Assistant Professor - Cognitive Neuroscience; Psychology

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Assistant Professor - Cognitive Neuroscience (Psychology)

FACULTY VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

Brooklyn College of the City University of New York (CUNY) invites applications for a full-time tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the Department of Psychology with a starting date in August 2026, with a research focus in Cognitive Neuroscience.

The Psychology Department is one of the largest departments on campus and part of the School of Natural and Behavioral Sciences. At the undergraduate level we have a neuroscience minor and are introducing a neuroscience major in Fall 2026 to support interdisciplinary curriculums at the undergraduate and graduate studies levels. We currently maintain an NIH-funded BP-ENDURE program and an NSF-funded REU program, both of which emphasize undergraduate research training in neuroscience and are designed to promote interest and engagement in the sciences among students from underrepresented populations.

At the CUNY Graduate Center, the Psychology Department provides doctoral training through the Psychology Doctoral Program and the CUNY Neuroscience Collaborative, and faculty also contribute to training in the Cognitive Neuroscience MS program. At Brooklyn College, the Department offers master’s-level programs in Psychological Research, Mental Health Counseling, and Organizational Psychology.

We seek a collaborative faculty member pursuing a research program in Cognitive Neuroscience that seeks to elucidate neurobiological mechanisms of cognition broadly defined. A research program in Cognitive Neuroscience could include a focus on basic attention, perception, motor skill, affective processes, learning and memory, decision-making processes, etc., with translational implications. The person should bring expertise in non-invasive neurophysiological methods (fMRI, EEG, MEG, fNIRS, tDCS, TMS, cTBS, etc.)

and computational expertise for advanced data analysis (machine learning, etc.).

Faculty are expected to develop their own program of research (including seeking extramural funding), actively participate in the department’s teaching and service responsibilities at the undergraduate and graduate levels and engage in student mentorship beyond the classroom.

Brooklyn College serves students from as many as 150 countries who speak over 100 languages and dialects and thus constitutes a vibrant microcosm of the rich diversity and energy that characterizes the borough of Brooklyn and the greater New York City area itself. Its mission features "a special commitment to educate immigrant and first-generation college students from the diverse communities that make up our city and state."

The college ethos is strongly invested in the educational and career success of a population that encompasses a multiplicity of nationalities, ethnicities, religions, cultures and languages. We are committed to fostering a spirit of camaraderie and shared ideals across the entire spectrum of our varied constituency. By accessing a first-class and affordable college education in an inclusive and nurturing intellectual milieu, our students acquire the skills, confidence, and global mindedness that allow them to thrive in a rapidly changing, unpredictable marketplace of ideas that is increasingly mindless of borders and spans the gamut of cultures and vernaculars.

To this end, the college seeks faculty who are eager to engage with the diversity of our student body and have a demonstrated commitment to inclusion and heterogeneity through teaching, research and/or service. We seek to recruit and retain faculty who reflect the mosaic of our student population. Successful candidates will bring their unique creativity, sensitivity, insights and perspectives to a community that welcomes innovation in scholarship and teaching.

Together we will model the finest that a public urban liberal arts, sciences, and professional studies college can be for the present and future.

• Teaching undergraduate, master’s, and/or doctoral courses.
• Developing and maintaining a funded research agenda.
• Advising, mentoring, and training undergraduate and graduate students.
• Participating in college, department,…