Department Contact: Andrew Conway, (575) 646-2502, aconway@nmsu.edu

Internal or External Search: External - Open to all applicants

Advertising Summary: The Department of Psychology is seeking a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor.

Position Details

Position Title: Assistant Professor

College/Division: Arts and Sciences College

Department: 331600-PSYCHOLOGY

Location: Las Cruces

Offsite Location (if applicable):

Target Hourly/Salary Rate: Commensurate with qualifications

Appointment Full-time Equivalency: 1.0

FLSA Status: Exempt

Bargaining Unit Announcement: This is NOT a bargaining unit position with American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME).

Contingent Upon Funding: Not Applicable

Standard Work Schedule: Standard (M-F, 8-5)

If Not a Standard Work Schedule: 

Job Duties and Responsibilities: Candidates should demonstrate in their application materials: 1) Ability to contribute to teaching courses on topics in Engineering Psychology and closely related areas including, but not limited to, Cognitive Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, and/or Graduate Statistics; 2) Strong potential for and commitment to compete for external funding; 3) Strong potential to make a significant impact in one or more research specialty areas; 4) Interest in and prospects for creative cross-disciplinary collaboration both within and across departments.

Current faculty and graduate students have active research interests in cognitive, social, and applied areas of psychology. The successful candidate will value collegiality and service to the department and institution and will be able to teach graduate and undergraduate courses in the Psychology curriculum and serve as a research mentor to both graduate and undergraduate students.

Qualifications

Required Education and Experience: 
A Ph.D. in Psychology with an emphasis in a cognitive or closely related area is required (in hand by hire date).

We are looking for a candidate whose research interests fall within the domain of Cognition (basic and/or applied research) with an emphasis on Engineering Psychology, Human Factors, or Artificial Intelligence.

Equivalent Qualifications: 

Preferred Qualifications: 
Applicants must submit the following materials with the application:
A current curriculum vitae
A cover letter describing research and teaching interests
Unofficial transcripts of the highest degree earned
A supporting document that should include up to three relevant reprints or preprints of completed research

Special Certification/Licensure: 

Working Conditions and Physical Effort

Environment: Work is normally performed in a typical interior/office work environment.

Physical Effort: No or very limited physical effort required.

Lifting Requirements: Requires handling of average-weight objects up to 10 pounds or some standing or walking.

Risk: No or very limited exposure to physical risk.