Assistant Professor in Clinical/Counseling Psychology
About The Position
California State University, San Bernardino (CSUSB) is seeking a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology. The position requires a doctoral degree in clinical psychology, counseling psychology, or a related field by the appointment date. Experience in couples or relationship-focused therapy is strongly preferred. The role involves teaching undergraduate and master's level courses, including core responsibilities in Family Processes and clinical supervision for master's students training to become California marriage and family therapists. Additional teaching may include graduate courses on topics like PTSD/trauma, anxiety disorders, and discrimination/mental-health disparities, as well as undergraduate courses. Successful candidates will be scientist-practitioners who integrate evidence-based practice into their teaching, supervision, practice, and scholarship, with the potential to mentor students in research. The university is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and encourages applications from candidates with experience in ethnically diverse settings or a commitment to serving diverse student populations.
Requirements
- Doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology, Counseling Psychology, Marriage and Family Therapy, or closely related area, in hand by time of appointment.
- Licensed or license-eligible as a mental health clinician (i.e., psychologist, MFT, LPCC) in California.
- Candidates who are not yet licensed are expected to obtain California licensure within three years of hire.
- Graduate-level coursework or research qualifying the candidate to teach undergraduate courses in clinical/counseling psychology (e.g., Abnormal Psychology, Introduction to Psychotherapy).
- Graduate-level coursework or research qualifying the candidate to teach graduate-level courses in couples and relationship-focused treatment.
- Meet California requirements to provide clinical supervision to Marriage and Family Therapy trainees (e.g., licensed or license-eligible psychologist, marriage and family therapist, or professional clinical counselor).
Nice To Haves
- Experience in couples or relationship-focused therapy (e.g., family therapy).
- Other research/clinical areas complementary to the current faculty, including but not limited to evidence-based treatments for mental-health disorders, PTSD/trauma, anxiety disorders, and discrimination/mental-health disparities.
- Candidates who are already licensed or license-eligible in California (e.g., licensed in another state or completion of 1,500 hours of supervised post-doctoral experience).
- Demonstrated experience in evidence-based couples or relationship-focused assessment, intervention, or supervision.
- Demonstrated potential for excellence in both undergraduate and graduate teaching, including the knowledge to teach courses across clinical and counseling psychology.
- Experience teaching undergraduate and/or graduate courses in person with demonstrated effectiveness.
- Experience mentoring undergraduate and/or graduate students, particularly first-generation and nontraditional students.
- Demonstrated potential for excellence in clinical supervision.
- Candidates who are not already eligible to provide clinical supervision to California Marriage and Family Therapy trainees must demonstrate the ability and commitment to satisfy the required eligibility criteria within the timeframe necessary to fulfill the responsibilities of the position.
- Evidence of scholarly productivity and potential to develop a sustained program of scholarship involving undergraduate and graduate students.
- Graduate-level training in research design and statistics sufficient to supervise master's theses and undergraduate honors theses.
- Research and clinical emphases that complement departmental priorities and support evidence-based practice.
- Demonstrated ability to critically evaluate assessment and apply empirical research to clinical decision-making, supervision, and teaching.
- Demonstrated ethical and professional judgment in teaching, clinical practice, supervision, research, and/or service.
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively with faculty, students, staff, and community partners.
- Additional successful experience as instructor of record or teaching assistant with instructional responsibilities.
Responsibilities
- Teach undergraduate and master's level courses in clinical/counseling psychology.
- Provide clinical supervision to master's students training to become California marriage and family therapists.
- Teach Family Processes.
- Potentially teach graduate courses such as Marriage and Family Skills and Community Disaster, Trauma, and Resilience.
- Potentially teach undergraduate courses such as Advanced Seminar in Psychology: Clinical, Introduction to Psychotherapy, and Abnormal Psychology.
- Maintain an active program of scholarship appropriate to a teaching-focused university through peer-reviewed publications and professional presentations.
- Mentor undergraduate and graduate students in research, including supervising undergraduate honors theses and master's theses.
- Provide clinical supervision to master's-level trainees in the campus’s Community Counseling Center.
- Contribute to the life of the department, college, and university through service activities, collaboration with colleagues, curriculum development, and participation in shared governance.
- Support students' academic and professional development.
- Engage in continuous professional growth.
- Work collaboratively with faculty, staff, students, and community partners.
Benefits
- Networking, mentoring and development programs for junior faculty.
- Salary is commensurate with experience.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
