Barnard Early-Career Faculty Fellow, Neuroscience & Behavior

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Job:

Barnard Early-Career Faculty Fellow, Neuroscience & Behavior

Job Summary:

With Barnard’s longstanding commitment to diversity and equity, the Faculty Diversity and Development (FDD) Committee and Barnard College, Columbia University in New York City, seeks three, full-time Early-Career Faculty Fellows to spend two years (beginning July 2025) contributing to, and gaining from, the rich community of research, teaching and praxis of Morningside Heights, where Barnard College is located. The Barnard Early-Career Faculty Fellow program is a two-year residential fellowship welcoming of early-career scholars from social backgrounds under-represented in academia. The fellowship is designed to help expand the number of under-represented scholars who are hired into tenure-track positions by providing them with the experience, skills, and accomplishments necessary to succeed in the highly competitive application process.

Job Description:

This complement of extraordinary early-career scholars will play an active role in a vibrant scholarly community and fully participate in the life of their academic home at the college. Faculty Fellows teach two undergraduate courses (or their equivalent) relevant to their scholarly interests and experience, conduct research and scholarship in the candidate’s discipline, and receive mentoring and professional development support from the department/program, college, and university. departmental mentoring and College-wide professional development support. This is a two-year position beginning on July 1, 2025, with teaching responsibilities during the standard academic year from September through May.

Departments and Programs eligible to host a Barnard Early-Career Faculty Fellow include:

• Africana Studies

• American Studies

• Anthropology

• Art History 

• Neuroscience & Behavior

• Spanish and Latin American Cultures

Neuroscience & Behavior

The Neuroscience & Behavior Department at Barnard College is an excellent home for an early career scientist looking to further their teaching and research training and developing pedagogical skills. The department is home to nine active research labs making discoveries on topics that range from single neuron function to human cognition across the lifespan and all rely on close collaboration between experienced mentors and undergraduate trainees. 

Applicants with experience and/or interest in the following research areas are encouraged to apply: modeling small neural circuits, experimental investigations of visual attention and language function, and analyses of neuroimaging datasets (fMRI). 

Computational skills are highly valued, both for theoretical models and data analysis. The faculty fellow would be expected to teach two neuroscience lectures, lab or seminar courses or their equivalent (e.g., mentoring of Summer Research Institute neuroscience students). A successful Faculty Fellow would be enthusiastic about integrating research in these areas with teaching and mentoring of our talented undergraduates. 

Reviews will begin Monday, March 31. For full consideration please apply by this date. 

Skills, Qualifications & Requirements:

Required Qualifications

Terminal degree in a related discipline, with all requirements for the degree completed by the time of hiring offer.  

Application Requirements

Only complete applications submitted via Workday will be considered.  Applicants are required to upload the following documents:

• CV with links to all available research, teaching, and service materials

• 2-3 page cover letter addressing research, teaching, and service/community engagement interests. Please also address your ability to work effectively with a student population that is broadly diverse with regard to gender and gender expression, race, ethnicity, nationality, sexual orientation, and religion; 

• Personal statement that summarizes why this opportunity is particularly appealing to you at this time;

• 1 representative publication or single writing sample preferably <30 pages  (e.g. journal article, book chapter, dissertation chapter);

• Finalists will be asked to identify three references, including one with direct knowledge of their teaching capabilities. References will be