Visiting Instructor Psychology

Job Details

Visiting Instructor Psychology

Job ID: 297926
Location: Statesboro, Georgia
Full/Part Time: Full Time

About Us

Georgia Southern University is the state's largest and most comprehensive center of higher education south of Atlanta. With nearly 150 degree programs at the bachelor's, master's and doctoral levels, Georgia Southern has been designated a Carnegie Doctoral/R2 "high research" university and serves more than 29,500 students from all 50 states, Washington D.C., and Puerto Rico as well as 106 nations.

Department Information

Within this setting, the Department of Psychology offers a Bachelor of Science, Master of Science with concentrations in Experimental Psychology and Behavior Analysis, and an APA-accredited PsyD Program in Clinical Psychology. This position will primarily involve teaching courses on the Statesboro Campus and online.

Job Summary

Reporting to the Department Chair, the Visiting Instructor of Psychology will teach fifteen credit hours per semester, hold regular office hours, and participate in Department meetings and activities. This is an academic year appointment for the months of August 2026-May 2027. All visiting positions are non-tenure track appointments.

Required Qualifications

• Earned master's or doctoral degree in psychology, or a closely related field with at least 18 graduate semester hours in psychology, by August 1, 2026.
• Credentials to teach some combination of the following courses: Introduction to Psychology, Careers, Ethics, & Professionalism, Research & Analysis (I, II, III), Drugs and Behavior, Cognitive Psychology, Physiological Psychology, Social Psychology, Personality Psychology, Principles of Learning, Behavior Modification, Psychology of Substance Use, Comparative Psychology, Psychology Capstone.
• Willingness to engage with institutional student success initiatives.
• Commitment to engaging with best practice initiatives in instruction and pedagogy, mentoring, and curriculum design and development.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience teaching traditional in-person courses.
• Experience teaching fully online courses.
• Previous experience with one or more of the noted courses in Required Qualifications.