Assistant Professor - Media Psychology

University of Michigan • Ann Arbor, MI • 8h ago

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How to Apply

In addition to applying on careers.umich.edu, applications should be submitted to https://apply.interfolio.com/191179 . Consideration for this position requires the successful submission of both mandatory applications.

Applicants should submit:

a letter of application

a curriculum vitae

a statement of current and future research plans

a statement of teaching philosophy and experience

a statement of activities that demonstrate leadership and service

up to three representative publications or other writings

evidence of teaching excellence

contact information for three recommenders. Letters will be requested after the first round of review.

In the letter of application, the applicant should elaborate on how they have and/or would support interdisciplinarity, appreciation for research traditions other than their own, and collegiality in a department with a great deal of intellectual diversity.

Job Summary

The Department of Communication and Media at the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) seeks to hire a full-time, tenure-track assistant professor to teach and conduct research in media psychology, to begin August 25, 2027.

Responsibilities*

Job duties include research activity, teaching of graduate and undergraduate courses, mentoring of graduate and undergraduate students, and service to the department, school, university, and profession.

Required Qualifications*

A PhD by the start of the appointment is required.

Desired Qualifications*

The preferred candidate will demonstrate an innovative research agenda that advances the understanding of media psychology (i.e., uses, processes and effects) at the individual, community, and/or societal level.

We are particularly interested in applicants who use innovative methods and approaches in their research and teaching, including experiments, surveys, content analysis, meta-analysis, computational methods, psychophysiological methods, neuroimaging or other social scientific techniques. Scholars utilizing a range of methods, and/or who supplement quantitative methods with qualitative approaches, are welcome.

The ideal candidate will provide graduate and undergraduate students with the theoretical and methodological foundations to explore how individuals and groups of people interact with, and are affected by, mediated communication. This may include the processes and effects of media use in relation to a person's identity, attention, stage of development, or other @contextual factors; choices for exposure; and how people's emotions, cognition and perceptions interact with media-both as recipients and as active users.

All areas of media psychology will be considered. This could include scholarship on media choice; psychological antecedents and consequences of media use; representations of gender and/or sexuality and their consequences; representations of race and ethnicity and their consequences; media uses and effects among members of understudied and/or marginalized groups; media uses and effects through the life course; media effects on health, risk, and environmental behavior; media effects on cognitive processing and learning; media and children; media and well-being; new and emerging media (e.g., social media, virtual reality, AI, etc.).

Modes of Work

Positions that are eligible for hybrid or mobile/remote work mode are at the discretion of the hiring department. Work agreements are reviewed annually at a minimum and are subject to change at any time, and for any reason, throughout the course of employment. Learn more about thework modes (https://hr.umich.edu/working-u-m/my-employment/ways-we-work-resource-center/ways-we-work-implementation-group/modes-work) .

Background Screening

The University of Michigan conducts background checks on all job candidates upon acceptance of a contingent offer and may use a third party administrator to conduct background checks. Background checks are performed in compliance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act.

Application Deadline

Review of dossiers will begin on September 15, 2026; applications received after September 11, 2026 may not receive full consideration.

U-M EEO Statement

The University of Michigan is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.

Job Detail

Job Opening ID

281792

Working Title

Assistant Professor - Media Psychology

Job Title

ASST PROFESSOR

Work Location

Ann Arbor Campus

Ann Arbor, MI

Modes of Work

Onsite

Full/Part Time

Full-Time

Regular/Temporary

Regular

FLSA Status

Exempt

Organizational Group

College Of Lsa

Department

LSA Communication and Media

Posting Begin/End Date

8/18/2026 - 9/12/2026

Career Interest

Instructional - Regular

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