Essential Functions & Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Essential Functions The following are the functions essential to performing the job of an Assistant Professor: 1. To maintain a part-time teaching load in the department of psychology, unless granted release time. 2. To meet each class as scheduled. 3. To work collaboratively within the Interdisciplinary Health Equity Research Center and DE-CTR ACCEL leadership/ researchers. 4. Participate in University/College/Department/ Professional committees and community at large activities. 5. Actively pursue external funding through research and grant writing. 6. To demonstrate and maintain professional competence and knowledge of subject matter and strive to keep informed of contemporary developments in the field of specialization through reading and research, or other means of expression appropriate to the discipline. Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities The individual in this job must possess these skills and abilities or be able to explain and demonstrate that they can perform the essential functions of the job, with or without reasonable accommodation using some other combination of skills and abilities: 1. Must have grant writing experience and potential to develop a nationally recognized and externally funded research program in the area of behavior and integrative neuroscience or neuropsychology. 2. Must have the ability to communicate effectively in an oral and written manner. 3. Must have knowledge of cutting-edge methodologies for conducting research.