[CogSci] Visiting Assistant Professor Position in Cognitive and/or Developmental Psychology, SUNY Purchase

[Toskos, Alexia]

Dear colleagues,

The Psychology department at Purchase College, SUNY, invites applications for a Visiting Assistant Professor position in cognitive development or related areas beginning Fall 2025. This position is renewable for a second year. Our department values inclusive research and teaching, as demonstrated through our commitment to student-faculty mentorship in our research-focused curriculum. Purchase College is a primarily undergraduate, Hispanic-serving institution located 25 miles north of New York City with 4 conservatory programs in visual and performing arts. Purchase is ranked by US News in the Top 10 public US liberal arts college and is among the Best 388 Colleges by Princeton Review. The Psychology Department at Purchase is nationally ranked by the US News as a top undergraduate psychology program.

We welcome candidates with a specialty in cognitive psychology, developmental psychology, or cognitive development who can teach lower-level and upper-level undergraduate courses such as Cognitive Psychology, Sensation & Perception, Child Development, Cognitive Development and other specialized topics in the candidate’s area of expertise. The candidate should also be able to join the teaching rotation for some required courses (e.g., Introduction to Psychology, Research Methods, and Statistics). The faculty teaching load is typically 6 courses per year (one course of which is the supervision of six senior project students each year). The successful candidate will be prepared to maintain an active research lab while providing research mentorship to undergraduate students from various backgrounds. All undergraduate students at Purchase complete year-long senior projects, many involving empirical research (subject to IRB approval) under the supervision of a faculty sponsor. Thus, faculty should have a research program in which they can mentor undergraduates through collecting and/or analyzing data within the timeframe of their senior project.

A doctorate degree in Psychology or a related field by August 2025 is required. The department is seeking applications from candidates who can demonstrate their experience with diverse, multicultural populations through their own background, research training, or past teaching experiences, and should highlight this in their application materials. A year-long senior research project is a college-wide requirement in the Purchase curriculum. Therefore, it is critically important that the candidate have the potential for, or presence of, an active publishing record, and a passion for mentoring and advising undergraduate students from cross-sectional communities through the research process.

Candidates are required to submit an application online at the Purchase College Job Vacancy website<https://jobs.purchase.edu/>. Applicants should submit a cover letter, CV, statements of Research Interests and Teaching Philosophy, and a Diversity Statement (merged together and submitted as “other document 1”), as well as 2 representative publications (submitted as “other documents” 2 and 3). In addition, applicants are required to provide a list of contact information for three (3) references who can be contacted for a recommendation. Letters of reference will be requested for candidates identified to be interviewed. Letters of reference should NOT be sent or uploaded with application materials. Phone calls, hard copy, or e-mail submissions of application materials will NOT be accepted.

More details can be found here: https://jobs.purchase.edu/postings/1357

Application Deadline: 11/16/24

Best regards,
Alexia Toskos

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Alexia Toskos, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychology
Chair, Institutional Review Board
Purchase College, SUNY

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