Position Openings

Assistant Professor of Psychology

The Psychology Department at Alma College invites applications for a tenure track assistant professor beginning August 2012. Teaching responsibilities will include Introductory Psychology, Developmental Psychology and other courses of interest; teaching responsibilities will consider expertise and departmental need.  

Ph.D. required for tenure-track appointment. Full-time teaching load is 6 courses per year; salary, benefits, and support for professional development are competitive. Send 1) cover letter, 2) curriculum vitae, 3) separate statement describing research and teaching interests, 4) sample reprints or preprints of recent work and 5) contact information for three professional references to: Dr. Gwyneth Beagley, Psychology Department, Alma College, 614 W. Superior St., Alma, MI 48801, beagleyg@alma.edu.  Review of applications will begin December 1, 2011.

A Phi Beta Kappa institution, Alma is a selective, baccalaureate liberal arts college committed to academic excellence and an equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse faculty, staff and student body. For more information about the College, visit www.alma.edu.

 

Alma College is among the top 40 baccalaureate institutions in the country for the percentage of students who choose to study abroad, according to a report published by the Institute for International Education. Among Alma’s graduates in the 2009–10 academic year, 61.4 percent participated in study abroad, which ranked 37th in the nation.

 

Student Profile

Cory Townes

Cory Townes
Graduation: 2014
Major: Physics

Livonia junior Cory Townes didn’t need to be on campus for more than a few weeks to know that energy, mass and force would drive the momentum of his college career.

With a passion for problem solving, physics is his major of choice.

“Solving problems is satisfying, and physics is all about solving problems,” he says. “It’s a lot of fun working on a tough problem and then finding the solution.”