Job Opportunities
See our current openings for faculty, postdocs, undergraduates, and staff.
Faculty Openings
Tenured Associate Professor in Computational Cognition, Cognitive Neuroscience, or Visual Neuroscience
Description The Department of Psychology in the College of Arts and Science at Vanderbilt University invites applications for a tenured associate professor position in the areas of cognition, cognitive neuroscience, or visual neuroscience with a computational or AI focus, to start August 16, 2025. We particularly welcome applications from scientists developing computational models that explain…
Senior Lecturer Non-Tenure Track in Psychology
Description The successful candidate will teach a combination of core courses (e.g., general psychology, quantitative methods, and/or experimental design), distribution course(s) in an area of expertise (e.g., cognitive, social, abnormal, perception), and/or elective courses of broad interest to undergraduates. The successful candidate will have opportunities to teach courses that contribute…
Staff Openings
Administrative Specialist, Department of Psychology
Job Description The Administrative Specialist is part of the administrative staff in the Department of Psychology at Vanderbilt University. The Administrative Specialist handles expense reports, faculty appointments and re-appointments, faculty recruitment, visiting scholar appointments, visa applications, facilities, compliance, and event coordination support. This person will work primarily with Admin Manager…
Research Technician (Prof. Sohee Park)
The Research Technician is part of the research staff in the Department of Psychology in the College of Arts and Sciences, Division of Natural Sciences at Vanderbilt University and is a direct support of the laboratory of Dr. Sohee Park and is responsible for the lab's research activities. This position…
Research Technician (Prof. Sohee Park)
Position Summary: The Research Technician is part of the research staff in the Department of Psychology in the College of Arts and Sciences, Division of Natural Sciences at Vanderbilt University and is a direct support of the laboratory of Dr. Sohee Park and is responsible for the lab's research activities.…
Postdoctoral Openings
Postdoctoral Researcher (Prof. Jonathan Schaefer)
Dr. Sylia Wilson (University of Minnesota) in the Minnesota Center for Twin and Family Research (MCTFR) and Dr. Jonathan Schaefer (Vanderbilt University) seek to hire a postdoctoral researcher to investigate the implications of social inequality (e.g., socioeconomic disadvantage, discrimination) on the adolescent and adult brain, and neurocognitive, psychiatric, and psychosocial…
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Internalizing Disorders at Vanderbilt University (Prof. Antonia Kaczkurkin)
The BRAINS Lab in the Department of Psychology at Vanderbilt University seeks applicants for a postdoctoral researcher position. The lab’s research program focuses on understanding the neurobiological mechanisms that contribute to internalizing disorders. The lab integrates multimodal measures such as functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), cerebral blood flow, brain anatomy,…
Undergraduate Opportunities
If there are no undergraduate openings available below that suit you, you may contact the specific laboratory you are interested in for opportunities.
Please also see the following resources:
- Conducting Research in the Department of Psychology
- Summer Research Opportunities at Vanderbilt University
Research Volunteer (laboratory of Prof. Antonia Kaczkurkin)
Research volunteers in the BRAINS Lab in Wilson Hall assist with data collection for studies on anxiety and depressive symptoms. Duties may include recruiting participants, administering cognitive tests, assisting with prepping participants for EEG and fMRI data collection, serving as a back-up MRI participant, completing data preprocessing and cleaning, conducting…