Assistant Professor in Cognitive Psychology, Tenure-Track Position

Western Washington University with over 15000 students in seven colleges and the graduate school is nationally recognized for its educational programs students and faculty. The campus is located in Bellingham Washington a coastal community of 90000 overlooking Bellingham Bay the San Juan Islands and the North Cascades Mountain range. The city lies 90 miles north of Seattle and 60 miles south of Vancouver British Columbia. Western has additional sites in Anacortes Bremerton Everett Port Angeles and Poulsbo. Western is recognized nationally for its successes such as being named one of the top public masters-granting institutions in the Pacific Northwest for 25 years in a row by U.S. News & World Report.

Western Washington University is committed to achieving excellence through advancing inclusive success increasing our Washington impact and focusing on transformational education grounded in the liberal arts and sciences and based on innovative scholarship research and creative activity. Westerns greatest strength is the outstanding students faculty staff and alumni/ae who make up its community. Western supports an inclusive governance structure for all and provides a learning and working environment in which everyone can pursuit of this excellence individual employees are expected to establish and maintain productive and effective inclusive working relationships amongst diverse populations including staff faculty administration student and external constituents. Further individual employees are expected to have the ability to operationalize sustainability concepts (economic societal environmental) into all aspects of performing their job duties.

The College of Humanities and Social Sciences and the Psychology Department support Westerns mission which states that together with our students staff and faculty we are committed to making a positive impact in the state and the world with a shared focus on academic excellence and inclusive achievement. We encourage applications from women people of color people with disabilities veterans and other candidates from underrepresented backgrounds and with diverse experiences interested in this opportunity.

• Teaching experience commensurate with their career level as well as a commitment to excellence and inclusivity in teaching and an ability to contribute to our curriculum in cognition (a large lecture class in cognitive psychology and upper-level classes such as human memory UX Design or a seminar in cognition) and undergraduate statistics and research methodology.
• Scholarship record in applied cognitive psychology commensurate with experience.
• A program of meaningful mentorship of undergraduate students from a wide range of social and cultural backgrounds. Mentorship is broadly defined to include areas such as career paths university resources research or teaching.
• A commitment to service and engagement such as mentoring outreach and other service efforts that support student success promote equity and access impact the field and/or community.
• Ph.D. at time of application or ABD at time of application in Cognitive or closely related areas of Psychology with expertise in Applied Cognition. Candidates appointed ABD must complete all degree requirements by June 15th of their first year of employment.

• Demonstrated experience working within an open science framework
• Ability to teach courses related to User Experience Design and Research

Salary

The starting salary range for assistant professor appointment tenure-track is generally between $73500-$76500 with placement within the positions salary range being based on qualifications and professional experience. The entire salary range for the assistant professor position is $73500-$90270 with the upper end of the salary range typically being achieved through collectively bargained salary adjustments. Relocation assistancemay be available per University guidelines. Salary and start-up funds are to be determined upon being offered the position.

Bargaining Unit

United Faculty of Western Washington

Application Instructions

Please submit your application to Dr. Ira Hyman and the search committee through Westerns PageUp system. You should include a cover letter that addresses your experience related to position responsibilities and the required and preferred qualifications. The letter should summarize the ways in which your strengths are consistent with the values of the department and the priorities we have outlined for this position including your commitment to working toward equity and inclusion potential contributions to our undergraduate program and the domain of your cognitive research program. The application should also include:

1) a curriculum vitae;

2) a statement of teaching philosophy that provides evidence of your ability to create an equitable and inclusive educational experience that will meet the needs of students from diverse backgrounds;

3) a statement of research interests that describes your program of research and emphasizes your plans for involving and mentoring undergraduate students;

4) a statement of service and engagement (max 2 pages) that describes activities such as mentoring outreach and other service efforts that support student success promote equity and access impact the field and/or community and a description of how you will demonstrate a commitment in these areas in teaching research and/or service at WWU;

5) and copies of representative publications.

You will be asked to provide contact information for three references. Letters will be automatically requested from the referees via the PageUp system.

Review of complete files will begin on February 18 2026; position is open until filled. For more information about Western Washington University see the Psychology Departments web page.

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States at the time of hire. Employment-based visa sponsorship may be considered depending on the candidates current immigration status; however the University is unable to sponsor new H1B petitions or cover associated filing of processing fees at this time.

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