"Assistant Professor - Social Personality - Department of Psychology"

The Department of Psychology at the University of California, Berkeley seeks to fill a tenure-track, Assistant Professor position in the area of social/personality psychology, with an expected start date of July 1, 2026. Research areas of interest for this position are open. Applicants may conduct research in a wide range of subfields within or across social and personality psychology (e.g., by examining how individuals, groups, and systems operate jointly). Possible subfields include but are not limited to culture, intergroup processes, social cognition, self and relationships, personality, health, and well-being. In terms of methods, of particular interest are applicants who use multiple and innovative methods, including advanced statistics, computational approaches, interventions, and/or multi-assessment methods (e.g., behavioral observation, neural measures). The department is committed to addressing the family needs of faculty, including dual career couples and single parents. We are also interested in candidates who have had non-traditional career paths or who have taken time off for family reasons, or who have achieved excellence in careers outside academia.