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Part-Time Assistant Adjunct Professor of Psychology-Cognitive Psychology, Spring 2022


About Mills College:

Located in Oakland, California, in the heart of the San Francisco Bay Area, Mills College is a liberal arts college for women and gender non-binary students, with graduate programs for all genders. Consistently ranked one of the top master's universities and one of the best value colleges in the West by U.S. News & World Report, Mills also has been named one of the Best Colleges in the nation by The Princeton Review. The Mills experience is distinguished by small, interactive classes, one-on-one attention from exceptional faculty, a culture of creative experimentation, and cutting-edge interdisciplinary learning opportunities which empower students to make a statement in their careers and communities. As one of the most diverse liberal arts colleges in the country, we have a strong record of academic success with first-generation students, students of color, Latinx students, LGBTQ students, and other underrepresented students. Mills College has recently become a Hispanic Serving Institution. Applicants with expertise and experience in supporting and promoting success for Latina/o students are encouraged to apply.

Mills College encourages diversity in hiring and particularly welcomes applications and nominations from women, gender non-binary individuals, and minorities. Mills College seeks to recruit and retain a diverse workforce as a reflection of our commitment to equity, inclusion, and social justice and our desire to maintain the excellence of our faculty. In so doing, we offer our students not only the opportunity to learn about varied disciplines but to engage with diverse perspectives and ways of knowing and learning. For more information, please visit www.mills.edu.


Job Description:

COURSE TITLE: PSYC156 Cognitive Psychology

DEPARTMENT: Psychology

Department Description:

Psychology, the largest major at Mills, is staffed by a friendly and collaborative

faculty who have a close relationship with the diverse students we serve. The department, which also is home to the Biopsychology major, has a strong research emphasis and maintains a broad, scientifically based curriculum. Mills College offers unique opportunities for students to collaborate with or work alongside faculty in laboratory research.

Course Description:

PSYC 156 Cognitive Psychology (3 credits). This course is designed to provide an overview of current theories and research in cognitive psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and cognitive science. Topics will include history, perception and sensation, attention, memory, language, decision making, reasoning and problem solving.


Requirements:

Minimum Qualifications

PhD in Cognitive Psychology or Cognitive Neuroscience. The successful candidate will have substantial teaching experience and a proven track record of working with undergraduate students in a liberal arts college setting.


Additional Information:

Compensation:

For faculty new to Mills, compensation is $6,000 per course without a terminal degree and $6,500 per course with a terminal degree. Adjunct compensation is governed by a Collective Bargaining Agreement and increases with seniority at Mills College.

This is an exempt, part-time position. The compensation includes state-mandated benefits including Social Security, State Disability Insurance, Workers' Compensation Insurance, Unemployment Insurance and Sick Day accrual. Employees also receive free admission to campus events, use of the pool, fitness center, and tennis courts.

All positions are subject to a background check. Prior to the first date of employment, an applicant's background check must be cleared.

Mills College does not permit discrimination based on pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, race, religious creed, color, national origin or ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, age, sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity. For more information on Mills' non-discrimination policy, please go to https://www.mills.edu/policies/ada-policies/nondiscrimination-statement.php.

Mills College requires current faculty and staff to be fully vaccinated against the COVID-19. All new hires are required to be fully vaccinated prior to the first date of work on campus. Fully vaccinated is defined as two weeks following a second shot of a two-dose vaccine or two weeks following a single dose vaccine. For further information regarding the Mills' immunization policy, including medical and religious exemptions, please contact benefits@mills.edu.


Application Instructions:

Click the 'Apply Now' button below and follow instructions to submit the following documents:

• Employee Application
• Cover Letter
• Curriculum Vitae
• Teaching Statement
• Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) statement: Please describe your commitment to DEI. How have you worked to advance DEI in your current or previous positions? If hired at Mills, how would you contribute to the College's commitments to racial and gender justice and inclusive excellence?
• Names, addresses, and email contacts for two professional references. No letters of reference should be submitted at this time.

Please note that you can only upload 6 'Other' documents. You can consolidate multiple pages/documents into one file upload. The file size limit for each upload is 10Mb.

Review of applicants will begin immediately; applications will be accepted until the position is filled.



To apply, visit https://mills.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdetails.jsp?JOBID=138312&CNTRNO=1&TSTMP=0





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