Employment

Instructional Positions

Lecturer, 2024-25, Part-time or Full-time

The Department of Psychology in the College of Liberal Arts is accepting applications for single course, part-time lecturers (two courses/term) and full-time (three courses/term) to teach courses that may occur in Fall 2024 (August 26, 2024 - January 8, 2025), Spring 2025 (January 9, 2025 - May 24, 2025), or the Summer 2025 session. The Psychology Department occasionally needs lecturers to teach courses that cannot be staffed by regular faculty members or graduate students. This search will establish a “pool” of instructors if such openings occur during the 2024/25 academic year. Applicants may be selected from this pool on an as-needed basis throughout the academic year. Teaching may be for day, evening or online courses. Appointments may or may not be renewable based on need, funding, and performance. We welcome candidates whose experience in teaching and research has prepared them to contribute to the Psychology Department’s commitment to working with a diverse student population, and in building inclusivity, diversity, and equity into their courses. Apply online via the University of Minnesota Employment System; reference job opening ID 361774.

Teaching Specialist, 2024-25, Part-time or Full-time

The Department of Psychology in the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities invites applications for a 50%-100% FTE Teaching Specialist position for academic year 2024-25. The position will be made at 50% time (two lab/discussion sections) or 100% time (four lab/discussion sections) for the Fall 2024 semester (August 26, 2024 - January 8, 2025) or Spring 2025 semester (January 9 - May 25, 2025) or both. The Psychology Department occasionally needs lecturers to teach courses that cannot be staffed by regular faculty members or graduate students. This search will establish a “pool” of instructors if such openings occur during the 2024/25 academic year. Applicants may be selected from this pool on an as-needed basis throughout the academic year. Teaching may be for day, evening or online courses. Appointments may or may not be renewable based on need, funding, and performance. We welcome candidates whose experience in teaching and research has prepared them to contribute to the Psychology Department’s commitment to working with a diverse student population, and in building inclusivity, diversity, and equity into their courses. Apply online via the University of Minnesota Employment System; reference job opening ID 361779.

Postdoctoral Positions

Postdoctoral Associate (FamiLee Lab)

The Familee Lab within the Department of Psychology at the University of Minnesota is seeking applications for a postdoctoral associate. The position is ideal for a diversity scientist interested in research on racially minoritized youth and families that utilizes a strength-based approach to development and well-being. The research lab has a particular focus on measurement, mixed-method, and longitudinal studies on transracial and transnational adoption, ethnic-racial socialization and identity development, acculturation processes, and intergenerational conflict and trauma. The successful applicant will join an active lab under the direction of Professor Richard Lee, work collaboratively with colleagues at other institutions in the US, Germany, and South Korea, and have an opportunity to mentor and supervise undergraduate and graduate students. Apply online via the University of Minnesota Employment System ; reference job opening ID 361922.

Postdoctoral Associate (TRiCAM Lab)

The Translational Research in Cognitive and Affective Mechanisms (TRiCAM) laboratory is a research laboratory within the Department of Psychology is seeking applicants for a post-doctoral associate. This position is ideal for a clinical psychology post-doc interested in advanced project management experience, including supervising staff, and MRI data acquisition and processing (structural, fMRI) in people with early psychosis or psychosis risk syndromes. The successful applicant will join an active laboratory under the direction of Professor Angus MacDonald with a team of full-time staff, graduate students and undergraduate researchers addressing a broad array of questions of interest to clinical cognitive neuroscience and psychopathology. In particular, you will have a leadership role in a multidisciplinary center grant that will pursue longitudinal fMRI data collection in patients with early psychosis. Apply online via the University of Minnesota Employment System ; reference job opening ID 356565.

Postdoctoral Traineeship in Genetic and Neurobehavioral Mechanisms of Addiction, its Risk Factors, and Consequences

The Department of Psychology in the College of Liberal Arts is searching for a postdoctoral trainee as part of an NIH Training Grant (T32). Read more about the position and apply. 

Postdoctoral Associate (MCTFR)

Professor Scott Vrieze and the Minnesota Center for Twin and Family Research are seeking postdoctoral scholars to investigate the nature, origins, and development of addiction, psychopathology, and related conditions using genetically informative designs. These include genome-wide association studies and large longitudinal twin and adoption designs.  Individuals in the position will report directly to Dr. Vrieze, but will be able to avail themselves of resources in the Department of Psychology at the University of Minnesota as well as the Minnesota Center for Twin and Family Research, led by Profs Vrieze along with Matt McGue, Sylia Wilson, Monica Luciana, and Gretchen Saunders. Both of these institutions have a vibrant history and exciting future in the use of genetic designs to understand the nature and origins of behavior and human experience.  Initial appointment will be for 12 months but is renewable annually, contingent upon satisfactory performance and availability of funding. Apply online via the University of Minnesota Employment System; reference job opening ID 352388.

Staff Positions

MCTFR Research Data Manager

The Minnesota Center for Twin and Family Research (MCTFR) is seeking to hire a Research Data Manager (RDM) to support and manage data archival activities, as well as other information systems tasks that facilitate the organization, definition, entry, storage, and retrieval of the MCTFR’s structured and unstructured data sources. RDM responsibilities will focus on three general information technology domains (User Support, Data Engineering, and Quality Assurance). The RDM will report to the MCTFR’s Scientific Director, and work closely with Principal Investigators, Principal Data Manager, and other data management staff. This position will support the critical task of inventory, accounting, and organization of all existing MCTFR data. A successful candidate will have strong technical aptitude and willingness to learn new IT skills in the absence of software or database development experience.  This position is funded for one year through the UMN Research Infrastructure Investment grant. Hybrid work is an option. Apply online via the University of Minnesota Employment System; reference job opening ID 362212.

Fraser Lab – Researcher 1 (8352R1)

The Fraser Lab at the University of Minnesota (https://www.fraserlab.net/) will open in September 2024 and is recruiting a full-time research technician to help establish the lab. As a part of the Department of Psychology we are involved in the greater neuroscience research community at the University of Minnesota which provides excellent access to training and professional development. The Fraser Lab is interested in the neurobiological basis of motivated behavior and investigates how defined brain circuits contribute to behavioral regulation. We make use of modern neuroscience approaches to record and manipulate neural activity in real-time as rodents perform complex behavioral tasks to relate precise aspects of neural activity to well-defined psychological processes. To do so, we regularly use optogenetics, chemogenetics, calcium imaging, biosensors, electrophysiology, and immunohistochemistry. Our ultimate goal is to decipher the neural mechanisms regulating behavior and to characterize how these are altered in psychiatric illness, such as addiction, or by differences in lived experience, such as after early life adversity, to potentially identify novel therapeutics. We seek a team member who can assist in the setting up of the lab, who is able to work closely with the PI, and is enthusiastic about team-building and growth. Work is primarily onsite at Elliott Hall on the East Bank, Twin Cities Campus. Apply online via the University of Minnesota Employment System; reference job opening ID 361453.

2024-25 Non-Exempt Temporary/Casual: Psychology

The Department of Psychology in the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Minnesota occasionally needs temp/casual employees to provide research support that cannot be staffed by regular faculty or advanced graduate students. These positions are part-time and temporary. This posting does not constitute a posting for a specific vacancy. Rather, it establishes a pool of applicants should openings occur during the 2024-25 academic year. Applications will not be acknowledged upon receipt and will only be reviewed should openings occur. Appointments may be renewable based on need, funding, and performance. Apply online via the University of Minnesota Employment System; reference job opening ID 361759.