Assistant Professor in Cognitive Psychology - UCSC

The Psychology Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) invites applications for an Assistant Professor (tenure-track) in Cognitive Psychology with a focus on human perception, broadly defined. We seek applicants whose research focuses on high-level aspects of perception, such as: scene, object, and person perception; conscious versus unconscious processing; perception in real-world and technology-mediated contexts (via phones, virtual reality, artificial intelligence, or robots); the integration of visual, auditory, or other sensory information; how perception interacts with other cognitive processes such as attention, memory, language, and decision-making; social influences on perception (including face perception and the own-race bias), and neurodiversity in perception (e.g. perception in misophonia, prosopagnosia, synesthesia, and autism). Candidates are expected to conduct empirical research using behavioral, neuroscientific, physiological, pharmacological, and/or computational modeling approaches, teach at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, and contribute to our Psychology and Cognitive Science majors.  

UC Santa Cruz values diversity, equity, and inclusion and is committed to hiring faculty who will work to advance these values. UC Santa Cruz is a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) and an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institution (AANAPISI) with a high proportion of first-generation students. We welcome candidates who understand the barriers facing historically oppressed groups in higher education (as evidenced by life experiences and educational background) and who can clearly articulate participation in equity and diversity advancement efforts with respect to teaching, mentoring, research, and service towards building an equitable and scholarly environment. Activities promoting equity and inclusion at UC Santa Cruz will be recognized as important university service during the faculty promotion process. For more information please refer to the APO Diversity Resources web page.  

Applications submitted by Monday, October 14, 2024 will receive full consideration. Please feel free to email Nicolas Davidenko (chair of the search committee, ndaviden@ucsc.edu) with any questions about the position.  

A direct link to the job application portal is here: https://recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF01807