Department Chair Psychology

Job Description
We seek a Chair of the Department of Psychology in the College of Arts and Sciences. The Department of Psychology comprises 24 fulltime tenured or tenuretrack faculty 8 teaching faculty and 7 fulltime staff members. The new department chair will play a pivotal role in formulating departmental strategic plans foster collaborations in our interdisciplinary environment articulate relevant funding streams and support the unique needs of diverse research programs. Our faculty are researchers educators and scientistpractitioners with expertise in broad areas of psychology including clinical psychology cognitive psychology school psychology and social psychology. Our research has been supported by the National Science Foundation the National Institutes of Health the Institute of Educational Sciences IARPA and various other foundation and industry collaborators. Many of our faculty also play active roles in the Neuroscience Program Aging Studies Institute Burton Blatt Institute on Disability and the Institute for Veterans and Military Families across campus. The successful candidate will foster collaborations in our interdisciplinary environment demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of relevant funding streams and support the unique needs of diverse research programs. The Department houses the largest undergraduate program in the College of Arts and Sciences with over 1000 majors. We also train over 60 graduate students across our four doctoral programs: APA accredited programs in Clinical and School Psychology and programs in Social and Cognitive psychology. Students benefit from dedicated faculty an engaging curriculum and handson mentoring. Clinical training is supported by our new psychological services center and our purposebuilt labs designed in collaboration with architects for each program will open in Spring 2025. The Department has a history of educational excellence with faculty members recognized for outstanding teaching and mentoring and with graduates going on to have successful academic careers. The successful candidate will be prepared to work with the undergraduate program director and four graduate program directors to ensure effective program development and resource allocation maintain accreditation standards and promote innovation in teaching mentoring and graduate training to match the changing landscape of higher education. The successful candidate will work with the department to broaden and strengthen the Department in alignment with the Universitys strategic plan and the College of Arts and Sciences strategic plan . The successful Chair will develop a clear strategic vision for further advancing the research and educational programs in the Department particularly within the context of the Universitys R1 status. The successful candidate will be expected to foster faculty research cultivate a positive inclusive and collaborative environment within the Department for faculty staff and students and represent the Department to the broader institution and community.

Responsibilities
The Chair will be responsible for the Departments academic and strategic leadership and will advocate for the Department at the College University regional and national levels; provide guidance to a leadership team comprised of associate chairs undergraduate and graduate program directors and the director of the Psychological Services Center; oversee and delegate responsibilities to several departmental committees. The Chair will oversee a department housed in an R1 research university that offers undergraduate major B.A. and B.S. programs in Psychology and Ph.D. programs in Clinical Cognitive School and Social Psychology. The Chair will maintain regular meeting schedules with faculty staff and graduate students; maintain availability for faculty staff and student support and assistance; support recruitment efforts at the undergraduate and graduate levels; oversee the promotion and tenure processes for the Department as well as faculty and staff annual reviews; support the development of tenuretrack and nontenuretrack faculty members; oversee curriculum design advising operations budget and daytoday management; and foster alum relations. The chair position is a 5year renewable appointment 8.5month academic year appointment plus 2 months summer) beginning as soon as July 1 2025. The Chair will report to the Dean of the College. Teaching release and financial arrangements are to be discussed with the Dean.

Qualifications
A Ph.D. in clinical psychology cognitive psychology health psychology social psychology school psychology or related fields. Tenured full professors are preferred but advanced associate professors with credentials aligned with full professorship at Syracuse University will be considered.