Assistant Professor (Clinical, Counseling, or School Psychology)

Position Summary:

Washburn University's Department of Psychology invites applications for an assistant professor position to begin August 2026. This is a full-time 9-month, tenure track position. A completed doctorate is necessary for tenure-track appointment.

Each selected candidate will have a demonstrated commitment to pursuing teaching excellence at Washburn University, including a dedication to developing inclusive teaching practices that engage all learners.

The Psychology department is a collegial and collaborative one and consists of faculty from various areas in psychology. All faculty teach and advise our undergraduate and graduate students. Clinical faculty also supervise therapist trainees in the department’s Psychological Services Clinic. Washburn provides support for faculty, undergraduate, and graduate students to present collaborative research at regional and/or national conferences each year.

Washburn University is a teaching-focused, student-centered, public institution located in the metropolitan setting of Topeka that has earned national recognition for its high-impact programs for first-generation students. Washburn has a student body of over 5,500 undergraduate, graduate, and law students, a significant and growing number of whom are first-generation and Pell-Grant eligible. The University has created educational pathways for all students to be successful and achieve their educational goals.

Washburn is dedicated to recruiting and retaining a dynamic faculty, staff, and student body and cultivating a robust learning and working environment and curriculum. We employ more than one thousand faculty and staff on our campuses throughout Topeka and strive to offer competitive wages, an excellent benefits program, and a supportive culture and a healthy work/life balance. Washburn seeks to create an environment that reflects our core values for creating positive IMPACT: inclusion, modernization, partnership, achievement, community and transformation. In 2024, Washburn was recognized as one of the best colleges in the nation to work for, according to Great Colleges to Work For® program.

Essential Functions:

• Fulfill teaching expectations associated with tenure-track appointment. Teach 12-hours per semester (in-person and online, according to departmental needs) or equivalent full workload as outlined in the faculty handbook.

• Teach and develop undergraduate and graduate classes and seminars as assigned and as dependent upon department needs, which may include Adult Assessment, Adult Assessment Practicum, Adult Treatment, Adult Treatment Practicum, Introductory Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Abnormal Psychology, Personality, Ethics as assigned by the Department Chairperson.

• Supervise undergraduate and master’s student research.

• Have an active research program that can involve students.

• Advise students and engage in service activities in the department and to the university, the profession, and/or the community.

• Become licensed as a psychologist in Kansas before tenure and maintain licensure thereafter.

• Perform additional job-related duties as assigned or as appropriate.

Required Qualifications:

• Ph.D. or PsyD in Clinical, Counseling, or School Psychology; ABD applicants will be considered, with completion of the Ph.D. by August 1, 2027.

• Licensed or license-eligible in Kansas as a psychologist.

• Graduate training or experience is appropriate to teach clinical or counseling psychology courses at the graduate/undergraduate level.

• Demonstrated dedication to developing inclusive teaching practices that engage all learners.

• Official educational transcripts required at the time of hire.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Ph.D. or PsyD in Clinical Psychology from APA accredited program

• Experience mentoring student research

• A research program relevant to clinical psychology

• Experience doing clinical supervision

• Graduate training or experience appropriate to teach Adult Assessment at the graduate level

Special Instructions to Applicants:

• Please upload the following items as a pdf to the “additional document” field via the electronic application: statement of teaching philosophy highlighting inclusive teaching strategies, evidence of teaching effectiveness (such as student or peer evaluations), a statement of research and mentorship philosophy. Contact information for three current professional references will be collected as part of the application form.

• In your cover letter, please discuss how you will achieve licensure as a psychologist in Kansas, if not already licensed in Kansas. Additionally, if you have graduate training or experience appropriate to teach Adult Assessment at the graduate level please specify in your cover letter.

• If you have questions about the position, please contact Dr. Michael McGuire, search committee chair, michael.mcguire@washburn.edu.

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