Teaching Assistant Professor - Neuroscience Education Lead

Nevada System of Higher Education

Reno (NV)

On-site

USD 63,000 - 97,000

Full time

9 days ago
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Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance
Sick leave
Life insurance
Long-term disability
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EAP program
No state income tax

Job summary

University of Nevada, Reno invites applications for a nine-month, continuing, non-tenure-track Teaching Assistant Professor position in the Department of Psychology. The successful candidate will teach undergraduate neuroscience courses and co-direct the interdisciplinary Neuroscience program, advising students and contributing to curriculum development.

Responsibilities include teaching four to five courses per academic year, potential winter/summer teaching for extra pay, and opportunities for

Qualifications

  • PhD in Neuroscience, Psychology, Cognitive Science, or a closely related field, with award of the degree before the start date of the hire.
  • Ability to teach a range of undergraduate courses in Behavioral, Computational and Cognitive Neuroscience including lab-based courses; commitment to student advising, mentoring, and academic success.
  • Ability to work collaboratively with faculty across multiple departments to support the undergraduate Neuroscience program.

Responsibilities

  • Teach undergraduate neuroscience courses (Behavioral, Computational and Cognitive Neuroscience), including developing a new laboratory course in Human Cognitive Neuroscience.
  • Advise undergraduate students and contribute to program development and administration of the interdisciplinary BS Neuroscience degree.
  • Co-Director of the undergraduate Neuroscience degree program and participate in teaching load of four to five courses per academic year.

Skills

Teaching
Course development
Advising
Interdepartmental collaboration
Coding
Quantitative skills

Education

PhD in Neuroscience/ Psychology/ Cognitive Science

Tools

Cognitive Neuroscience methods
Psychophysics
Neuroimaging
Modeling

Job description

University of Nevada, Reno invites applications for a nine-month, continuing, non-tenure-track Teaching Assistant Professor position in the Department of Psychology. The successful candidate will teach undergraduate neuroscience courses and co-direct the interdisciplinary Neuroscience program, advising students and contributing to curriculum development.

Responsibilities include teaching four to five courses per academic year, potential winter/summer teaching for extra pay, and opportunities for

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