"Postdoctoral Associate, Psychology"

Postdoctoral Associate, Psychology

The Cross-College Department of Psychology spans the College of Arts and Sciences and Cornell Human Ecology and is recognized for excellence in advancing knowledge of psychological science. The department comprises 43 full-time faculty whose research spans the study of behavior and its cognitive, hormonal, neural, and social underpinnings across diverse environmental contexts. Our faculty conduct theoretical and empirical work in developmental, cognitive, neuroscience, and social and personality psychology. Our department is internationally recognized for its ecological perspective and embraces interdisciplinary and translational research.

The successful candidate will work closely with a primary faculty mentor (Dr. Jessica Salerno) to conduct and publish research on moral and legal decision-making at the individual and group level. Primary tasks will include analyzing and publishing a variety of projects from several federally funded projects that have been recently completed. The Postdoctoral Associate will have the opportunity to lead efforts to analyze several large, rich corpuses collected/built via these grants (e.g., videos of hundreds of large groups trying to reach consensus, real-world court data on racial composition of juries and videos of jury selection, databases of real 911 calls, psychophysiological data during large-group decision making) on topics that could include (but are not limited to) intergroup biases and dynamics, social influence, group decision-making, emotion, moral psychology, or legal judgment. There will also be opportunities and resources for conducting original independent research (in collaboration with Dr. Salerno). The Postdoctoral Associate will be a member of the Department of Psychology, will receive professional mentorship from department faculty, and will be invited to participate in all department activities and events. This position is fully onsite in Ithaca, New York. No teaching is required.

Applicants must have a Ph.D. in Psychology or in a closely related field (e.g., Organizational Behavior, Criminology) by the start date of employment. Some interest in testing and applying psychological theory in legal contexts is important, but prior experience doing so is not required. Additional beneficial but optional experience and skills include multi-level modeling, LLM and/or NLP, behavioral coding, and/or psychophysiological monitoring.

Review of applicants will begin as soon as December 1, 2025, and will continue until the position is filled.

Relocation assistance is not provided for this position.

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in U.S. Employment will end upon the expiration of work authorization in the U.S. Continued employment in this position is subject to eligibility to work in accordance with U.S. immigration laws.

Pay Range:

$62,232.00 - $88,745.00