Description

The Department of Neuroscience at the College of the Holy Cross, inaugurated in fall 2026, invites applications for two full-time tenure-track positions to begin in August 2027. One of these positions will be at the assistant professor level; the other may be at the assistant professor or associate professor level (without tenure). We welcome research in any area of neuroscience, and value programs that may cross traditional disciplinary boundaries and span multiple levels of analysis. The neuroscience curriculum emphasizes integrative and inclusive pedagogical approaches and accessibility for all students. We seek candidates who can contribute to the goals of the neuroscience curriculum through collaborative teaching of the introductory course and expansion of core offerings in keeping with integrative STEM education. We are especially interested in candidates who can help advance current departmental priorities to incorporate critical/decolonial perspectives and neuroinformatics/computing approaches throughout the curriculum. All Neuroscience Department faculty are expected to contribute to introductory, intermediate, and advanced courses across the neuroscience curriculum. 

Tenure-track faculty at the College are expected to establish and maintain an active program of scholarly research in their discipline or across disciplines, and to direct students in and out of the classroom. One faculty position will be provided with life science research laboratory space that can accommodate vertebrate or invertebrate species (with the known exceptions of rats and non-human primates). The other faculty position, suitable for a candidate with a major theoretical, computational, or field-based research focus, will be provided with dry laboratory space and have access to shared life science research laboratory space for work with compatible species and methods. Both positions will have access to shared wet laboratory space within the Neuroscience Department suitable for molecular biology, biochemistry, and histology, which may be modified or upgraded according to their specific research needs.

Each of these positions carries a 3-2 teaching load, and Holy Cross offers generous sabbatical and fellowship leaves for tenured faculty. To enable a smooth transition to Holy Cross, new full-time tenure-track faculty receive start-up funding to support their research and professional development and have a one-course reduction in their first year of teaching (i.e., 2-2). Faculty who enter Holy Cross as an assistant professor and who claim less than three years of credit toward their tenure clock also have a research leave prior to tenure review of either a full year at 80% salary or a semester at full salary. This leave is not available to faculty who enter as an untenured associate professor or who enter as an assistant professor and claim three years of credit toward their tenure clock.

Each of these positions offers full benefits. Starting salaries are $102,500 for an assistant professor with no prior tenure-track experience or one year of prior tenure-track experience at another institution; $106,500–$109,500 for an assistant professor with two or more years of prior tenure-track experience; and $112,000–$114,500 for faculty entering Holy Cross as untenured associate professors. Salary within the applicable range will be based on qualifications and experience.

In alignment with the strategic plans for Holy Cross and the division of Academic Affairs, we view academic excellence and inclusive excellence as inextricably linked. Our faculty combine high-impact scholarship and outstanding teaching with a deep commitment to inclusive excellence. They generate new knowledge in their fields while utilizing evidence-based teaching strategies and course designs to create classroom environments where all students have a sense of belonging, are valued, and can flourish to reach their full potential. Academic freedom is a cornerstone of our intellectual and moral community; the College is committed to supporting faculty and students as they work to advance our educational mission and serve the common good.

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