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Cognition and Emotion Adjunct Faculty (non-tenure) or Full time, Tenure Track Institute Faculty in the Wright Institute's Doctor of Psychology (Psy.D.) in Clinical Psychology Program

Position Title: Cognition and Emotion Adjunct Faculty (non-tenure) or Full time, Tenure Track Institute Faculty
Department: Clinical PsyD Psychology Program
Location: Wright Institute, 2728 Durant Ave., Berkeley, CA
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Qualifications: A doctoral degree emphasizing scientific expertise and/or research experience in the areas of cognition and/or affective bases of behavior. (See below.)
Salary: $3,683 - $8,165. Competitive, based on years of experience.

Position Overview:

The Cognition and Emotion instructor will be responsible for teaching a fundamental component of the Foundations Series within the Clinical Psychology Program at the Wright Institute. Primary topics include first-, second-, and third-person perspective, perception, attention, conscious and unconscious processes, affect and emotion, interoception, prediction, language, memory, emotion-memory interactions, mental representation, and feelings-as-information in decision-making. Fundamental cognitive and affective processes are seen as potential transdiagnostic mechanisms in understanding psychological dysfunction. The course provides students with a comprehensive understanding of the scientific aspects of cognitive and affective bases of behavior, focusing on the adaptation of this discipline-specific knowledge toward the biopsychosocial practice of clinical psychology.

Instructors seeking a full-time, tenured track faculty position and are also qualified and interested in teaching a year-long sequence of courses including research methods, statistics, tests and measurements, and a course involving the guidance of doctoral students in preparing a pre-dissertation prospectus are strongly encouraged to apply. Applicants for full-time faculty who can chair dissertation committees is a plus.

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Interested candidates should submit the below application including the following:

Application Deadline: December 15, 2024

Contact Information: Cassandra Dilosa, cdilosa@wi.edu

 

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