Assistant Professor

The successful candidate will hold a Ph.D. in Neuroscience, Psychology, or related discipline and will be expected to maintain an active, externally funded research program while being committed to graduate and undergraduate education. All applicants should provide evidence of strong potential to establish a successful independent program of research that is competitive for external funding. Prior teaching experience in Psychology and/or Neuroscience is preferred.

IU Indianapolis is located in downtown Indianapolis, the state capital of Indiana. Indianapolis is the 16th largest city in the nation and home to outstanding cultural institutions and several professional sports teams situated in a diverse regional economy. IU Indianapolis is Indiana’s premier urban public research institution, enrolling over 22,000 students across 16 schools ranging from Business and Liberal Arts to Engineering and Technology. The Department of Psychology, situated in the IU Indianapolis School of Science, is comprised of 19 full-time faculty, 700 undergraduate majors (B.A. and B.S. in Psychology), and approximately 55 graduate students enrolled in programs in Industrial/Organizational (M.S.), Clinical Psychology (Ph.D.), and Addiction Neuroscience (Ph.D.). The Department also supports an interdisciplinary undergraduate major in Neuroscience (B.S.) with 150 majors (see Psychology: Indiana University Indianapolis (iu.edu) and Neuroscience: Indiana University Indianapolis (iu.edu)).

Consistent with our health and life science focus, many faculty in the department have strong connections with the IU School of Medicine (Indiana University School of Medicine (iu.edu)) on the same campus, and pursue strong, externally funded, programmatic research, and in particular, many Addiction Neuroscience faculty have strong connections to the Indiana Alcohol Research Center (Indiana Alcohol Research Center | IU School of Medicine) which is in its 36th year of continuous funding by the NIH/NIAAA. Department faculty – including Addiction Neuroscience faculty – also have close ties with two new research institutes on campus, the IU Institute for Human Health and Wellbeing (H2W) and the IU Convergent Bioscience and Technology Institute (CBATI). H2W will foster collaborative research at the intersection of health, life science and technology to meet community needs and improve health outcomes in the State of Indiana (IU Indianapolis professor named inaugural leader of Institute for Human Health and Wellbeing: IU News). CBATI will drive interdisciplinary bioscience and technology research and collaboration within IU, including with researchers at the IU School of Medicine, and with industry partners across the State (Inaugural leader of IU Indianapolis research institute named: IU News).

Applicants should submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae, a detailed description of research program, a statement of teaching (interests, experience, and philosophy) and experience when completing the online application. Applicants should also provide names and contact information for three references when applying. References will be contacted upon application submission by a system-generated email providing instructions and a link to upload their reference letter.

Department contact for questions – Dr. Cristine Czachowski, e-mail address cczachow@iu.edu

The School of Science at Indiana University Indianapolis is committed to building and supporting a diverse, inclusive, and equitable community of students and scholars.

Indiana University is an equal employment and affirmative action employer and a provider of ADA services. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ethnicity, color, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation or identity, marital status, national origin, disability status or protected veteran status. Indiana University does not discriminate on the basis of sex in its educational programs and activities, including employment and admission, as required by Title IX. Questions or complaints regarding Title IX may be referred to the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights or the university Title IX Coordinator. See Indiana University’s Notice of Non-Discrimination here, which includes contact information. The Annual Security Reports, containing policy statements and crime statistics for Indiana University campuses, are available through Public Safety and the IU Police Department web sites at https://protect.iu.edu/police-safety/annual-reports/index.html. A paper copy will be provided upon request from Public Safety at iups@iu.edu.

As the state’s premier urban research institution, IU Indianapolis is committed to being a welcoming campus community that reflects and enacts the values of diversity, equity and inclusion that inform academic excellence. We seek candidates who will not only enhance our representational diversity but whose research, teaching, and community engagement efforts contribute to diverse, equitable, and inclusive learning and working environments for our students, staff, and faculty.

Review of applications will begin on November 1, 2024, and continue until the position is filled.