24 faculty liberal arts psychology jobs found in Princeton, NJ

2023-16675 Department: Psychology  Category: Research and Laboratory  Job Type: Full-Time Overview The Department of Psychology at Princeton University is seeking a full-time research specialist, under the supervision of Dr. Natalia Vélez. The Vélez Lab studies the individual cognitive capacities and community dynamics that make human collaboration possible. The successful candidate will play an integral role in launching the Vélez Lab and participate in all aspects of the research process. Targeted start date is August 1, 2023. Responsibilities Responsibilities The research specialist will participate in all aspects of a research project and play an essential role in building infrastructure for the lab. Primary responsibilities include: Conducting a study that is of interest to you Developing stimuli and programming experiments Coordinating participant recruitment Maintaining operations of the lab through...

2023-16414 Department: Princeton Neuroscience Inst  Category: Research and Laboratory Job Type: Full-Time  Name of Lab: Princeton Social Neuroscience Lab Overview The Princeton Social Neuroscience Lab is seeking a full-time research specialist to begin Summer 2023. The lab uses functional neuroimaging, behavioral techniques, and machine learning to study thought, social cognition, and imagination. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue on a rolling basis. Apply with your CV, a cover letter highlighting relevant skills and experience, and list of 2-3 references. This is a one-year term position with the possibility of renewal contingent upon satisfactory job perfomance and continued funding. Responsibilities The successful candidate will assist with all aspects of research, including: developing materials and programming experiments recruiting and testing human subjects analyzing behavioral, web scraped, and...

The Psychology Department at Princeton University currently has research positions available at the postdoctoral or more senior research levels in the areas of cognitive, social, and neuro psychology. Initial appointment is for one year with the possibility of renewal based on satisfactory performance and continued funding. Essential Qualifications:  PhD in a relevant field. Interested applicants must apply online at https://www.princeton.edu/acad-positions/position/27585  and submit a cover letter, resume, a brief statement of research interests, and contact information for at least two references.  This position is subject to the University's background check policy.   Princeton University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability status,...

Description The Department of Psychology in the College of Arts and Science at New York University seeks applicants for a full-time, non-tenure track teaching position in its graduate master’s programs, pending final budgetary and administrative approval. This position will start September 2023 or January 2024. The duties of the position include: 1) teaching courses in the master’s psychology programs, 2) student advising and research/thesis mentoring, and 3) academic administration including co-creating a curriculum in clinical psychology focusing on research in mental health and psychopathology. Compensation: In compliance with NYC’s Pay Transparency Act, the annual base salary range for this position is $70,000 - $80,000. New York University considers factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the candidate’s work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, as well as...

Description New York University’s Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development invites applications for a  tenure-track Assistant Professor position  in the Applied Psychology Department. Description : Successful applicants will join a group of scholars - community, counseling, developmental, and social/political psychologists - to investigate how historical and structural inequities disproportionately a) affect wellbeing, mental and physical health, development, education, access to resources, and life opportunities for Black, Latinx, Indigenous, migrant and other marginalized communities; b) how they impact settings, organizations and institutions that serve diverse communities; c) how these, in turn, shape outcomes for youth, families, and communities; and how the narratives, ideologies and systems that maintain these disparities and inequities d) are resisted and challenged by marginalized communities; e) can be disrupted by...

Description The Visual Perception and Attention Lab (PI Marisa Carrasco) is seeking to hire a full time Junior Laboratory Associate (up to 40 hours per week) to assist with research in visual perception and attention. The Junior Laboratory Associate will assist with conducting research sessions in psychophysics and possibly fMRI, MEG and/or TMS, facilitate recruitment and participant management and payment, contribute to data processing and analyses, coordinate lab meetings and events, maintain lab website and social media, and provide general support to more senior researchers. In compliance with NYC’s Pay Transparency Act, the annual base salary range for this position is $38,000 - $42,000. New York University considers factors such as (but not limited to) the specific grant funding and the terms of the research grant when extending an offer. Qualifications Applicants should have a bachelor's degree in...

Description The Department of Psychology in Arts and Science at New York University seeks applicants for a full-time, non-tenure track (i.e., “Clinical”) teaching position in its undergraduate program, pending final budgetary and administrative approval.  This position will start in September 2022. Additional information about the position can be obtained from the search committee chair Professor Clayton Curtis at clayton.curtis@nyu.edu. Please cc Daryl Ocampo at jao384@nyu.edu on all correspondence related to this search. The duties of the position include: 1) teaching undergraduate psychology classes, 2) student advising and research/thesis mentoring; and, 3) academic administration. Qualifications We seek candidates with expertise in quantitative psychology. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in quantitative methods, such as statistics, data science, computing, modeling, experimental design,...

Description The Department of Psychology in the Faculty of Arts and Science at New York University seeks to hire one new faculty member in Social Psychology at the tenure-track assistant professor level. The appointment is expected to begin September 1, 2022, pending budgetary and administrative approval. For more questions, concerns or more information, please contact Professor Tessa West at tessa.west@nyu.edu Qualifications We seek applicants with an outstanding record of research in social psychology. While we are interested in scholars who study any topic within the field, we especially welcome applicants whose program of research includes advanced quantitative techniques and who have an interest in teaching statistics courses at the graduate level. Application Instructions ALL MATERIALS (INCLUDING LETTERS) MUST BE SUBMITTED BY OCTOBER 3rd, 2021 Applicants should arrange for a minimum of three professional letters of...

Description The Identity & Language Lab at the New York University is currently seeking a full-time Junior Laboratory Associate to begin in Fall 2023. The Junior Laboratory Associate will work closely with Dr. Ashwini Ashokkumar and her lab group to coordinate and conduct research studies. This position is ideal for highly motivated college graduates who are looking to strengthen their research skills before applying to graduate school in psychology, behavioral science, or related fields. The Identity & Language Lab will conduct research on questions related to identity processes, language, group dynamics, political psychology, and related topics, using a range of methods including behavioral experiments, natural language analysis, and social media studies. For more information about the lab’s research focus, please check out this page. Responsibilities include:  designing and running studies; preparing study materials cleaning...

Description NYU Stern School of Business is pleased to announce the 2023-24  Fred Renwick Visiting Faculty Fellows Program , a program aimed at expanding diverse perspectives. Developed in collaboration with Clark Atlanta University (CAU), and made possible through an anonymous, endowed gift to NYU Stern, the program launched in January 2022 by welcoming two visiting faculty fellows from CAU to Stern for the spring semester. Stern welcomes interest from scholars at HBCUs for the spring 2024 semester. The program seeks to initiate and deepen research relationships, to build and expand institutional networks, and to enrich Stern’s culture and classroom experience with professors who can bring the voices, values, and perspectives of Black/African-American and other underrepresented or indigenous groups to our community. This fellowship program is inspired by the memory of, and will be named for,  Fred Renwick (MBA ’65, PhD...

Description The Conceptual Development and Social Cognition Lab at New York University is seeking to hire a postdoctoral associate to contribute to the lab’s research on the development of social cognition. Applicants with research programs in an area of developmental social cognition or conceptual development are welcome to apply, but we are particularly interested in applicants who can contribute to the lab’s research on the cognitive, cultural, and developmental origins of social stereotyping. People with expertise in experimental work with children, computational approaches to social cognition, longitudinal analyses, and/or experience working with large language data sets would be particularly good fits at this time. Please upload a cover letter explaining your professional goals and interest in the position, CV, 2 representative papers (published or preprints) and contact information for two references. Applications will be reviewed on an...

Description Dr. Marjorie Rhodes is seeking a full-time Junior Laboratory associate to coordinate research on conceptual development and the development of social cognition in young children. Information about the lab’s research is available at: http://kidconcepts.org and http://discoveriesonline.org. Please submit a cover letter detailing your relevant experience, interest in the position, and professional goals; CV; and contact information for two references willing to provide a detailed letter of recommendation upon request. Job Duties: Supporting the day-to-day logistics of our virtual lab, including study and database recruitment, data quality control, communicating with parents, and other logistics Recruiting, training, and supervising undergraduate research assistants Managing lab IRBs, budgets, reimbursements, and so on Contributing to ongoing and new research projects Providing general support to researchers in the...

Description The Department of Psychology in the College of Arts and Science at New York University seeks applicants for a full-time, non-tenure track Postdoctoral Lecturer in its undergraduate and graduate programs, pending final budgetary and administrative approval. This position will start September 2023. The duties of the position include: 1) teaching multiple courses in the undergraduate and graduate psychology programs in personality and social psychology, 2) student advising and research/thesis mentoring, and 3) collaborating with faculty. Qualifications The Department of Psychology in the College of Arts and Science at New York University seeks applicants for a full-time, non-tenure track Postdoctoral Lecturer in its undergraduate and graduate programs, pending final budgetary and administrative approval. This position will start September 2023. The duties of the position include: 1) teaching multiple courses in the...

Description The Hartley Lab (PI: Catherine Hartley) in the Department of Psychology at New York University is currently seeking a full-time Junior Laboratory Associate to work on studies examining learning, memory, and decision-making across development. The expected start date for the position is Summer 2023.  This is an excellent opportunity to gain research experience in preparation for a graduate career.  Application review will take place on a rolling basis until the position is filled. The Junior Laboratory Associate’s primary responsibilities include: - Participant recruitment and testing (behavioral, psychophysiological, and brain imaging studies). Because we do developmental work, this will involve interfacing with parents and children and require occasional flexibility in schedule (working evenings/weekends) - Data management and analysis - Experimental paradigm development - Lab administration including managing IRB protocols, participant...

Description Columbia University's Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute brings together world-class scientists across academic disciplines conducting pioneering research to transform our understanding of how the brain works – and gives rise to mind and behavior. The Institute fosters a collaborative and inclusive environment across 50+ labs, advancing insights into human health by exploring how the brain develops, performs, endures and recovers. At the Zuckerman Institute, we are committed to becoming a more inclusive, equitable and diverse place of scientific discovery and support a culture of respect. Promoting diversity in science will help drive the transformative science that can change the world.  Situated in the Jerome L. Greene Science Center on Columbia’s Manhattanville campus, the state-of-the-art building offers an environment where the highest level of scholarly scientific research takes place on a daily basis, with...

Description New York University The Department of Anthropology at New York University invites applications for a tenure-track appointment in Biological Anthropology at the level of Assistant Professor. The appointment will begin September 1, 2023, subject to administrative and budgetary approval. We seek a scholar who combines work with human or nonhuman primates with components of the “omics,” broadly defined. The ideal candidate will combine laboratory work in areas such as genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, and metabolomics, with long-term field research on primates or collaborative work with descendant communities. Potential areas of research interest include, but are not limited to: the genomic architecture of phenotypic variation and adaptation to the environment; the genomics of population biology, evolution, hybridization, and introgression; the influence of the social and physical environmental on biological phenotypes, including at the...

Description We are looking for a part-time research associate to assist on a project entitled “History Education in the Social Movement for Racial Justice” funded by Spencer Foundation. The research associate will work closely with the project’s co-PIs, Dr. Rezarta Bilali and Dr. Michelle Twali, in the Department of Applied Psychology, at The Institute of Human Development and Social Change (IHDSC), in Steinhardt. Description of Project Scholarship in history education shows that the mainstream narrative of racial struggle in U.S. history textbooks is reductive, inaccurate, and simplistic, in ways that legitimizes the racial status quo. The social movement and racial justice organizations have challenged dominant historical narratives that maintain racial status hierarchy, and advocated a new understanding of history that incorporates the narratives of members of marginalized populations. Using focus group interviews, this project will...

Description We are seeking a Research Associate on a grant-funded project starting August 1, 2023. Candidates must be fluent in Mandarin Chinese and/or Cantonese.   This project examines the feasibility and efficacy of a writing-based intervention for Chinese American cancer survivors. The RA will assist with all aspects of data collection, including participant recruitment, screening/tracking, as well as preparing IRB applications. There will be opportunities related to data management, analysis, and writing. Students interested in applying for PhD programs in Psychology are especially encouraged to apply. This position will be supervised by Dr. William Tsai (Director of the Culture, Emotion, & Health Lab at NYU). Research Associate Responsibilities: Commit 6 hours/week starting August 1, 2023 thru August 31, 2024 Preparation of research materials (e.g., IRB protocol, recruitment flyers, survey packets) Assist in participant...

Description We are seeking a Research Associate on a grant-funded project starting August 1, 2023. Candidates must be fluent in Mandarin Chinese and/or Cantonese.   This project examines the feasibility and efficacy of a writing-based intervention for Chinese American cancer survivors. The RA will assist with all aspects of data collection, including participant recruitment, screening/tracking, as well as preparing IRB applications. There will be opportunities related to data management, analysis, and writing. Students interested in applying for PhD programs in Psychology are especially encouraged to apply. This position will be supervised by Dr. William Tsai (Director of the Culture, Emotion, & Health Lab at NYU). Research Associate Responsibilities: Commit 12 hours/week starting August 1, 2023 thru August 31, 2024 Preparation of research materials (e.g., IRB protocol, recruitment flyers, survey packets) Assist in participant...

Description NYU is committed to providing a campus community that reflects and enacts the values of inclusion, diversity, belonging, and equity that inform academic excellence. NYU’s Washington, DC Academic Center is seeking a local, part-time lecturer to teach an undergraduate course, “American Public Opinion & Pressure Groups.” The course will be under the sponsorship of the Department of Politics in the College of Arts and Science. The course is expected for Fall 2023 (late August to early December). The class meeting pattern for this 4 credit course will be discussed with qualified applicants during the interview process. In addition to the time required for course preparation, classroom instruction, and assessment, the instructor is required to hold a minimum of one set 60-minute office hour per instruction day, during which the instructor will be available to meet with students. The instructor must be prepared to deliver course content...