Job Description

NYU Shanghai invites applications for a Postdoctoral Teaching Fellowship in Psychology. The position is expected to begin on September 1, 2025. The position is for one year, with an opportunity for renewal. There are two openings for the 2025-2026 Academic Year. The Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow of Psychology will be contributing to NYU Shanghai by teaching one semester, and conducting research the other semester. 

Responsibilities 

During the teaching semester, Fellows will teach the lab component of Introduction to Psychology , a popular course usually taken by first or second year undergraduates at NYU Shanghai. The lab component fulfills the University?s Experimental Discovery Core Curriculum requirement and aims to provide an understanding of the experimental methodologies used to investigate psychological phenomena (e.g., cognition and behavior). The Experimental Discovery component is designed to provide hands-on experience in experimental research for students who formulate and examine research questions, design and execute experiments, collect data, collect and clean data sets, run basic statistical analyses, and draft summary reports. 

Teaching responsibilities include the following: 

• Preparing course materials; 

• Helping students understand the texts covered in the course; 

• Preparing for the weekly lab sessions to maximize discussion and participation; ? Grading assignments and examinations; 

• Assessing overall student progress; 

• Giving lectures in the Introduction to Psychology course related to the lab component; ? Holding office hours for student consultations; 

• Participating in meetings to discuss administrative and/or pedagogical matters related to the course; ? Other tasks as assigned by the supervisor. 

The non-teaching semester is devoted to the Fellow?s own research. Each Fellow will be paired with a mentor amongst the Psychology faculty at NYU Shanghai. Possible synergies with the fellow?s and the professor?s research agendas are desirable. Additionally, Fellows are expected to engage with the larger intellectual life of NYU Shanghai, participating in, or possibly organizing, academic events of interest to the University community, or otherwise contributing to the intellectual mission of the University. Fellows are expected to remain in residence for the full academic or calendar year, but will have a discretionary fund for travel to conferences or research sites. 

Terms of employment at NYU Shanghai are comparable to NYU New York and other U.S. institutions. 

We seek candidates who have completed a Ph.D. in Psychology or a closely related discipline. We invite applications from candidates in any field and have a special interest in those with expertise in areas that complement the work of our current Psychology faculty.

Applicants will submit a cover letter that specifies teaching experience, research interests and experience (including experience with experimental study designs),  as well as a curriculum vitae via Interfolio. Additionally, applicants will be prompted to enter the names and email addresses of at least two referees. Each referee will be contacted to upload a reference letter through Interfolio.

Applications may be received until April 1, 2025 . If you have any questions, please email the NYU Shanghai NY Office of Faculty Recruitment shanghai.faculty.recruitment@nyu.edu . 

For questions about this position, please contact Dr Katie Aafjes-van Doorn, Associate Professor in Psychology and Area Head of Social Sciences at kav9239@nyu.edu .

About NYU Shanghai

NYU Shanghai is the third degree-granting campus within New York University?s Global Network. It is the first higher education joint venture in China authorized to grant degrees that are accredited in the U.S. as well as in China. All teaching is conducted in English. A research university with liberal arts and science at its core, NYU Shanghai resides in one of the world's great cities with a vibrant intellectual community. NYU Shanghai recruits scholars of the highest caliber who are committed to NYU's global vision of transformative teaching and innovative research and who embody the global society in which we live.

NYU?s Global Network includes degree-granting campuses in New York, Shanghai, and Abu Dhabi, complemented by thirteen additional academic centers across the world. Faculty and students may circulate within the Network in pursuit of common research interests and cross-cultural, interdisciplinary endeavors, both local and global.

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NYU Shanghai is an equal opportunity employer committed to equity, diversity, and social inclusion. We strongly encourage applications from under-represented individuals in the profession, across color, creed, race, ethnic and national origin, physical ability, and gender and sexual identity. NYU Shanghai affirms the value of differing perspectives on the world as we strive to build the strongest possible university with the widest reach.

About New York University

Founded in 1831, New York University is now one of the largest private universities in the United States. Of the more than 3,000 colleges and universities in America, New York University is one of only 60 member institutions of the distinguished Association of American Universities.

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