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Who we are
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Why Rensselaer? Our dynamic global community of changemakers includes some of the world’s leading researchers, students, alumni, and faculty who ask the important questions and devise the scientific and technological innovations that make the world a better place for all of humanity. Nestled on a beautiful 275-acre campus in upstate NY, Rensselaer is home to five schools, 32 research centers, three makerspaces, an observatory, and one of the world’s fastest supercomputers.
Rensselaer faculty and alumni include more than 145 National Academy members, six members of the National Inventors Hall of Fame, six National Medal of Technology winners, five National Medal of Science winners, three astronauts, and a Nobel Prize winner in Physics. With nearly 200 years of experience advancing scientific and technological knowledge, Rensselaer remains focused on addressing global challenges with a spirit of ingenuity and collaboration. To learn more, please visit www.rpi.edu.
Are you ready to change the world? Apply now!
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Job Summary
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The Department of Cognitive Science in the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position at the Assistant Professor level beginning Fall 2023. We seek applicants who are developing or using innovative techniques from statistics or machine learning to analyze, model, and interpret behavioral data, neural data, and/or naturally occurring datasets.
We seek applicants whose research and teaching will contribute to our recently expanded, quantitatively oriented undergraduate program in psychological science, and further strengthen the department’s established undergraduate and graduate programs in cognitive science. The successful candidate is expected to develop an independent, externally supported research program and teach courses in behavioral data science, Bayesian data analysis, and research methods and statistics.
The Cognitive Science Department offers B.S. undergraduate programs in Psychological Science, Cognitive Science, and Philosophy, and M.S. and Ph.D. graduate programs in Cognitive Science. Founded in 1824, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is the nation’s oldest technological university. With approximately 5,000 undergraduate and 2,500 graduate students from across the country and around the world, the university offers more than 145 programs at the bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral levels. Rensselaer is located in Troy, NY, the heart of the “Tech Valley” region of the Hudson River Valley. The university’s Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC) offers scholars and students opportunities for creative interdisciplinary research in the arts, performance technologies, science, and engineering.
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Minimum Qualifications
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Applicants must have a Ph.D. in Psychology, Cognitive Science, Neuroscience, or a closely related field at the time of appointment.
Evidence of effective teaching, and the ability to demonstrate, through accomplishment, promise of academic, scholarly and/or research achievement in We seek applicants whose research and teaching will contribute to our recently expanded, quantitatively oriented undergraduate program in psychological science, and further strengthen the department’s established undergraduate and graduate programs in cognitive science. The successful candidate is expected to develop an independent, externally supported research program and teach courses in behavioral data science, Bayesian data analysis, and research methods and statistics. Applicants must have a Ph.D. in Psychology, Cognitive Science, Neuroscience, or a closely related field at the time of appointment.
Applicants must meet stated minimum education and experience requirements.
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Preferred Qualifications
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Candidates should have a strong theoretically motivated program of research that makes use of experimental approaches and complements the department’s existing strengths in cognition, perception, and/or action (broadly defined).
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Application instructions
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Follow the on-screen prompts to create short online profile with contact information for three (3) referees. Also please be ready to upload the following:
- Cover letter
- Curriculum Vitae
- Statement of Research/Scholarship
- Statement of Teaching with Evidence of Effective Teaching
- Diversity Statement
If you need assistance with the online application process, please contact careers@rpi.edu
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| Job Posted Date |
Posting on October 14, 2022. Applications received by November 15, 2022 will receive first consideration.
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Culture of Safety at Rensselaer
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Rensselaer is committed to providing a safe and healthy living, learning, and working environment for its faculty, staff, and students. As such, we strongly recommend that faculty, staff and students obtain a COVID-19 vaccination and remain current with available boosters to protect themselves, as well as to protect vulnerable members of the community.
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We welcome candidates who will bring diverse cultural, ethnic, national and international perspectives to Rensselaer’s work and campus communities.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity, Race/Gender/Veterans/Disability Employer.
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