departmental practices. We seek a colleague who shares this vision and who can join us in this work.

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