New Mexico Tech invites applications for a full time, tenure-track Assistant Professor of Psychology to begin in August 2025, in the Department of Communication, Liberal Arts, and Social Science (CLASS). Ability to teach introductory psychology, research methods, and social or developmental psychology is desired, as well as upper level courses in the candidate’s areas of experience. The teaching load is 3-3, one section of which is a 1-credit laboratory course section or a senior seminar. Research should involve undergraduates. Area of research specialization is open. Possible focus areas of value might include social psychology, cognitive, developmental, cross-cultural, experimental, industrial-organizational, counseling, clinical or invertebrate neurophysiology.
Applicants should have a doctorate in Psychology, Neuroscience, Education, or a closely related field by the time of appointment. The successful candidate will have a strong interest in teaching psychology at a STEM institution; significant potential for successful research, publication, and other scholarly/professional activities; and a commitment to service and administrative tasks such as academic advising, Institutional Review Board, teacher training, and/or program assessment. The candidate hired will have the opportunity to contribute to both BA and BS degree programs in Psychology, an interdisciplinary BS in Biomedical Sciences, as well as to help support an interdisciplinary Master’s program in Public Engagement in Science, Design, and Communication. We seek a collaborative individual who can engage as a strong citizen of a multidisciplinary department, look for synergistic opportunities, and advise a variety of student research projects. The committee will be interested in candidates’ views on diversity issues, and their experience relevant to teaching psychology to students from a broad range of cultural backgrounds.
New Mexico Tech is a public 4-year technical university that is also a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI). The Department of Communication, Liberal Arts, and Social Sciences (CLASS) houses a diverse array of disciplines including psychology, science and technology studies, English, foreign languages, philosophy, history, art, and music. CLASS Faculty are also involved in numerous transdisciplinary collaborations with colleagues across STEM disciplines. Research space may be available in an invertebrate vivarium on campus.
For best consideration please apply by October 1, 2024. Inquiries should be directed to the Department Chair and Committee Chair, Taffeta Elliott at Taffeta.Elliott@nmt.edu .
To apply, submit a cover letter, CV, contact information for 3 references, a statement of your teaching philosophy (up to 3 pages), and a statement of your research interests (up to 3 pages). Send this information electronically as a single PDF to Rosa Jaramillo,
Human Resources Specialist at nmtjobapps@npe.nmt.edu and cc Taffeta.Elliott@nmt.edu (Department Chair) and steve.simpson@nmt.edu (Dean of Arts and Sciences).
NMT offers excellent benefits (health, vision, dental), tuition fee waiver, a generous retirement plan, and access to a childcare center on campus.
New Mexico Tech is located in Socorro (population ~8500), in the scenic Rio Grande River Valley of central New Mexico, with a relatively low cost of living for the desert southwest, and the campus is situated in a residential area. The nearby Magdalena mountains and numerous desert canyons provide excellent opportunities for hiking, climbing, and mountain biking. The Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, located just south of Socorro along a major north-south flyway, offers some of the best birding in the United States. Socorro is about an hour south of Albuquerque with its many attractions and convenient airport access.
