Bard College

Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) - Psychology

Employer Website: https://apply.interfolio.com/130273
The Psychology Program at Bard College invites applications for a cluster of two full-time, tenure-track appointments at the rank of Assistant Professor to start in the fall of 2024. Candidates from any subfield of Psychology are encouraged to apply; we anticipate filling one of these positions with a candidate whose research falls within an applied area of the field, broadly conceptualized. The second position may augment the first while further diversifying the Program’s existing areas of specialization (see https://psychology.bard.edu/) and sustainably supporting faculty-student research.

Responsibilities
In order to facilitate long-term success across undergraduate teaching, research, and service to the Bard-Annandale community, the standard 3:2 course load will be reduced in the first year to 2:2. Regular teaching responsibilities will include Introduction to Psychological Science, a laboratory course focused either on research methods or statistics, and both 200-level survey courses and upper-level seminars in the candidates’ areas of specialization. Additional responsibilities include the supervision of a diverse range of Senior Projects and the advising of undergraduate students.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated commitment to quality, innovative undergraduate liberal arts teaching
• A commitment to working with diverse, academically-oriented undergraduates
• An active research agenda with a concrete plan for maintaining it at an institution like Bard
• The successful candidate should have a Ph.D. (or equivalent) in Psychology or a related field by the start date

Compensation: $87,000-$90,000 annually
This salary range reflects the College's good faith and reasonable estimate of the compensation for the position at the time of the job posting. Salary decisions are dependent on several factors including but not limited to market and organizational considerations, experience, and qualifications of a selected candidate as well as internal and external equity.

Benefits: We are pleased to offer our full-time employees an excellent benefit package which includes; multiple heath insurance options; TIAA retirement plans; generous vacation, sick, and personal time; and more. To learn more about employee benefits and eligibility at Bard College, please visit https://www.bard.edu/humanresources/benefits/.

To Apply
Please submit the following materials to Interfolio at: https://apply.interfolio.com/130273

• Cover letter
• Curriculum vitae
• Separate statements on teaching and research that both demonstrate a clear understanding of and commitment to addressing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) issues
• Contact information for three professional references
• Candidates are welcome (but not required) to include a separate DEI statement

References for candidates advancing beyond the initial review that begins October 2, 2023, will be contacted directly; no letters of recommendation are requested for the initial application. In addition, evidence of teaching effectiveness (e.g., sample syllabi and/or teaching evaluations) and representative research publications from candidates who advance to later stages of the search may be requested.

About Bard College
Bard College (https://www.bard.edu/) is a private liberal arts college that is centered around approximately 2000 undergraduates living and studying in the Hudson Valley, 90 miles north of New York City. 

Faculty Mentoring                         
Bard aims to support its faculty through mentoring, professional development, and recognition. The primary goals of mentoring at Bard are orientation, knowledge of resources, formation of strong community ties, equity in professional opportunities, and the development of connections across the college and beyond. In addition to active mentorship from the Program’s existing faculty, the eventual hires will enjoy the College’s faculty cohort mentoring structure and support from the Center for Faculty and Curricular Development and the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity, of which Bard is a member.

Inquiries: For more information contact the search chair, Associate Professor Frank Scalzo ([email protected]) or see: https://psychology.bard.edu/faculty-search/

About Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Bard
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) at Bard seeks to materialize our commitment to plurality, dialogue, and rigorous study. We strive to create a learning environment that upholds the College’s mission to meaningfully include the voices, works, and ideas of communities and cultures historically marginalized in liberal arts and sciences education. DEI at Bard aims to work at the systemic as well as the interpersonal level to address the implicit and explicit ways racism, sexism, classism, ableism, homophobia, transphobia, and religious discrimination impact the learning process.

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