Assistant Professor in Addiction Science

The Department of Psychology at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln is recruiting a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Addiction Science, with review of applications beginning November 6, 2026 (with applications considered until position is filled). Position to begin August 2027.

This is a broad, open-area search & we encourage applicants representing a wide range of perspectives and approaches, including developmental and aging processes; biological and neurobehavioral mechanisms, human and/or animal models; social and interpersonal processes; cognition and decision-making; trauma, stress, and mental health comorbidity; and prevention, treatment, policy, and law.

UNL offers a particularly collaborative environment for addiction science. The successful candidate will have opportunities to connect with researchers across Psychology and with interdisciplinary centers including the Rural Drug Addiction Research Center (RDAR) and Center for Brain, Biology & Behavior (CB3), University of Nebraska Medical Center, the Great Plains CTSI, and other centers across campus.

We encourage applications from addiction and substance-use researchers across disciplinary and methodological traditions.

Full position description and application information: https://employment.unl.edu/postings/102668

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