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Assistant Professor of Psychology, Middlebury College, MIDDLEBURY, VT -- The Psychology Department invites applicants for a tenure-track appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor with a focus in Social Psychology, to begin in Fall 2025. The area of specialty within Social Psychology is open but preference will be given to expertise in cultural or industrial-organizational psychology. The successful candidate should have an active research program in social psychology that involves undergraduate students. The candidate will also teach an average of 4.5 courses per year, including a foundation course in Introductory Psychology, a course in Statistics or Research Methodology, as well as a core, elective, and/or advanced seminar course in their area of scholarly expertise. Occasionally, the candidate will contribute to Middlebury's First Year Seminar Program and Winter Term course offerings. In addition, all faculty are required to contribute to the college in the form of service. To support the career development and advancement of our new colleagues, both the Psychology Department and Middlebury College offer active mentoring programs.

The Psychology Department is committed to making our classrooms and departmental spaces welcoming and inclusive. We seek candidates who can contribute to the diversity and excellence of our academic community through their teaching, scholarship, and service. Candidates must demonstrate a commitment to inclusive pedagogy, mentoring, and advising a diverse population of students. Middlebury College is a top-tier liberal arts college with a demonstrated commitment to excellence in both faculty teaching and research. It is also committed to fostering a truly inclusive, open, and supportive learning, teaching, and working environment. The College hires faculty from around the world and a myriad of life experiences, cultures, frames of reference, social identities, and learning perspectives to help cultivate and advance innovation in our curriculum and to provide a rich and varied educational experience to our talented and distinguished student body. To that end, Middlebury College seeks applications from people who would contribute to our increasingly diverse educational community not only through their backgrounds and interests, but in age, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, ethnicity, national origin, religion, and physical ability.

Middlebury College uses Interfolio to collect all faculty job applications electronically. Email and paper applications will not be accepted. Through Interfolio, please submit: a letter of application addressed to Professor Arndt, Search Committee Chair; a curriculum vitae; a statement of teaching interests and philosophy; a statement of research interests and plans; copies of teaching evaluations; an unofficial graduate transcript; and three current letters of recommendation which speak to teaching ability. Applications should also include a statement of inclusion that addresses how your teaching, scholarship, mentorship, and/or community service demonstrate your commitment to fostering equity and inclusivity. Successful applicants often provide concrete examples of the practices they utilize to further goals of inclusivity and equity in and out of the classroom. More information is available at and our department website: .

To guarantee full consideration of your application, all materials should be submitted by the time our review process starts on October 20th. Offers of employment are contingent on completion of a background check. Information on our background check policy can be found here:  .

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