The Psychology Department at California State University, Long Beach invites applications for a Social Psychology position at the Assistant Professor level – https://careers.pageuppeople.com/873/lb/en-us/job/541021/assistant-professor-of-social-psychology.  Review of applications to begin September 23, 2024.

Required Qualifications:

• Ph.D. in Social Psychology or a closely related field. Degree at time of application or official notification of completion of the doctoral degree by August 1, 2025.
• Ability to teach a variety of undergraduate and graduate courses related to Social Psychology
• Demonstrated potential for effective teaching undergraduate and graduate-level courses
• Demonstrated potential for mentoring undergraduate and graduate students
• Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain an active program of research in Social Psychology
• Demonstrated potential or evidence of research and scholarly productivity as evidenced by peer-reviewed publications and professional presentations
• Demonstrated commitment to working successfully with a diverse student population, including Black/African American, Latine/x, Native American/Indigenous, low-income, first-generation, and minoritized students

Preferred Qualifications:

• Ability to conduct basic and applied research with implications for real world issues such as, but not limited to, diversity, culture, group identities, stereotyping, or discrimination
• Ability to teach statistics courses
• Demonstrated commitment to mentoring first-generation and underrepresented college students (e.g., involving undergraduates in faculty-directed research and/or mentoring undergraduate students in independent research).
• Potential for or experience in generating external grant funding.
• Interest in the Master of Arts in Psychological Research program through chairing master’s thesis projects, involving graduate students in faculty-directed research, and teaching graduate-level courses related to Social Psychology
• Research expertise utilizing advanced statistical methods to address basic questions in social psychology research
• Demonstrated commitment to and/or experience in contributing to service at the department, university, community, or professional level
• Experience of successfully working with populations demographically and/or socioeconomically similar to the CSULB student body
• Experience mentoring or supporting students with minoritized identities or experience using inclusive and culturally relevant teaching strategies in a diverse classroom

Duties:

• Teach a variety of undergraduate and graduate-level courses in Social Psychology [Mode of instruction may include in-person, hybrid, online, and/or any combination thereof.]
• Establish an independent research program and engage in research, scholarly and creative activities, leading to publications
• May develop new courses in Social Psychology including specialty area
• Supervise students in research activities, including undergraduate projects and Masters’ theses
• Participate in significant service to the department, college, university, and community

CSULB seeks to recruit faculty who enthusiastically support the University’s strong commitment to the academic success of all of our students, including students of color, students with disabilities, students who are first generation to college, veterans, students with diverse socio-economic backgrounds, and students of diverse sexual orientations and gender expressions. CSULB seeks to recruit and retain a diverse workforce as a reflection of our commitment to serve the People of California, to maintain the excellence of the University, and to offer our students a rich variety of expertise, perspectives, and ways of knowing and learning.

Information on excellent benefits package available to CSULB faculty is located here: CSU Employee Benefits

Required Documentation:

• An Equity and Diversity Statement about your teaching or other experiences, successes, and challenges in working with a diverse student population (maximum two pages, single-spaced). For further information and guidelines, please visit: Equity and Diversity Statement
• Letter of application addressing the required and preferred qualifications
• CV
• Names and contact information for three references (to be contacted for confidential letters of recommendation should you reach the finalist stage)

• Teaching Statement: Teaching philosophy and skills
• Teaching portfolio (e.g., sample syllabi and teaching evaluation summaries)
• Research Statement: Research interests and skills and a statement of current and future research plans

• Reprints and/or preprints of published manuscripts with a detailed description of personal contributions to each publication (maximum of three reprints and/or preprints)
• Finalists should be prepared to submit an official transcript (e-transcript preferred, if available)

How to Apply: https://careers.pageuppeople.com/873/lb/en-us/job/541021/assistant-professor-of-social-psychology