Assistant Professor in Clinical Psychology

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The University of Montana’s Department of Psychology invites applications for a full-time (9-month) tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor to begin August, 2022. We seek applicants with a PhD in Health Service Psychology from an APA-Accredited training program to serve as a core faculty member in our APA-accredited program in Clinical Psychology. The area of scholarly emphasis for this position is open. Clinical experience and a program of scholarly productivity with relevance to children, youth, and families are strongly preferred.

Responsibilities include contributing to graduate training across our four graduate programs through teaching and research. A typical teaching load is two courses per semester. In addition to standard service expectations the faculty member would mentor undergraduate and graduate students in research and scholarship. They would serve on (and chair) students’ MA and PhD committees. At the graduate level, the new faculty member will teach several courses, many of which serve the Clinical Psychology and School Psychology programs’ accreditation standards.

Specific courses may include the following: Clinical Interviewing; Ethics, Professional & Cultural Issues; Child Interventions and Assessment; Developmental Psychology; and Applied Clinical Methods (‘Practicum’). Clinical training specialization would include an emphasis on child clinical, family therapy, and couple therapy cases. Clinical licensure eligibility and pursuit of licensure in Montana are required.

About the University of Montana and the Psychology Department

UM and the Psychology Department advance diversity as a core value. The Department of Psychology, located in the College of Humanities and Sciences, has 17 full-time and part-time faculty members. We confer the B.A. degree in Psychology, the Specialist degree in School Psychology (SSP; NASP-accredited), and Ph.D. degrees in Experimental, School, and Clinical Psychology (the latter two are APA-accredited). The department offers excellent opportunities to develop teaching and research interests that bridge department and college areas. New faculty members are provided a financial research start-up package, lab space, and reduced teaching responsibilities. Salary is competitive in the region. Faculty members are expected to develop strong research programs in their areas of interest and are encouraged to collaborate with faculty and students in other departmental research areas.

The University of Montana is the state’s primary liberal arts and social sciences institution, with a student enrollment of over 10,000. Native Americans compose the largest minority group on campus. Montana is home to seven reservations and 12 Tribal Nations. Missoula is the traditional homelands of the Salish and Kalispel people and traditional territory to many Native American peoples. It is a thriving community representing the region’s cultural hub for visual and performing arts. It balances the warmth of small-town life with the sophistication and amenities of the urban northwest. Missoula and Montana offer stunning mountain scenery, blue ribbon trout streams, abundant wilderness, and thrilling recreational opportunities. In 2014, Outside Magazine ranked Missoula among the top 10 best places to live in the U.S.

Further information about the department is available on our web page at

http://www.umt.edu/psych

The University of Montana is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer and has a strong institutional commitment to the principle of diversity in all areas. In that spirit, we are particularly interested in receiving applications from a broad spectrum of qualified people who would assist the University in demonstrating its five priorities for action

: Place student success at the center of all we do; drive excellence and innovation in teaching, learning, and research; embody the principle of “mission first, people always; partner with place; and proudly tell the UM story.

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