Position Type | Adjunct
Faculty Track | Non Tenure
Position Title | Adjunct Assistant Teaching Professor, Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience
Employment Status | Part Time
Months |
Campus | Biddeford, ME
Description | The School of Social and Behavioral Sciences (SSBS) in the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) at the University of New England (UNE) invites applications for an Adjunct Assistant Teaching Professor to teach Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience (NEU 306) in Fall of 2024. The successful candidate will join an energetic, dedicated, and productive group of faculty with expertise across the social sciences including anthropology, archaeology, political sciences, psychology, and sociology. The start date for the position is August 28, 2024.
Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. To apply for this position, please submit the following materials:
Cover letterCurriculum vitaeA statement of teaching philosophy and interestsNames and contact information for three professional references
For more information, please visit the School of Social and Behavioral Sciences website at
https://www.une.edu/cas/schools/social-behavioral-sciences or contact the academic director of the School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Dr. Michael Burman (
mburman@une.edu).UNE is a private, non-profit, comprehensive university with the Carnegie Classification of high research activity (R2), with campuses in Portland and Biddeford, Maine and Tangier, Morocco. The College of Arts and Sciences is located on Biddeford’s waterfront campus in southern Maine, with easy access to city-based amenities, forested areas, rocky coastlines, freshwater lakes, sandy beaches, nearby mountains, and is an approximate one-and-a-half hour drive from Boston. CAS, one of UNE’s five colleges, has a primary focus on undergraduate education.
UNE offers students a highly integrated learning experience that promotes excellence through interdisciplinary collaboration and innovation in education, research, and service. UNE’s excellence could not happen without a dedicated and talented faculty and professional staff. We value student-centered, multi-disciplinary and interdisciplinary efforts that meet the highest ethical standards to achieve excellence in support of an integrative approach to the liberal arts, scholarship and research, and health and the environment.
Our core values include but are not limited to Student Centeredness; Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and Relentless Inquiry. Visit
https://www.une.edu/about/mission-vision-and-values to learn about our mission, vision, and core values.
UNE is a great place to work. We boast both a tight-knit community and access to a wide array of degree programs, research opportunities and cultural events. We have three distinct campuses that combine to offer students a range of different learning experiences. Our two Maine campuses house our nationally recognized undergraduate, graduate and professional programs, while our campus in Tangier, Morocco is home to an innovative semester abroad program. UNE is perennially included on “best colleges lists” by U.S. News & World Report, The Princeton Review, Forbes, and others. Portland is one of the nation’s most livable small cities with an incredible natural environment, friendly people, a wealth of arts and cultural institutions, and major medical facilities. Outside magazine named it as one of the “Greatest Places to Live in America”, and Bon Appetit selected Portland as the 2018 “Restaurant City of the Year”.
UNE also offers a generous comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees and their dependents. The package includes varied health and dental plans; a retirement plan that includes up to an 8% match; extensive paid leave including holidays, sick and personal time; and educational benefits for both employees and dependent children. Please visit the Human Resources Benefits site-
https://www.une.edu/hr/benefits for additional information regarding UNE’s fantastic benefits package.
Responsibilities | The successful candidate will teach 1 sections of Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience (NEU 306) in person on the Biddeford Campus for the Fall 2024 semester. The class is scheduled to meet Tuesdays and Fridays at 3:30 – 4:50pm, from Wednesday, August 28 through Friday, December 13, 2024. The current textbook –
Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain, Fourth Edition by Mark F. Bear, Barry W. Connors, Michael A. Paradiso (2015) – will be provided. Supporting materials can also be provided.
Responsibilities include:Developing and presenting instruction aligned with the student learning outcomes of the course.Meeting all designated class periods.Grading student assignments in a timely manner.Submitting mid-semester progress reports and final grades on time, meeting University deadlines.
Qualifications | A master’s degree in Psychology, Neuroscience, Biology or a closely related field is required at the time of hire. Candidates with a Ph.D. and/or undergraduate teaching experience are preferred.
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