Tenure-track Assistant (or advanced Assistant ) Professor

The Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Dartmouth College seeks applications for a tenure-track Assistant (or advanced Assistant) Professor position in Behavioral Neuroscience beginning in Fall, 2012. The successful candidate is expected to provide high-quality teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels and to have exhibited excellence in independent research. Applications from candidates using small animals as an experimental model in any area broadly defined as behavioral neuroscience are welcome. Current areas of research include learning/memory, spatial cognition, hormones/behavior, decision-making, and animal cognition. Behavioral neuroscience is one of several areas of expertise within the department that focuses on experimental psychology. The department is housed in a state-of-the-art research and teaching facility that includes excellent space for animal research. Dartmouth College is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, is strongly committed to diversity, and encourages applications from women and minorities. Please submit via email a letter of application including: (1) CV, (2) research statement, (3) teaching statement, and (4) names and contact information for three references to: Behavioral.Neuroscience@dartmouth.edu. Review of applications will begin October 1, 2011.

The Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Dartmouth College expects to make a tenure track appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor (entry-level or advanced) effective July 1, 2012. Exceptional senior candidates may also be considered. We seek an individual who has exhibited excellence in research and is able to provide high-quality teaching at the undergraduate level and in the graduate program. We are particularly interested in someone who complements our strengths in self-regulation, social cognition, affect, and social neuroscience. The social area is one of three areas (along with behavioral neuroscience and cognitive neuroscience) in the department. The department is housed in a state-of-the-art research and teaching facility that includes a dedicated research MRI scanner for brain imaging research. With an even distribution of male and female students and over a quarter of the undergraduate student population are members of minority groups, Dartmouth is committed to diversity and encourages applications from women and minorities. Please send a letter of application, a curriculum vita, and arrange for three letters of recommendation to be sent via email to: Todd F. Heatherton (Chair, Search Committee) at social.psych@dartmouth.edu. Alternatively, paper applications may be submitted to Social Search Committee, Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences, 6207 Moore Hall, Dartmouth College, Hanover NH 03755. Review of applications will begin October 1, 2011 and continue until the position is filled.