Instructor

The Department of Psychology is seeking multiple full-time Professional Track Faculty at the rank of Instructor to join our vibrant, innovative, and expanding department. The department serves 1500+ majors with approximately 45 tenure track and 15 instructional faculty. Our vision is to advance knowledge and solve real-world problems to improve health and well-being through high quality and impactful teaching. The broad research focus of the department include child and family, cognitive and behavioral neuroscience, quantitative psychology, school psychology, and clinical community psychology with an emphasis on diversity and health disparities. We are increasing our experiential learning opportunities and expanding opportunities for students to engage in internships. Given these exciting and innovative teaching advancements, coupled with increasing enrollment, we seek to expand our Professional Track Faculty to meet both continuing and changing needs.

These positions are 9-month Professional Track appointments with a start date of August 16, 2026. These positions are annual appointments that may be renewed contingent on Dean’s approval, satisfactory performance, departmental needs, and the availability of funding. The opportunity for promotion is available based on years of service and evidence of successful performance. The successful candidate is expected to teach undergraduate courses at all levels as described above.
The expected teaching load is 4-4, however, course releases may be given based on additional service in the Department, College, and University. Please note that this position is advertised as “on-campus;” remote options will not be considered.

Applicants must have a minimum of a master’s degree in hand by the time of appointment in the field of Psychology and demonstrated excellence in teaching. The successful candidate will have previous teaching experience in general introductory Psychology (e.g., Introduction to Psychology, Statistics, Research Methods) and will also have experience supervising undergraduate experiential learning (e.g., Internship, Independent Study courses). The successful candidates will also have a focus in one of the two areas listed below.