Assistant Professor College of Charleston/University of Charleston, South Carolina

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON/UNIVERSITY OF CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR.  The Department of Psychology at the College of Charleston invites applications for a tenure-track position at the assistant professor level to enhance our Master of Science in Child Life program as well as our undergraduate major programs.  We are seeking a candidate with experience working with children with chronic or episodic medical illness, and who has a passion for teaching courses in pediatric psychology, infant, child, and adolescent development, family psychology, health psychology, and child life theory.  Strong preference will be given to candidates who have demonstrated graduate and undergraduate teaching excellence in these areas and who will involve students in sustained research.  Review of applications for this position will begin on February 18, 2015 and the position will begin August 16, 2015.  A Ph.D. in psychology is required.   Disciplines of clinical, educational, developmental, counseling psychology or related discipline in psychology are preferred.  All applicants must submit a letter of application, curriculum vitae, research statement, teaching philosophy, reprints, graduate transcript, and names and contact information for three letters of recommendation.  Applicants may submit all materials to https://jobs.cofc.edu/postings/3674.  For more information on the college, the MS in Child Life program, and the psychology department, visit http://www.cofc.edu,childlife.cofc.edu/, and http://psychology.cofc.edu/, respectively.  The College of Charleston is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any individual or group on the basis of gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, race, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, or disability.