Assistant Professor of

Cognitive Neuroscience

Department Of Psychology

Position Title: Assistant Professor Cognitive Neuroscience

About the position: Full time, tenure-track position with full benefits and begins 9/16/07. 

Salary: Salary is competitive and dependent upon qualifications.

Closing Date: Review of completed application files will begin on December 1, 2006.  Applications will continue to be received and reviewed until the position is filled.

Position Responsibilities:

The successful candidate will be expected to develop an undergraduate course in cognitive neuroscience and to teach a range of undergraduate courses that may include Behavioral Neuroscience, Cognition, Seminar in Cognition, Sensation and Perception, Introduction to Psychology, or Research Methods and Statistics.  The candidate should also be prepared to teach courses in a Masters-level graduate program in Experimental Psychology.

Required Qualifications:

A Ph.D. in Psychology, Neurosciences, or a related discipline, completed by 9/1/07.

Evidence of successful teaching.

An active research program in Cognitive Neuroscience.

Demonstrated ability to involve students in research.

A publication record commensurate with experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience working with diverse students and faculty

About The Department and University:

The department has 27 permanent full-time faculty teaching in undergraduate programs (Psychology and Behavioral Neuroscience), and three graduate programs  (M.S. programs in Experimental Psychology and Mental Health Counseling Psychology and a M.Ed. program in School Counseling). (http://www.wwu.edu/~psych). The department is scheduled to occupy a new facility in 2008 that will include state-of-the-art human and animal research and teaching laboratories.

Western Washington University is located in Bellingham, Washington, a city of approximately 70,000 that is located in a scenic coastal area approximately half way between Seattle, Washington and Vancouver, British Columbia.

To apply:

Send a letter of application, a detailed vita, a statement of teaching philosophy and evidence of skill as a teacher, a statement of research interests, and copies of publications.

Official graduate transcripts to be mailed by the originating institution(s)

Three letters of recommendation to be sent.

All correspondence should be sent to:

Dr. Larry Symons, Chair (Larry.Symons@wwu.edu)

Cognitive Neuroscience Search Committee, (06PSYCH-01)

Department of Psychology

Western Washington University

Bellingham, WA  98225-9089

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