Tenure Track Assistant Professor

The Department of Psychology ( boasts over 1,700 undergraduate majors
(BS, BA), 330 graduate students (PhD, MA, MPS), and 50 full-time faculty. There are five graduate areas
in the department: Cognitive & Behavioral Neuroscience, Clinical, Applied Developmental, and Human
Factors & Applied Cognition, and Industrial-Organizational. Faculty are accomplished and well-known in
their sub-disciplines, and the departmental rankings continue to rise ( We
are situated in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, which is the largest academic unit at
George Mason. George Mason is committed to supporting the career development of all faculty (
faculty.gmu.edu/).

George Mason is well-known as an innovative and dynamic institution. We were one of the first higher
education institutions to hire a Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer (
Departmentally, we have expertise in applying AI/ML approaches to cognition, personality assessment,
therapy, and other areas of psychology. The department has access to a range of neuroscience tools,
including, for example, an on-campus 3T MRI facility, EEG, TMS and tES, eye-tracking, and animal
housing facilities. In addition, researchers benefit from access to high-performance computing resources
and Azure cloud infrastructure.

The Tenure-Track Assistant Professor, within the Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience program in the
The psychology department will have expertise at the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) (e.g. deep
neural networks and large language models) and neuroscience. The Assistant Professor should have an
interest in bringing new methods in AI to neuroscience, and/or using findings/data from neuroscience to
develop new AI solutions. This might include investigation in connection with neuroimaging,
computational models of cognition, genetics, or other related areas.

The position is expected to teach and advise at the graduate and undergraduate levels, engage in
scholarly activities, and provide service at the departmental level. The position is expected to develop an
internationally recognized and extramurally funded research program, participate in the department's
PhD and MA programs, and contribute to the department’s excellence in undergraduate education.

For full consideration, applicants must apply for the Tenure Track Assistant Professor at Complete and submit the online application to include three professional references with full contact information, and provide 1) a cover letter, 2) CV, 3) philosophy of teaching, 4) research statement, 5) publication/materials, 6) copies of no more than three representative scholarly papers (this is extra space to allow for system upload file size restrictions on item 5, and 7) letter of recommendation (you may upload your references here as we use blind recommendations). Questions may be directed to [email protected].