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Harvard University Teaching Assistant In Psychology in Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Title Teaching Assistant In Psychology
School Faculty of Arts and Sciences
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The Harvard Psychology Department has multiple openings for Teaching Assistants for Fall 2025!
TAs provide instructional support for core courses by leading weekly discussion or lab sections for large lecture courses. TAs play a vital role in the instruction of these essential courses, and we hope you will apply to work with our students. This is a wonderful opportunity to join our thriving community of educators and scholars in the Department of Psychology. Full-time and part-time benefits-eligible positions are available!
In addition to section preparation and instruction, TAs are expected to grade assignments and exams, hold weekly office hours, attend lectures, attend teaching staff meetings, and complete related duties as outlined by the course instructor. TAs will work closely with and receive mentorship on instruction and course administration from faculty course heads.
We anticipate openings in the following Fall 2025 courses:
PSY 1 Introduction to Psychological Science
PSY 15 Social Psychology
PSY 1005 Health: A Positive Psychology Perspective
PSY 1201 Your Brain on Drugs: Psychopharmacology
PSY 1845 Stigma, Discrimination, and Health
PSY 1861 Developmental Psychopathology
PSY 1900 Introduction to Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences*
PSY 1901 Methods of Behavioral Research*
Fall term appointment dates: August 1, 2025 – December 31, 2025 (classes run Sept 5-Dec 5; final exams through Dec 20). Appointments may be renewable, contingent upon enrollments, performance, and continued availability of funding.
Expected time commitment: Average of 7-10 hours per week per section including teaching time, prep work, grading, and office hours. For most courses, each section is considered 20% of a full-time job. For courses with an asterisk (*), sections are considered 25% of a full-time job. Sections may be combined to create full-time or part-time positions. TAs with 2 or more sections are eligible for Harvard benefits (https://hr.harvard.edu/health-welfare-benefits) .
Salary: $5,690 – $7,981.25 per section. Salary is determined by the Office of Undergraduate Education based on the total number of sections, education, and college-level teaching experience.
All instruction is expected to take place in person on the Cambridge campus.
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
All are welcome to apply; current Harvard affiliation is not required.
Basic Qualifications
A bachelor’s degree is required. Teaching experience and prior coursework in psychology, neuroscience, human development, or related fields is preferred.
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Delali Davies
Contact Email rdavies@fas.harvard.edu
Equal Opportunity Employer
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions or any other characteristic protected by law.
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