Assistant Professor of Psychology

Description

The Department of Psychology in the College of Liberal Arts invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position.

Examples of Duties

• Teaching a 3.3 graduate course load and a 4.4 undergraduate course load.
• Teaching in content areas based on departmental need and expertise.
• Providing clinical supervision in the clinical training.
• Serving on dissertation and second year paper committees.
• Mentoring both undergraduate and graduate students in their research laboratories and providing academic advisement.
• Pursuing research funding through grant development.
• Developing research labs and creating of research teams.
• Participating in practice and scientific guild associations and conferences.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Typical Qualifications

• Must be licensed or license-eligible according to criteria established by the Mississippi Board of Psychology. Licensed eligible applicants must obtain a license to practice psychology within two (2) years or less from the date of hire.
• Must have a Doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology or Counseling Psychology from an APA-accredited program.
• Must have mentoring experience at the graduate or undergraduate levels.
• Must have adequate training and experience in teaching undergraduate and graduate students.
• Must be a competent clinician who can provide clinical supervision to doctoral students.
• Must have a willingness to develop and teach online courses.
• Must demonstrate a clear commitment to excellence in teaching and advisement, departmental, college and university service and a productive research agenda that will enable the candidate to meet the criteria for promotion and tenure.
• Must demonstrate the capacity to sustain a productive research agenda that integrates science with practice.