Assistant Professor, Psychology, Two Positions

**Position Title / Rank**:**Assistant Professor in Psychology, Position #1 Applied Social Psychology, Position #2 Open Area**
**Department**:Psychology**:
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**Position Description**:
**Position 1 (Applied Social Psychology)**

The research and graduate training in Applied Social Psychology prepares students for careers in a wide range of applied and academic settings. Faculty and graduate students conduct research and community-engaged scholarship in areas that include health, illness and disability, gender, violence, prejudice, cooperation, culture, immigration, intergroup relations, and science and technology. The program values principles of social justice and open science practices, and welcomes methodological diversity (e.g., quantitative, qualitative, field, participatory, big data approaches).

**Position 2 (Open Area)**

**Requirements for Positions 1 and 2**
- Effective and innovative teaching and research training.
- An emerging research profile and interest in contributing to research-related activities, commensurate with the position’s responsibilities.
- Effective knowledge mobilization, including peer-reviewed publications, conference presentations, high quality research communication to broader audiences, or outputs stemming from community-engaged work, as well as the potential for contributing to external support for scholarship activities.
- Experience, capacity and commitment to collegial service in the academic, professional, and/or broader community.

**The Psychology Department**

**The University of Guelph**

The University of Guelph resides on the traditional lands and territory of the Anishinaabeg, Haudenosaunee and Huron Wendat. These lands are now home to a rich diversity of First Nations, Inuit and Métis people. We offer our respect and gratitude to our Indigenous neighbours and affirm our responsibility to realize our commitments to reconciliation through ongoing action. We are guided in this work by Bi-Naagward | It Comes into View, the Indigenous Initiatives Strategy.

The University of Guelph is among the largest employers in Guelph, a city of over 144,000 people, located about an hour drive west of Toronto, Ontario. University of Guelph is a top-ranked comprehensive university in Canada with an enrolment of more than 30,000 undergraduate and graduate students across more than 40 academic units. The University is known for its commitment to student learning, innovative research, and collaboration with world-class partners. It is a unique place, with transformative research and teaching and a distinctive campus culture. People who learn and work here are shaped and inspired by a shared purpose: _To Improve Life_. Reflecting that shared purpose in every experience connected to our university positions us to create positive change, here and around the world. Our University community shares a profound sense of social responsibility, a drive for international development, and an obligation to address global issues.

**Application Process**
- a cover letter;
- a curriculum vitae;
- a training/teaching dossier that contains a brief statement of philosophy (2 pages maximum) and evidence of teaching effectiveness and excellence (e.g., sample course outlines and assessments, mentoring experience, student and/or peer evaluations). Applicants, especially to the Open Area position, may include an optional statement (1 page) describing potential contributions to departmental teaching practices or curricular design;
- an Indigenization, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Accessibility statement that outlines their past research, service work, teaching, mentorship, or community engagement in regard to these issues (1-2 pages maximum);
- three letters of reference.

**Applications should be addressed to the attention of**:
Dr. Kaitlyn McLachlan

Associate Professor and Interim Chair

Department of Psychology

University of Guelph

Guelph, ON N1G 2W1

**Date Posted**: 03/26/2025

This position is represented by the University of Guelph Faculty Association (UGFA).

The University of Guelph commits to fostering inclusive excellence through promoting Indigenization, equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility. Inclusion is a core pillar of Our Time, our strategic plan, which pledges to “transform our human resources, governance and student services and practices across the University to enable us to recruit a diverse student, faculty and staff body and support them in achieving their personal, professional and scholarly goals.” The University commits to creating and maintaining “equitable work environments that empower us in our pursuit of student, faculty and staff success, research excellence, innovation and impact.”