Multiple Open-Rank Tenure Track Faculty Positions in Psychology

Overview

Georgia Tech prides itself on its technological resources, collaborations, high-quality student body, and its commitment to building an outstanding and diverse community of learning, discovery, and creation. We strongly encourage applicants whose values align with our institutional values, as outlined in our Strategic Plan. These values include academic excellence, diversity of thought and experience, inquiry and innovation, collaboration and community, and ethical behavior and stewardship. Georgia Tech has policies to promote a healthy work-life balance and is aware that attracting faculty may require meeting the needs of two careers.

About Georgia Tech

Georgia Tech is a top-ranked public research university situated in the heart of Atlanta, a diverse and vibrant city with numerous economic and cultural strengths. The Institute serves more than 45,000 students through top-ranked undergraduate, graduate, and executive programs in engineering, computing, science, business, design, and liberal arts. Georgia Tech's faculty attracted more than $1.4 billion in research awards this past year in fields ranging from biomedical technology to artificial intelligence, energy, sustainability, semiconductors, neuroscience, and national security. Georgia Tech ranks among the nation's top 20 universities for research and development spending and No. 1 among institutions without a medical school.

Georgia Tech's Mission and Values

Georgia Tech's mission is to develop leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The Institute has nine key values that are foundational to everything we do:

1. Students are our top priority.
2. We strive for excellence.
3. We thrive on diversity.
4. We celebrate collaboration.
5. We champion innovation.
6. We safeguard freedom of inquiry and expression.
7. We nurture the wellbeing of our community.
8. We act ethically.
9. We are responsible stewards.

Over the next decade, Georgia Tech will become an example of inclusive innovation, a leading technological research university of unmatched scale, relentlessly committed to serving the public good; breaking new ground in addressing the biggest local, national, and global challenges and opportunities of our time; making technology broadly accessible; and developing exceptional, principled leaders from all backgrounds ready to produce novel ideas and create solutions with real human impact.

About the School of Psychology at Georgia Tech

The School of Psychology is dedicated to advancing psychological science through cutting-edge research, innovative education, and impactful community engagement. Our faculty and student researchers strive to promote a scientific understanding of the human brain, cognition, mind, environment, and behavior. We are committed to translating our knowledge of the organization of the brain and behavior to improve workforce development, the human condition and well-being, inspire future technologies, and improve the world. Excellent research facilities support the school's research and interdisciplinary graduate programs across the Institute. Our programs emphasize interdisciplinary collaboration, quantitative training, critical thinking, and hands-on experience, preparing students for leadership positions in academia, industry, and public service. Georgia Tech's commitment to interdisciplinary collaboration has fostered fruitful interactions between psychology faculty and faculty in the sciences, computing, business, engineering, design, and liberal arts. Georgia Tech is in the heart of Atlanta, one of the nation's most academic, entrepreneurial, and creative cities with excellent quality of life. The School of psychology actively develops and maintains a rich network of academic and applied behavioral science/industrial partnerships in and beyond Atlanta.

Atlanta, GA

The School of Psychology (psychology.gatech.edu/) at the Georgia Institute of Technology (www.gatech.edu/) in Atlanta, Georgia invites applications for multiple tenure-track faculty positions in the broad area of Applied Psychological Science. Applicants will be considered at all ranks. Candidates are expected to demonstrate an exceptional commitment to the teaching and mentoring of students.

We are interested in candidates whose research can complement and extend applied psychological science (i.e., I-O and Engineering Psychology). Therefore, we not only welcome applicants conducting traditional research (e.g., well-being, leadership, training, user interfaces and user experience, ergonomics, human-system integration) and emerging research (e.g., AI-based selection, human-AI-robot teaming) in these fields, but we also encourage applications from those working at the intersection of related fields (e.g., affective computing, labor economics, mobility and transportation, workspace design, assistive technology, public policy). Our goal is to attract innovative scholars who can contribute to and expand the distinct research landscape at Georgia Tech.

Successful candidates will conduct cutting-edge research leveraging technology to enhance the human condition, excel in graduate and undergraduate education, and have the potential or proven ability to secure external funding. They will collaborate effectively within and beyond the School of Psychology, while embracing a global outlook, showing a strong sense of leadership, and a commitment to service; qualities that empower them to make a difference to the field, the Institute, and the world. Must have a documented commitment to teaching excellence and student mentorship.

The position requires a PhD in psychology (e.g., Industrial-Organizational, Engineering Psychology, Human Factors) or a related field (e.g., Organizational Science, Industrial or Systems Engineering, Behavioral/Learning Science, Educational Psychology, Public Health, Computer Science, Data Science, Sociology of Work, Labor Economics, Social and Decision Sciences, or another applied field).

• Have a strong record of academic accomplishments commensurate with current academic rank.
• Show a demonstrated ability or potential to secure external research funding.
• Possess the knowledge, skills, ability, and motivation to build interdisciplinary collaborations within and beyond the Institute.
• The ability to mentor and assist students interested in pursuing graduate education.
• The ability to design and teach curricula that are responsive to a distinct student body.
• The ability to adopt teaching strategies that support the learning and success of all students.
• The ability to engage students in experiential learning activities and pedagogy that support student success.

Applications must be submitted online as PDF files via (https://hr.gatech.edu/careers) and should include:

• A Cover Letter
• Curriculum Vitae (including a list of publications)
• Research Statement
• Teaching Statement, including advising/mentoring philosophy
• Contact information of at least three individuals who have agreed to provide a reference in support of the application if asked.
• In addition, applicants are invited to submit a statement (1 page maximum) outlining how their professional and academic experiences have prepared them to support and apply Georgia Tech's mission and values, which are described in our strategic plan (https://strategicplan.gatech.edu/).

This appointment has a proposed start date to begin in August 2025.

For the fullest consideration applications should be submitted by September 30, 2024, and will continue until the position is filled.

Questions about this search can be addressed to faculty_search_24@psych.gatech.edu.

Portal questions will be answered by Emily Hobdy and questions about positions by the chair of the search committee, Bruce Walker.

The University System of Georgia is comprised of our 26 institutions of higher education and learning as well as the System Office. Our USG Statement of Core Values are Integrity, Excellence, Accountability, and Respect. These values serve as the foundation for all that we do as an organization, and each USG community member is responsible for demonstrating and upholding these standards. More details on the USG Statement of Core Values and Code of Conduct are available in USG Board Policy 8.2.18.1.2 and can be found on-line at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section8/C224/#p8.2.18_personnel_conduct.

Additionally, USG supports Freedom of Expression as stated in Board Policy 6.5 Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom found on-line at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section6/C2653.

The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. The University is committed to maintaining a fair and respectful environment for all. To that end, and in accordance with federal and state law, Board of Regents policy, and University policy, Georgia Tech provides equal opportunity to all faculty, staff, students, and all other members of the Georgia Tech community, including applicants for admission and/or employment, contractors, volunteers, and participants in institutional programs, activities, or services. Georgia Tech complies with all applicable laws and regulations governing equal opportunity in the workplace and in educational activities.

Georgia Tech prohibits discrimination, including discriminatory harassment, on the basis of race, ethnicity, ancestry, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, disability, genetics, or veteran status in its programs, activities, employment, and admissions. This prohibition applies to faculty, staff, students, and all other members of the Georgia Tech community, including affiliates, invitees, and guests. Further, Georgia Tech prohibits citizenship status, immigration status, and national origin discrimination in hiring, firing, and recruitment, except where such restrictions are required in order to comply with law, regulation, executive order, or Attorney General directive, or where they are required by Federal, State, or local government contract.

More information on these policies can be found here: https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section6/c2714 Board of Regents Policy Manual | University System of Georgia (usg.edu).

The candidate of choice will be required to pass a pre-employment background screening. http://policylibrary.gatech.edu/employment/pre-employment-screening.