Assistant Professor (Neuroscience)

Position Number: 86164 

Hiring Unit: UHM College of Social Sciences - Psychology 

Location: Manoa Campus 

Date Posted: October 1st, 2025 

Closing Date: Continuous; application review begins on November 3, 2025. Applications received by November 2nd, 2025, will be given priority. 

Salary Information: Commensurate with qualifications and experience Monthly 

Type: 9 Month 

Tenure Track: Tenure 

Full Time/ Part Time: Full Time 

Temporary/Permanent: Permanent 

Other Conditions: The Department of Psychology, College of Social Sciences (CSS), University of Hawai’i at Mānoa (UHM) invites applicants for the position of Assistant Professor (F-3) position in Neuroscience. The hire will join the Cognitive, Neuroscience, and Social area, and desired applicants will add to the department’s strengths in neuroscience and cognition. This is a 9-month, full-time, permanent, tenure-track faculty appointment to begin August 1, 2026, subject to position clearance and availability of funds. 

More information about the department is available at https://psychology.manoa.hawaii.edu/ ;

About the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa: UHM is an R1 (Very High Research Activity, Carnegie Classification) institution located on a beautiful arboretum campus. UHM is a land- grant, sea-grant, and space-grant university with the core mission of generating, preserving, and disseminating knowledge for the greater good of the people of the state of Hawai‘i and the world beyond through teaching, research, and service. 

Duties and Responsibilities: 

1. Develop a research program; undertake research/scholarly projects in the field or branch of learning represented by and consistent with the goals of the UHM CSS. 

2. Seek extramural funding. 

3. Publish research in peer-reviewed journals.

4. Teach undergraduate and graduate courses in neuroscience, biopsychology, and seminars in specialty area, and courses serving departmental needs (e.g., Statistical Techniques in Psychology), as needed. 

5. Maintain a professional level of performance and productivity in assigned areas of teaching, research, and service. 

6. Supervise and mentor undergraduate, MA and PhD students. 

7. Contribute to development activities at the discipline, department, and campus levels. 

8. Work independently and with colleagues to select, develop, and revise curricular materials, instructional techniques, and assessment strategies at the course, credential and/or discipline levels. 

9. Provide service to department, college, university, and community. 

10. Participate in professional and self-development activities. 

11. Other duties as assigned by the Department Chair. 

Minimum Qualifications: 

1. Ph.D. in Psychology with an emphasis in Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience, or closely related area from an accredited college or university or foreign equivalent by date of hire; 

2. Record of research accomplishment (publications, grants) commensurate with time in the field; 

3. Demonstrated ability to teach undergraduate and graduate courses in neuroscience, biopsychology, and seminars in specialty area; 

4. Demonstrated ability to mentor students in the applicant’s area of research; 

5. Demonstrated ability to maintain professionalism in meeting and conferring with others. 

Desirable Qualifications: 

1. Post-doctoral or comparable research experience. 

2. Research interests that contribute to the program area in cognition, neuroscience, and social psychology. 

3. Demonstrated ability to receive extramural funding. 

4. Experience teaching student populations with varying backgrounds. 

1. Cover letter addressing how you satisfy the minimum and desirable qualifications 

2. Curriculum vitae 

3. A statement summarizing your program of research 

4. A statement summarizing your teaching philosophy and interests 

5. Three (3) relevant publications 

6. Relevant course evaluations and sample syllabi 

7. Contact information for three (3) recommenders (references will be contacted upon being shortlisted) 

Finalists must be prepared to submit copies of official transcripts prior to campus visit. 

Official transcripts will be required upon hire. 

Inquiries: Dr. Scott Sinnett, Search Committee Chair, 808-956-6272, ssinnett@hawaii.edu 

EEO, Clery Act, ADA The University of Hawai'i is an Equal Opportunity Institution and is committed to a policy of nondiscrimination in employment, including on the basis of veteran and disability status. For more information, visit: https://www.hawaii.edu/offices/eeo/policies/ ;

Employment is contingent on satisfying employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986; reference checks of previous employers; and for certain positions, criminal history record checks. 

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Accommodation Request: The University of Hawai'i complies with the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process should contact the EEO coordinator directly. Determination on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis. For further information, please refer to the following link: https://www.hawaii.edu/offices/eeo/accommodation-request/