Psychology Assistant Teaching Professor The Department of Psychology at Syracuse University invites applications for a full-time, non-tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Teaching Professor beginning August 2024. The initial appointment may be for up to three years and is renewable dependent on program need and instructor performance. Syracuse University offers a non-tenure track (NTT) pathway to promotion to associate or full teaching professor as desired. Promotion is not a requirement for reappointment. A successful candidate will demonstrate or have the potential to demonstrate excellence in both pedagogy and teaching. As with all faculty positions, there is an expectation to engage in service in the department, college, and university and to advise students.

The Department of Psychology comprises an interdisciplinary faculty with broad expertise in four areas of psychology including clinical, cognitive, school, and social psychology. Teaching faculty are affiliated with one or more of these areas. Many of our faculty also play active roles in the Neuroscience Program, Aging Studies Institute, Burton Blatt Institute on Disability, and the Institute for Veterans and Military Families across campus. As the largest undergraduate major, our department serves a diverse and engaged undergraduate student body.

Candidates must be able to teach introductory psychology. As one of multiple, collaborative instructors primarily responsible for teaching our introductory psychology course, successful candidates will be teaching large lecture courses. Supervising teaching assistants (TAs) is an important aspect of the position. Other undergraduate and graduate courses of varying sizes may be taught according to one’s specialization. Priority will be given to candidates with the expertise needed to develop courses aimed at improving student skills in cross-cultural competence, multiculturalism, and an appreciation of marginalized perspectives across psychology.