The Department of Psychology at Berea College invites applications for a two-year post-doctoral teaching fellowship, beginning Fall 2010 (August).  This position is designed for recent Ph.D.s in psychology desiring to gain significant teaching experience at the undergraduate level.  The successful candidate will also supervise undergraduates in various capacities, including the research lab, independent projects, and departmental labor.  Department Faculty and Berea College Learning Center Associates will mentor fellows in their teaching, and Fellows will participate in New Faculty Seminars & Workshops and other Professional Growth opportunities during the academic year.

Initial teaching responsibilities will consist of General Psychology and Research Methods.  Other possibilities could include Social Psychology w/Lab, Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Cross-Cultural Psychology, Environmental or Ecological Psychology, a course in the applicant’s area of expertise, and courses in the general education core. Fellows are eligible for College grants to fund summer research projects that actively involve undergraduates.

Berea College is a four-year institution devoted to undergraduate education rooted in the liberal arts.  The College’s mission includes special commitments to students of limited economic means and high ability, the Appalachian region, and interracial and intercultural education.  Founded in 1855, Berea College was the first school in the south to offer an inter-racial, co-educational education.  A full tuition scholarship for each student and a work program in which all students participate have long been distinctive features of a Berea education.

Berea College students often are the first in their families to attend college, and they excel in Berea’s academic environment.  Berea graduates distinguish themselves in many fields, including social service, government, ministry, the arts, business, education, medicine, and science, and many go on to earn graduate degrees. 

The town of Berea (pop. 15,000) lies forty miles south of Lexington and is approximately two hours from Cincinnati or Louisville.  Located on the edge of the rolling Bluegrass Region and at the western foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, Berea College houses approximately 1,500 undergraduate students, enrolled in 22 academic departments.  Our selected applicant will make up the 5th member of a department which graduates approximately 22 majors a year.  Approximately 80% of psychology majors attend graduate or professional schools.  More information about Berea College and the Psychology Department is available at www.berea.edu

Interested applicants should send a cover letter, curriculum vitae, graduate and undergraduate academic transcripts, a statement of teaching philosophy, teaching evaluations (if available) and three letters of recommendation to: Dr. Wayne S. Messer, Chair, Department of Psychology, Berea College, CPO 1885, Berea, KY 40404.  Review of applications will begin mid-October and continue until the position is filled. Minority and female candidates are especially encouraged to apply.

Berea College, in light of its mission in the tradition of impartial love and social equality, welcomes all peoples of the earth to learn and work here.