Tenure Track: Assistant Professor (Lifespan Development)

Texas A&M University•College Station, TX

80d•Onsite

About The Position

The Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Texas A&M University is seeking a full-time tenure-track Assistant Professor specializing in Lifespan Development. The position begins in Fall 2027 with a 9-month academic appointment. The successful candidate will be expected to conduct research, secure grant funding, teach undergraduate and graduate courses, and contribute to the academic community. The department strongly encourages applicants whose research focuses on developmental, senescence, mechanisms of change over time, or lifespan influences on brain and behavior within a social context. Expertise in areas such as early emotional development, socioemotional predictors of disorder, aging clinical/neuropsychology, longitudinal methods, hormones and behavior, stability and change in individual differences, imaging with developing populations, the impact of life experience on psychological outcomes, transitions to the workplace or retirement, or cognitive aging is desirable. The department offers doctoral programs in several areas and a master's program in I-O psychology. Texas A&M University is an R1 Doctoral University with significant resources and support for faculty. The department is committed to broadening participation and is responsive to dual-career couples. The university is located in College Station, Texas, a growing metropolitan area.

Requirements

PhD in Psychology or closely related field
Full-time tenure track position
9-month academic appointment

Nice To Haves

Evidence of teaching effectiveness
Work focuses on developmental, senescence, mechanisms of change over time, or lifespan influences on brain and behavior within the social context
Expertise in one or more of the following areas: early emotional development; socioemotional predictors of disorder; aging clinical/neuropsychology; longitudinal methods, modeling, and/or other data analytic approaches; links between hormones and human behavior; stability and change in individual differences with a lifespan perspective; imaging with developing populations; the impact of life experience/adversity on later psychological outcomes; transitions to the workplace or retirement; or cognitive aging
Demonstrated potential for publishing high quality research in leading journals
Demonstrated potential for writing and obtaining grants
Demonstrated potential for engaging in high quality teaching and mentoring activities

Responsibilities

Engage in research
Apply for grants and manage funded projects
Teach courses in graduate and undergraduate programs
Act as an engaged citizen of the department, college, university, and their field
Publish in top-tier peer-reviewed journals
Obtain grants from federal agencies and/or private foundations
Contribute to and help shape the emerging area of lifespan development
Collaborate with colleagues across the department
Engage in high quality teaching and mentoring activities