About Job
Location : Demorest (Main) Campus
Job Type: Full-Time Faculty - 9 Month
Job Number: 202500101
Division: College of Arts and Sciences
Department: Social Sciences Department
Opening Date: 05/28/2025
Founded in 1897, Piedmont University is a private, comprehensive liberal arts university with an enrollment of approximately 2,000 students at campuses in Demorest and Athens, Georgia.
Description
Founded in 1897, Piedmont University is a private, comprehensive liberal arts university with an enrollment of approximately 2,500 students at campuses in Demorest and Athens, Georgia.
The College of Arts & Sciences seeks an enthusiastic, student-centered colleague to join the Department of Social Sciences as an Assistant Professor of Psychology. This is a full time, 9-month position with teaching responsibilities on our Demorest campus. The start date for this position is August 1, 2024. The successful candidate with teach sections of General Psychology, Human Growth and Development, and courses in the faculty member's areas of interest/expertise. The position has a 4/4 teaching load with the possibility of summer teaching and overload teaching as it's available.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities
Effective classroom, lab, and clinical teaching and interacting with students in a professional manner.
Maintaining accurate and secure records of student grades, attendance, and advisement.
Maintaining high standards of professionalism in all courses' content, objectives, teaching, and grading.
Maintaining an understanding of college policies and their respective colleges' curriculum and degree requirements.
Participating in departmental, school, and college faculty meetings and serving on committees as appropriate.
Contributing to the ongoing operation of their respective departments and colleges.
Assessing their teaching effectiveness via annual portfolios and evaluating courses formally in accordance with official college procedure.
Assuring their availability to students, faculty, staff, and administrators by posting and keeping reasonable office hours, as determined by the dean of their respective colleges.
Maintaining a professional level of scholarship by continuous study, research, and attendance and participation at professional meetings. The college supports these
activities through departmental travel funds and the faculty development program.
Other relevant duties as assigned.
Regular and predictable attendance is required.
On-site work is required.
Incumbents must remain relevant in the area of employment and flexible to changes in work related to institutional needs.
Typical Qualifications
Education and Qualifications
PhD in Psychology or a related field
Previous higher education experience preferred
Licenses and Certifications
Valid Georgia Driver's License (or obtained within 30 days of hire date) and satisfactory MVR.
Supplemental Information
ENVIRONMENTAL, PHYSICAL, and VISUAL ACUITY FACTORS
Work will be performed inside environmental conditions: Protection from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature changes. Incumbents will perform primarily sedentary work, exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Incumbents will regularly get up and down from a seated position, reach, bend, and stand throughout the day.
Incumbents must have close visual acuity to prepare and analyze data and figures, transcribe, view a computer terminal, and read extensively.
Non-Discrimination Policy
Piedmont University has a strong institutional commitment to the achievement of diversity within its faculty, staff, and students.
It is the policy of Piedmont University not to discriminate in its educational programs, activities, or employment on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, race, age, religion, color, national or ethnic origin, veteran status, genetic information, or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
It is the policy of Piedmont University not to discriminate in its educational programs, activities, or employment on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, race, age, religion, color, national or ethnic origin, veteran status, genetic information, or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
Inquiries or complaints from students or employees concerning the prohibition of discrimination on the basis of sex in this statement should be directed to:
Coordinator for Title IX, Amy Brown, JD
Daniel Hall 303D
Demorest, GA 30535
Inquiries or complaints from students, other than on the basis of sex, concerning any of the prohibitions of discrimination in the statement should be directed to:
504 Coordinator, Amy Brown
Daniel Hall, - Room 303D
1021 Central Avenue
P.O. BOX 10
Demorest, GA 30535
Inquiries or complaints from employees concerning any of the prohibitions of discrimination in this statement should be directed to:
Letitia Roller
Director of Human Resources
Daniel Hall - Room 208
1021 Central Avenue
P.O. BOX 10
Demorest, GA 30535
We offer a benefits package to full-time 9-month and 10-month employees, including:
Job Type: Full-Time Faculty - 9 Month
Job Number: 202500101
Division: College of Arts and Sciences
Department: Social Sciences Department
Opening Date: 05/28/2025
Founded in 1897, Piedmont University is a private, comprehensive liberal arts university with an enrollment of approximately 2,000 students at campuses in Demorest and Athens, Georgia.
Description
Founded in 1897, Piedmont University is a private, comprehensive liberal arts university with an enrollment of approximately 2,500 students at campuses in Demorest and Athens, Georgia.
The College of Arts & Sciences seeks an enthusiastic, student-centered colleague to join the Department of Social Sciences as an Assistant Professor of Psychology. This is a full time, 9-month position with teaching responsibilities on our Demorest campus. The start date for this position is August 1, 2024. The successful candidate with teach sections of General Psychology, Human Growth and Development, and courses in the faculty member's areas of interest/expertise. The position has a 4/4 teaching load with the possibility of summer teaching and overload teaching as it's available.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities
Effective classroom, lab, and clinical teaching and interacting with students in a professional manner.
Maintaining accurate and secure records of student grades, attendance, and advisement.
Maintaining high standards of professionalism in all courses' content, objectives, teaching, and grading.
Maintaining an understanding of college policies and their respective colleges' curriculum and degree requirements.
Participating in departmental, school, and college faculty meetings and serving on committees as appropriate.
Contributing to the ongoing operation of their respective departments and colleges.
Assessing their teaching effectiveness via annual portfolios and evaluating courses formally in accordance with official college procedure.
Assuring their availability to students, faculty, staff, and administrators by posting and keeping reasonable office hours, as determined by the dean of their respective colleges.
Maintaining a professional level of scholarship by continuous study, research, and attendance and participation at professional meetings. The college supports these
activities through departmental travel funds and the faculty development program.
Other relevant duties as assigned.
Regular and predictable attendance is required.
On-site work is required.
Incumbents must remain relevant in the area of employment and flexible to changes in work related to institutional needs.
Typical Qualifications
Education and Qualifications
PhD in Psychology or a related field
Previous higher education experience preferred
Licenses and Certifications
Valid Georgia Driver's License (or obtained within 30 days of hire date) and satisfactory MVR.
Supplemental Information
ENVIRONMENTAL, PHYSICAL, and VISUAL ACUITY FACTORS
Work will be performed inside environmental conditions: Protection from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature changes. Incumbents will perform primarily sedentary work, exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Incumbents will regularly get up and down from a seated position, reach, bend, and stand throughout the day.
Incumbents must have close visual acuity to prepare and analyze data and figures, transcribe, view a computer terminal, and read extensively.
Non-Discrimination Policy
Piedmont University has a strong institutional commitment to the achievement of diversity within its faculty, staff, and students.
It is the policy of Piedmont University not to discriminate in its educational programs, activities, or employment on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, race, age, religion, color, national or ethnic origin, veteran status, genetic information, or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
It is the policy of Piedmont University not to discriminate in its educational programs, activities, or employment on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, race, age, religion, color, national or ethnic origin, veteran status, genetic information, or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
Inquiries or complaints from students or employees concerning the prohibition of discrimination on the basis of sex in this statement should be directed to:
Coordinator for Title IX, Amy Brown, JD
Daniel Hall 303D
Demorest, GA 30535
(706) 778-8500
x1504 Inquiries or complaints from students, other than on the basis of sex, concerning any of the prohibitions of discrimination in the statement should be directed to:
504 Coordinator, Amy Brown
Daniel Hall, - Room 303D
1021 Central Avenue
P.O. BOX 10
Demorest, GA 30535
(706) 778-8500
Inquiries or complaints from employees concerning any of the prohibitions of discrimination in this statement should be directed to:
Letitia Roller
Director of Human Resources
Daniel Hall - Room 208
1021 Central Avenue
P.O. BOX 10
Demorest, GA 30535
(706) 778-8500
x 2858We offer a benefits package to full-time 9-month and 10-month employees, including:
- Health Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- TIAA 403(b) Retirement - with up to 4% employer matching
- Life Insurance
- Long-Term Disability Insurance
- Holidays
- Educational Assistance Program (Employees and their dependents)
- On-campus Fitness Center and access to Habersham County's Ruby Fulbright Aquatic Center
Professional Field


Patient Focus
Diagnoses
Avoidant Personality Disorder
Gender Dysphoria
Issues
Minority Health
Pregnancy, Prenatal, Postpartum
Racism, Diversity, and Tolerance
Therapeutic Approach
Methodologies
ECT
Practice Specifics
Populations
Racial Justice Allied
School
Settings
Faith-based organizations
Milieu
Research Facilities/Labs/Clinical Trials
Home Health/In-home
Military
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