Assistant Professor - Couple & Family Therapy - CSPP (Irvine)

 

 

Alliant International University is a professional practice University committed to excellence in four areas:  Education for Professional Practice, Scholarship, Multicultural and International Competence and Community Engagement.  The University provides students with the highest quality of education through excellence and innovation in academic scholarship, applied training and research, and community service, particularly to underserved populations.  Through its Mission, the University's goal is to equip students with the competencies they need to provide public benefit and make an impact in their communities by addressing major contemporary social issues.  Core competencies of the University's training programs include cultural diversity, which is infused in courses and field placements and is manifest in the diversity of its students, faculty.

 

Our Mission:
Alliant International University prepares students for professional careers of service and leadership, and promotes the discovery and application of knowledge to improve the lives of people in diverse cultures and communities around the world.

 

 Our Vision:
An inclusive world empowered by Alliant alumni.

 

 

The California School of Professional Psychology (CSPP) at Alliant International University offers APA-accredited doctoral programs (PsyD and PhD) in Clinical Psychology at five campuses in California, Clinical Counseling master's programs at two campuses, COAMFTE-accredited master's and doctoral programs in Marriage and Family Therapy at four campuses, and a national postdoctoral master's program in psychopharmacology.  CSPP's mission is to provide the highest quality education, training, research and service in professional psychology and related human service fields. We strive to improve quality of life by fostering respect for human diversity in a multicultural and international society and by combating discrimination in all its forms. We seek to redefine excellence in scholarship via models of applied clinical research that provide a solid framework for understanding and addressing problems in contemporary life.

 

The Alliant International University's Couple and Family Therapy programs have existed since 1973 and have been COAMFTE accredited since 2001.  Both the MA and PsyD programs operate as one program across multiple Alliant locations.  They are housed in the California School of Professional Psychology.

 

Alliant's CSPP invites applications for a full-time academic core faculty appointment in the field of Couple & Family Therapy.   This position is targeted to start in August 2023 for the 2023-2024 Academic Year.

Starting Salary: $68,000.

 

Duties & Responsibilities:

Faculty Activities/Responsibilities
•    Facilitating Learning

• Facilitating Classroom and Distance/Distributed Learning
• Course and syllabus preparation
• Class curriculum coordination and planning
• Assessment and evaluation of learners
• Student selection, orientation, and assessment 
• Mentoring and advising of students
• Field placement supervision and coordination
• Research/scholarship mentoring and supervision, particularly of MA theses, PsyD projects, and PhD, EdD, DBA dissertations

•    Scholarship - Scholarship/ research reflecting the generation, integration, dissemination and application of knowledge, as well as creative and original contributions to one’s field commensurate with academic rank. 
•    Service - All faculty engage in service to the University, Community and Profession commensurate with academic rank.  Examples in each category include:

• Service to the University: 
  • Hiring and evaluating faculty Participating in developing, revising, and coordinating curriculum as well as maintaining program vitality 
  • Participating in processes to improve academic program quality
  • Participating in processes to improve quality of School, campus, and University faculty experience Participating in faculty governance
• Service to the Community:
  • Contributions at the local, state, and national levels involving one’s professional expertise to the public, to organizations, and to governmental entities
• Service to the Profession:
  • Participation in and leadership of professional organizations 
  • Reviewing for journals, conferences, and research grant panels

•    Duties Required of All Faculty - Certain duties are additionally required of all faculty and are not given formal workload credit but will be included in yearly evaluations. These include but are not limited to:

• Active participation in campus life to sustain a high level of facilitated learning;
• Participation in program governance