If you are a current Barnard College employee, please use the internal career site to apply for this position.Job:Adjunct Lecturer, Neuroscience & Behavior
The Neuroscience & Behavior Department at Barnard College seeks two part-time instructors to teach one of the following undergraduate courses during the 2026-2027 academic year.
Job Description:The Neuroscience & Behavior Department at Barnard College seeks two part-time instructors to teach one of the following undergraduate courses during the 2026-2027 academic year.
Fall 2026NSBV BC3100 Contemporary Topics in Neuroscience
Pay Rate: $14,000
This seminar course examines emerging and debated topics in contemporary neuroscience, with an emphasis on mechanisms relevant to learning and memory and neuropsychiatric disorders. Students will read and critique primary research articles and reviews spanning neural ensembles and memory, fear learning and generalization, stress and trauma, sex differences, circuit tools for causal inference and connectivity, neuroimmune mechanisms, aging-related cognitive decline, single-cell and spatial genomics, brain-body interactions, and emerging therapeutics. The course also introduces AI-enabled approaches for analyzing and interpreting neuroscience data. The course emphasizes experimental logic, figure interpretation, scientific communication, and responsible translation from animal models to human conditions.
Fall 2026NSBV BC3378 Neuroscience Frontier
Pay Rate: $14,000
This course introduces students to a bold, high-risk, high-reward framework for thinking about neuroscience, tracing the field's most transformative discoveries from the action potential through the present day. Each week, students will examine landmark breakthroughs drawn from the last century of neuroscience through the lens of unconventional thinking that prioritizes ambitious questions over incremental research. Students will engage in guided discussions analyzing how risk-tolerant scientific culture has historically driven paradigm shifts, and how those lessons can be applied to today's unanswered questions. Additionally, scientific discussions will be had about unconventional ideas of memory, consciousness, bioelectricity, brain organoids, and neural regeneration. By the end of the course, students are expected to not only understand the history of modern neuroscience and exciting discoveries in the field today, but to articulate and defend their own vision for what a high-risk, high-reward research agenda in the field might look like. Students are expected to contribute actively to the discussion.
Exact instructional assignments and other academic responsibilities are determined by the Chair.
Skills, Qualifications & Requirements:Required QualificationsTerminal degree in a related discipline, with all requirements for the degree completed by the time of hiring offer.
Application RequirementsOnly complete applications submitted via Workday will be considered. Applicants are required to upload the following documents:
- CV
- Statement of interest (including teaching philosophy, most relevant prior teaching experience, advanced pedagogical or relevant training)
Finalists will be asked to identify three references, including one with direct knowledge of their teaching capabilities.
Barnard College is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Barnard does not discriminate due to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender and/or gender identity or expression, marital or parental status, national origin, ethnicity, citizenship status, veteran or military status, age, disability, or any other legally protected basis, and to the extent permitted by law. Qualified candidates of diverse ethnic and racial backgrounds are encouraged to apply for vacant positions at all levels.
The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to departmental budgets, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, specialty, and training. The above hiring range represents the College's good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of posting.
Company:Barnard College
Time Type:Part time
