Assistant Professor of Psychology Clinical/Counseling (24-85)
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About The Position
Francis Marion University and the Department of Psychology invite applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Clinical/Counseling Psychology. This position is a standard nine-month, tenure-track academic contract (August-May) with the opportunity to teach additional courses during the summer. Internal funding for travel, research, and summer research stipends are available on a competitive basis. The successful applicant will teach a combination of undergraduate and graduate courses based on their specific area of specialization. The graduate courses will support the MPCAC-accredited master's program as well as the new PsyD program that will begin in Fall 2024. They are expected to establish and maintain a program of meaningful research within their area of specialization that is engaging to and inclusive of graduate students. They will also play an active role in training, supervising, and mentoring graduate students. FMU offers excellent clinical and research facilities at the Richardson Center for the Child, Carter Center for Health Sciences, and the Leatherman Medical Sciences Complex. In addition, the C. Edward Floyd Medical Consortium Building and Jean and Hugh K. Leatherman Behavioral Care Pavilion, both focused on integrated Behavioral Health education and care, are forthcoming in 2025. The Department of Psychology comprises 11 full-time faculty and has approximately 300 undergraduate majors, in addition to approximately 75 graduate students within three accredited/approved programs: Clinical/Counseling, School Psychology, and Applied Behavior Analysis. The PsyD program has a Rural Health & School Psychology focus, and the university recently added an interdisciplinary Autism Studies Major and Minor at the undergraduate level. Minimum requirements include a PhD or PsyD in Clinical or Counseling psychology (licensed or license-eligible in South Carolina preferred) from a program accredited by the American Psychological Association (APA). Applicants who are ABD will be considered. Francis Marion University is a state-supported, regional, liberal arts university serving approximately 4,000 students in Florence, SC: a growing city with a vibrant culture and varied recreational programs (especially tennis and golf), community events, and festivals. The campus is within easy driving distance of the state capitol Columbia, as well as other areas of interest including Myrtle Beach, Charleston, Charlotte, Greenville, Asheville, Raleigh, and Savannah. Francis Marion University has been recognized for its excellence in education by several national ranking agencies. US News and World named FMU as one of its top regional universities in the south for more than a decade. FMU has been named as “The Chronicle's Great Colleges to Work For” from 2013 to 2023.
