The Department of Psychology at Florida International University (FIU) is searching for
multiple new faculty positions at the assistant professor tenure-track level (senior
candidates with active federal grant funding are also encouraged to apply) as well as
multiple permanent digital instructors for undergraduate teaching. The tenure track
positions will be in the Department's new Cognitive Neuroscience program and/or the
new Child and Adolescent Clinical Science Program. Candidates for tenure track positions
must have a demonstrated evidence of or potential for extramural funding and a solid track
record of scholarship in refereed journals.
Candidates for the Cognitive Neuroscience area should have proficiency in one or more
cutting-edge research areas and methodologies that may include but are not limited to
neuroimaging, computational modeling, neuropsychology, genetics, and electrophysiology.
Those working with human and non-human subjects (i.e., Cognitive and/or Behavioral
Neuroscience) will be considered. The Cognitive Neuroscience area within the Department of
Psychology is part of a broader campus-wide initiative to develop further Cognitive
Neuroscience, including a Cognitive Neuroscience and Imaging Center (CNIC) and a STEM
Institute.
Candidates for Child and Adolescent Clinical Science should have research interests in one
of a number of areas, including but not limited to assessment, longitudinal outcomes,
prevention/intervention with childhood or adolescent internalizing, externalizing,
learning, or autism spectrum disorders, or adolescent substance use. The Clinical Science
program is closely affiliated with the Center for Children and Families (CCF), an
interdisciplinary Center that focuses on research, education, and service, with strong
connections to the community, as well as an active mental health clinic for children and
adolescents, serving altogether more than 3000 families annually.
Ideally, the research interests of candidates for both positions should complement the
existing faculty in Developmental Science, Legal Psychology, I/O Psychology, Cognitive
Neuroscience, or Clinical Science doctoral programs, as well as the CNIC, CCF, and STEM
Institutes. Collaborative research is emphasized. Faculty in these programs employ a
variety of technologies and populations to study typical development and developmental
psychopathology, lie detection in adults and children, prevention and intervention for
mental health and/or academic problems, executive function, language, substance abuse,
ADHD, autism, depression and anxiety, learning, memory, and multisensory processing.
The non-tenure track instructor positions are for 9-month full-time teaching appointments
that will have a primary emphasis on online undergraduate instruction in one or more of
the following areas: Introductory Psychology and Psychological Research Methods/Data
Analysis, with possible upper-level courses in clinical, developmental, cognitive
neuroscience, and social Psychology, based upon the candidate's area of teaching
specialization. Preference will be given to individuals with demonstrated history in
active and collaborative learning and online or hybrid instruction and course development
and to individuals with experience or interest in teaching across multiple areas of need.
The department has 32 tenure track faculty, 8 instructors, and 5 research faculty, more
than 150 graduate students spread across five doctoral specialty programs and a masters
program, 9 full time undergraduate advisors, and 4700 undergraduate majors. The department
is young and vibrant, with 27 new hires in the past 4 years, the vast majority being
assistant professors, but with well-established and well-funded senior faculty in each
area. Currently, department faculty hold over $40 million in grants from federal agencies
(e.g., NIMH, NICHD, NIDA, NIAAA, IES, NSF, DoJ).
Qualified candidates are encouraged to apply at
facultycareers.fiu.edu as follows; for the
tenure track Cognitive Neuroscience Program apply to Job Opening ID 508625 and attach a
cover letter, curriculum vitae, and research statement as a single file; for the tenure
track Child and Adolescent Clinical Science Program apply to Job Opening ID 508624 and
attach a cover letter, curriculum vitae, and research statement as a single file; for the
Instructor in undergraduate teaching apply to Job Opening ID 508626 and attach a cover
letter, curriculum vitae, and teaching statement as a single file. Candidates will be
requested to provide names and contact information for at least 3 references who will be
contacted electronically and automatically upon submission of the application. To receive
full consideration, applications and required materials should be received by November 1,
2014. Applications will continue to be accepted and review will continue until positions
are filled. FIU is a member of the State University System of Florida and an Equal
Opportunity, Equal Access Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will
receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex,
national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic
protected by law.
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Jonathan S. Comer, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry Director, Mental Health Interventions and
Technology (MINT) Program Center for Children and Families Florida International
University
11200 S.W. 8th Street
Miami, FL 33199
305.348.7580
305.348.3646 (fax)