Assistant Professor in Clinical/Counseling Psychology

California State University, San Bernardino (CSUSB) is a preeminent center of intellectual and cultural activity in the Inland Empire region of Southern California. Opened in 1965 and set at the foothills of the beautiful San Bernardino mountains, the university serves approximately 19,000 students. CSUSB is a federally recognized minority-serving and Hispanic-serving institution that reflects the dynamic diversity of the region and has the most diverse student population of any university in the Inland Empire: 74 percent of its students are members of underrepresented groups, 80 percent are first-generation, and 56 percent are Pell eligible. For more information on the campus, please visit the CSUSB website.

CSUSB employs 467 full-time faculty and offers 48 undergraduate, 35 graduate, and one doctoral degree programs and 14 academic programs with national accreditation. At CSUSB, diversity, equity and inclusion are values central to our mission. We recognize that diversity and inclusion in all its forms are necessary for our institutional success. By fully leveraging our diverse experiences, backgrounds and insights, we inspire innovation, challenge the status quo and create better outcomes for our students and community. As part of CSUSB’s commitment to hire, develop and retain a diverse faculty, we offer a variety of networking, mentoring and development programs for our junior faculty. We are committed to building and sustaining a CSUSB community that is supportive and inclusive of all individuals. Qualified applicants with experience in ethnically diverse settings and/or who demonstrate a commitment to serving diverse student populations are strongly encouraged to apply.

JOB SUMMARY

The Department of Psychology at California State University, San Bernardino invites applications for a tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor level. A doctoral degree in clinical psychology, counseling psychology, or a related field (e.g., marriage and family therapy) is expected at appointment. Experience in couples or relationship-focused therapy (e.g., family therapy) is strongly preferred. Other research/clinical areas complementary to the current faculty is welcome, and could include but is 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) are preferred. Candidates who are not yet licensed should be eligible to obtain California licensure within three years of hire and demonstrate a clear pathway toward providing clinical supervision to California Marriage and Family Therapy trainees.

A successful candidate will be able to teach undergraduate and master’s level courses in clinical/counseling psychology. Core responsibilities include teaching Family Processes and providing clinical supervision to master’s students training to become California marriage and family therapists. Additional teaching opportunities may include graduate courses such as Marriage and Family Skills and Community Disaster, Trauma, and Resilience, as well as undergraduate courses such as Advanced Seminar in Psychology: Clinical, Introduction to Psychotherapy, and Abnormal Psychology. Successful candidates will be scientist-practitioners who ground their teaching, clinical supervision, practice, and scholarship in evidence-based practice and demonstrate the potential to mentor and involve undergraduate and graduate students in a sustained program of scholarship appropriate to a teaching-focused university. The start date for the position is August 16, 2027.

TYPICAL ACTIVITIES

Faculty members in the Department of Psychology are committed to creating engaging, inclusive, and supportive learning environments that foster student success. The successful candidate will teach undergraduate and graduate courses that meet the instructional needs of the department, primarily supporting the Bachelor of Arts in Psychology program and the Master of Science in Clinical/Counseling Psychology program. They will demonstrate a commitment to excellence in teaching and mentoring a diverse student population while working effectively with faculty, staff, and students across a wide range of disciplines. They will also contribute to a collaborative departmental community and support students' academic and professional development.

Faculty members typically teach four courses in the fall semester and four courses in the spring semester, although this teaching load is generally reduced during the first two years in accordance with the current collective bargaining agreement. The su