Open Rank Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Educational Neuroscience

About the role

Florida International University is a Top 50 preeminent public research university with 55,000 students from all 50 states and more than 140 countries, located in Miami, offering over 200 degree programs. The School of Education and Human Development seeks applicants for a nine‑month, open‑rank tenure‑track faculty position in educational neuroscience. The role supports interdisciplinary research in the science of learning from a neuroscientific perspective, involving teaching courses in educational neuroscience, neurological development, and neuropsychological research methods, and contributing to research, mentorship, and collaborative projects with FIU’s Center for Imaging Science, Center for Children and Families, CRUSADA, and other institutes.

Responsibilities

• Conduct interdisciplinary research in the science of learning using neuroscientific methods, including MRI.
• Teach courses in educational neuroscience, neurological development, and neuropsychological research methods.
• Mentor and advise graduate and undergraduate students.
• Collaborate with FIU’s Center for Imaging Science, Center for Children and Families, CRUSADA, Research Center in Minority Institutions, Brain, Behavior and the Environment Program, and Institute of Environment.
• Develop research programs that align with the mission of the FIU Center for Imaging Science and address human learning, cognition, social and affective neuroscience in applied educational contexts.

Requirements

• Doctorate in educational psychology, cognitive neuroscience, educational neuroscience, developmental science, or a related field.
• Evidence of a research trajectory focused on human neurobiological or neuropsychological processes in relation to applied educational and/or developmental contexts.
• Demonstrated capacity to teach and/or mentor students.
• Expertise in one or more neuroimaging techniques.
• Interest in educational applications broadly defined.

Qualifications

• Research that incorporates MRI methods.
• Experience teaching courses focused on development, learning, education, and/or neurobiology.
• Participation in funded research projects.
• Capacity to teach coursework in social and affective neuroscience.

Job Opening ID: 534182; applications accepted via careers.fiu.edu; direct questions to Dr. Geoffrey Potvin at gpotvin@fiu.edu.