Assistant Professor, Psychology (Affective, Behavioral, or Cognitive Neuroscience)

The Department of Psychological Science has a large and growing undergraduate major in Psychology and an interdisciplinary undergraduate minor in Cognitive Science. At the graduate level, the department supports a graduate certificate in Cognitive Science, M.A. degrees in general psychology and industrial/organizational psychology, and interdisciplinary Health Psychology and Organizational Science Ph.D. programs. These programs emphasize intensive research training, interdisciplinary collaboration, and methodological breadth.

The interdisciplinary Health Psychology Program ( http://healthpsych.charlotte.edu) includes faculty from the departments of Psychological Science, Public Health, Communication Studies, Nursing, Applied Physiology, Health, & Clinical Sciences, and other relevant disciplines. It comprises three concentrations: an APA-accredited Clinical Psychology concentration, a Community Psychology concentration, and a Behavioral Science concentration, with which faculty in cognitive, affective, or biobehavioral areas are often affiliated and contribute through research supervision, graduate mentoring, and interdisciplinary collaboration.

Shared research resources include eye-tracking systems, EEG labs, virtual/augmented reality equipment, and high performance computing infrastructure. The Department also houses the Biobehavioral Core, a shared BSL-2 research lab for the collection, processing, and analysis of biological specimens. Department faculty and students collaborate with scholars across the university, including across the College of Humanities & Earth and Social Science as well as the College of Computing and Informatics, the College of Health and Human Services, the Belk College of Business, and the Cato College of Education. A new tenure-track hire would strengthen these existing research networks and contribute to emerging areas of excellence such as large-scale behavioral and neural data analysis, integrative approaches to improving physical and mental health, or theory-driven health interventions using advanced methodologies that incorporate biological or neural signals.

As the largest and most academically diverse college at UNC Charlotte, the College of Humanities & Earth and Social Sciences houses 14 departments, 13 interdisciplinary programs, and 7 applied centers. We offer a wide range of undergraduate and graduate degree programs with extensive honors and early-entry options. The College plays a pivotal role in delivering on the university's goals in the areas of research excellence, student success and experience, and community engagement. Through their scholarship and teaching, the College's 350+ faculty members seek to deepen our understanding of complex problems and lead the university in interdisciplinary collaboration.

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Teaching, Advising, Curriculum and Instructional Development - Faculty responsibilities and essential functions with respect to teaching may include but are not limited to: subject matter competence, course design, course presentation, advising and consultation, directing student research, curriculum and instructional development, and grading student work.
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This position is subject to research-security screening. As part of the application, applicants must disclose, either in their CV or in a separate document submitted with the application, all current appointments or affiliations with foreign institutions or organizations, foreign research support, and ongoing research collaborations with foreign institutions, organizations, or their personnel. Before candidates advance to an on-campus interview, the university will review this information and other publicly available information for relationships involving institutions on the current Section 1286 list and any other applicable U.S. restricted-party lists. A disclosed or identified relationship does not automatically disqualify a candidate. As a condition of employment, a selected candidate must resolve any relationship the university determines would violate applicable law or sponsor requirements or materially impair the candidate's or the university's eligibility for federal funding.

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This position will have joint teaching and research responsibilities in the Department of Psychological Science.

UNC Charlotte gives primary consideration to the earned doctorate or terminal degree in the teaching discipline or a related discipline.

Required qualifications: A Ph.D. degree in Psychology, Neuroscience, Cognitive Science, or a closely related field; an active program of research that can contribute effectively to our graduate and undergraduate programs; a demonstrated record of (or strong promise for) external funding for research; an ability to teach and mentor a diverse student population at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.

Preferred qualifications: The successful applicant will be joining a diverse group of faculty who value teaching, research, and service. They will be someone who finds meaning from providing high-quality, innovative learning experiences and who also seeks to be a productive scholar with a programmatic, externally funded line of research. Preference will be given to candidates whose research and teaching complement existing departmental strengths and enhance interdisciplinary collaboration. The successful candidate brings:

* A track record of research productivity (publications and external funding) that has engaged (or could engage) graduate and undergraduate students.

* Expertise in one or more areas such as: empirical research employing neuroscientific methods to understand affective, cognitive, or biological mechanisms of behavior; biological, psychological, or social factors impacting physical or mental health; integrative approaches that combine behavioral, physiological, neural, and/or computational methods; the use of artificial intelligence or other advanced methodologies for enhancing research in affective, cognitive, or behavioral neuroscience.

* Experience teaching courses at the undergraduate and/or graduate levels, and potential to teach courses in affective, cognitive, or behavioral neuroscience, the biological basis of health and behavior, research methods, and related topics.

* Evidence of interdisciplinary research orientation or collaboration, with clear potential to contribute to graduate programs in Cognitive Science, Psychology, and/or Health Psychology.

* The capacity to provide service to the Department of Psychological Science to support its undergraduate program, the Cognitive Science graduate certificate, the Psychology M.A. program, the Ph.D. program in Health Psychology, the College of Humanities & Earth and Social Sciences, and the University.

The Department of Psychological Science at the University of North Carolina Charlotte ( https://psych.charlotte.edu/) is seeking candidates in the area of Affective, Behavioral, or Cognitive Neuroscience for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor, beginning on August 16, 2027. The anticipated salary range is $84,000-$87,000.

Applications must be submitted electronically at https://jobs.charlotte.edu/ (position number: #005400). Please attach the following documents with your electronic application: (1) a letter of interest in the position explaining how you meet the requirements, (2) a statement of research and teaching interests, (3) curriculum vitae, (4) up to three representative publications, (5) evidence of teaching and mentoring effectiveness (if available), and (6) names and contact information for three people who can provide recommendations (letters will be requested for candidates who are invited for a phone or virtual screening interview). Finalists will be asked to discuss how their teaching practices engage, include, and eliminate barriers to learning for UNC Charlotte students, and how their educational approach helps increase the engagement and success of all students regardless of their entry pathway into the university. The candidate chosen for this position will be required to provide an official transcript of their highest earned degree upon hire and will be subject to a criminal background check. Hiring is subject to budget availability.

Review of applications will begin on November 15, 2026 and will continue until the position is filled. Please contact the Search Committee Chair, Dr. Doug Markant (dmarkant@charlotte.edu), with questions about the position or the application process.