Term Assistant Professor

Department: Col of Humanities and Soc Science

Classification: 9-month Instructional Faculty

Job Category: Instructional Faculty

Job Type: Full-Time

Work Schedule: Full-time (1.0 FTE, 40 hrs/wk)

Location: Fairfax, VA

Workplace Type: Hybrid Eligible

Salary: Salary commensurate with education and experience

Criminal Background Check: Yes

Works with Minors check:  Yes

About the Department:

The Department of Psychology (https://psychology.gmu.edu/) has a diverse student body of over 1,500 undergraduate majors and over 350 graduate students, many of whom are first generation college students. We are one of the largest departments in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, which is the largest academic unit at George Mason. The department has over 50 faculty members, including 9 instructional, non-tenure-track faculty positions. Non-tenure-track instructional faculty are vital to the department in their support of its instructional mission. They are expected to be trained researchers but are not expected to be research productive. Non-tenure-track faculty are fully integrated in the department, with voting rights commensurate with rank and status and with similar access to resources, such as travel funds and professional development opportunities, as tenure-track faculty. More broadly, George Mason is committed to supporting the career development of all faculty (https://faculty.gmu.edu/), with a specific emphasis on non-tenure-track faculty (https://provost.gmu.edu/faculty-matters/term-faculty-information).

Our Department is guided by four primary aims. First, the department seeks to foster all-inclusive diversity in our department and our field. Second, in line with George Mason’s Carnegie classification as a Research I university, our department conducts research of consequence and had $3.4M in research expenditures in the last fiscal year. Third, we focus strongly on our training of students across all five of our graduate areas (applied developmental psychology, clinical psychology, industrial-organizational psychology, cognitive and behavioral neuroscience, and human factors and applied cognition). Fourth, we focus on undergraduate training and research, including through our thriving undergraduate honors program. Faculty are highly dedicated to the success of our students, and our programs’ rankings continue to rise (https://www.gmu.edu/rankings).

About the Position:

The Term Assistant Professor in Industrial and Organizational (I-O) Psychology is responsible for teaching in-person and online courses in the industrial-organizational psychology undergraduate and graduate programs (PhD, MA, and Master of Professional Studies). The position is a 9-month appointment for the 2025-2026 academic year, with renewal based on performance and an opportunity to earn additional instructional income over the summer semester.

Responsibilities:

• Teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in the Industrial-Organizational program in the Department of Psychology; and
• Provides service to the Department.

Required Qualifications:

• PhD in I-O Psychology or a related field (at time of appointment);
• Experience teaching (or support teaching) in an undergraduate, master’s, or PhD program in a Psychology department or related field;
• Knowledge of industrial-organizational psychology research and practice;
• Proficiency teaching industrial-organizational psychology research and practice; and
• Ability to teach in online settings.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience teaching (or support teaching) undergraduate, early career graduate, and/or mid-career professional students;
• Experience teaching (or support teaching) of general psychology classes at the graduate level (e.g., research methods, personality, and or social psychology);
• Experience teaching (or support teaching) of basic and advanced quantitative classes;
• Experience teaching (or support teaching) in-person and online;
• Knowledge of advanced quantitative methods;
• Knowledge and proficiency teaching applied statistics courses; and
• Ability to teach advanced quantitative methods.

Instructions to Applicants: 

For full consideration, applicants must apply for the Term Assistant Professor at https://jobs.gmu.edu/. Complete and submit the online application to include three professional references with contact information, and provide a cover letter, CV, Teaching Statement (including teaching philosophy), summary of course evaluations (if applicable), sample syllabi (if applicable), and any other evidence of teaching accomplishments or potential.

Posting Open Date:  May 29, 2025

For Full Consideration, Apply by:  June 27, 2025

Open Until Filled:  Yes