Visiting Assistant Professor position in Cognitive Science at Case Western Reserve University
Description
The Department of Cognitive Science at Case Western Reserve University seeks candidates for a non-tenure track Visiting Assistant Professor position starting January 2024 and ending December 2024. The teaching load is two courses per semester. The position is renewable for a second year.
We seek candidates in the cognitive sciences to contribute to teaching and research in the department and general education curriculum. The department has programmatic interests in language and multimodal communication (including speech, gesture, second language learning, bilingualism, multimedia, and narrative), the use of data science to understand the human mind (including ethical considerations in the application of tools), the reciprocal shaping of cognition and institutions (e.g., money, law, religion), and how differences in experience (such as race, gender, culture, ideology) shape cognition.
Qualifications
Successful candidates should have the requisite knowledge and training to teach required foundation courses, with priority for Introduction to Cognitive Neuroscience and Cognition in Evolution & Development. Successful candidates may also have the opportunity to teach an elective course in their specialty. Successful candidates must have attained a PhD or equivalent before the fall start date of January 1, 2024, and will be committed to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in the Department and University.
Application Instructions
Applicants should submit the following via InterFolio (http://apply.interfolio.com/131626):
A cover letter that specifically addresses the candidate's potential to contribute to teaching and scholarship in the department.
A diversity statement that explains how how their research, teaching, and/or service might contribute to diversity, equity and inclusion within their scholarly field(s) and/or how their individual and/or collaborative efforts may promote structural justice inside and outside institutions of higher learning. This statement should also reflect on the ways in which the candidate’s continued efforts will foster a culture of diversity, pluralism, and individual difference at Case Western Reserve University into the future.
A CV.
Applicants should also arrange to have two letters of recommendation submitted via interfolio, by 10/27/2023. Other correspondence may be sent to Fey Parrill, Professor of Cognitive Science, at fey.parrill@case.edu