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Assistant Professor — Psychology and Neuroscience - 319100

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill  ·  Psychology and Neuroscience  ·  Chapel Hill, NC
Assistant ProfessorTenure-TrackPsychology and Neuroscience

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Assistant Professor Bookmark this Posting Print Preview | Apply for this Job Please see Special Instructions for more details. The application should include the following: cover letter explaining how you can support the department’s mission in the three areas of research, teaching and service (https://psychology.unc.edu/); curriculum vitae; research and teaching statements; up to 4 reprints, preprints or working

papers, and the names of four professionals familiar with your work who can submit recommendation letters for you. If you do not yet have your Ph.D. but expect to have it by the time of appointment, please indicate this in the cover letter.Please use the Research Statement option to upload research and teaching statements in a combined pdf.Please use Research/Writing Sample and/or Other Document options to upload

papers. Posting Information Posting Information Department Psychology and Neuroscience - 319100 Posting Open Date 09/30/2026 Application Deadline 11/06/2026 Open Until Filled No Position Type Permanent Faculty Working Title Assistant Professor Appointment Type Tenured/Tenure Track Vacancy ID FAC0006135 Full-time/Part-time Full-Time Permanent Hours per week 40 FTE 1 Position Location North Carolina, US Hiring Range

Commensurate with education and experience Proposed Start Date 07/01/2027 Position Information Be a Tar Heel! The Department of Psychology and Neuroscience in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill invites application for a tenure track faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor, to begin July 2027. We seek an outstanding researcher with expertise at the

intersection of AI and cognition. Areas of research may include, but are not limited to, the effects of AI on learning, language processing, and other cognitive tasks; the development of AI-assisted technologies to measure cognitive processes; human-computer interactions; AI-informed brain-computer interfaces; or AI models of attention, language, and memory. The position will build on existing expertise in our

department in the areas of complex human capabilities and how they change as a result of human experience.The successful candidate will join the Cognitive Psychology program within the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience. UNC Chapel hill offers opportunities for exciting collaboration and innovation, both across the six programs in the department as well as with UNC’s new School of Data and Information

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