Visiting Assistant Professor Human Development – Early Childhood and Adolescent Development Focus (One Year)

Description

The Department of Human Development invites applications for a one year visiting assistant professor in Human Development to begin July 1, 2025. We seek a colleague who is an excellent teacher and is enthusiastic about working closely with students in a liberal arts context. The focus of this position is Early Childhood and Adolescent Development, with a broad emphasis on examining how sociocultural, environmental, and biological contexts impact human development. Examples of expertise could include: examining how sociocultural practices and learning environments shape socioemotional and/or cognitive development; development of self and identity in early childhood and adolescence; the impact of cultural and social practices on peer relationships, family, and community, or educational and biological outcomes. 

 

The expected teaching load for this position will be 3/3, for a total of 6 courses for the academic year.  This new hire will contribute to our Human Development Major by teaching a first year seminar on a topic of their choice and expertise, several sections of Introduction to Human Development, and 2-3 other courses required by our majors and minors, to be determined based on the expertise of the candidate and the needs of the department.  Examples of these courses may include: Individual Differences in Human Development, Children in Learning Environments, or Adolescent Development. 

 

The successful candidate should have a Ph.D. in Human Development or Psychology (e.g., specialization could be in interdisciplinary areas such as: cultural, critical, developmental, social, clinical, early childhood, adolescence or other relevant areas) or a Ph.D. in a related discipline at the time of appointment. 

 

The Connecticut College Child Development Lab School is integrated with the Human Development Department. The Lab school is a model child and family-focused early childhood preschool program for young children of diverse backgrounds and abilities. It provides a laboratory setting for student placements and gives them an opportunity to apply theory and concepts to real-life cultural settings. Each year the program serves approximately 90 children and their families from New London County who are seeking a high-quality early childhood program.

 

The Human Development  Department is working to support the college’s Equity and Inclusion Action Plan in various ways, including an integration of the APA’s  Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Framework (2021) into our curriculum and departmental practices. We seek a colleague who shares this vision and who can join us in this work. Connecticut College values the contributions visitors bring to our community and encourages their active engagement with their departments and all aspects of campus life during the course of their appointment. Visiting faculty may opt to be voting members of the faculty in their first semester, and their presence is welcome at all faculty meetings.  

Connecticut College offers ongoing support for teaching through our Center for Teaching and Learning and for research through internal funding through sources including the Dean of the Faculty’s office, the Center for the Critical Study of Race and Ethnicity, and the Holleran Center for Community Action and Public Policy. 

 

Connecticut College values the contributions visitors bring to our community and encourages their active engagement with their departments and all aspects of campus l