Clinical Professor (Open Rank)

About the Opportunity

About Northeastern

Founded in 1898, Northeastern is a global research university and the recognized leader in experience-driven lifelong learning. Our world-renowned experiential approach empowers our students, faculty, alumni, and partners to create impact far beyond the confines of discipline, degree, and campus.

Our locations—in Boston; Charlotte, North Carolina; London; Portland, Maine; San Francisco; Seattle; Silicon Valley; Toronto; Vancouver; and the Massachusetts communities of Burlington and Nahant—are nodes in our growing global university system. Through this network, we expand opportunities for flexible, student-centered learning and collaborative, solutions-focused research.

Northeastern’s comprehensive array of undergraduate and graduate programs— in a variety of on-campus and online formats—lead to degrees through the doctorate in nine colleges and schools. Among these, we offer more than 195 multi-discipline majors and degrees designed to prepare students for purposeful lives and careers.

The Bouvé College of Health Sciences, located on the Boston campus, has over 200 faculty members, with approximately 2,000 undergraduate and 2,400 graduate students. It is the leading national model for education and research in the health, psychosocial and biomedical sciences and supports the University’s mission of educating students for a life of fulfillment and accomplishment and creating and translating knowledge to meet global and societal needs.

About the Opportunity

The Department of Applied Psychology invites applicants to apply for an open rank, full-time, non-tenure track faculty position serving our counseling psychology programs.  This is a twelve-month, full-time, non-tenure track position primarily focused on teaching counseling courses in our three master's degree programs (i.e., Licensed Mental Health Counselor program, research focused master’s in applied psychology and an accelerated master's program for undergraduates), as well as our APA accredited PhD program in Counseling Psychology.  The successful candidate will also be expected to assist with service to our department, including program administration and clinical training of the counseling psychology students. The proposed faculty hire date is August 1, 2024. 

At Northeastern University, we embrace a culture of respect, where each person is valued for their contribution and is treated fairly. We oppose all forms of racism. We support a culture that does not tolerate any form of discrimination and where each person may belong. We strive to have a diverse membership, one where each person is trained and mentored to promote their success.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities include:

• teaching graduate courses, including courses involving clinical supervision and clinical skills;

• mentorship and advising of applied psychology students;

• program director duties (e.g., management of enrollment planning, curriculum, admissions) and clinical training oversight;

• participation in relevant department planning, including meetings at the program, department, and college levels;

• oversight of current APA PhD program accreditation;

• providing service and leadership to the Department, College, University, community and profession.

Qualifications

Minimum qualifications include:

• Earned doctorate in Counseling Psychology, Clinical Psychology, or a closely related field by the appointment start date,

• Licensure as a psychologist and health service provider in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts by the appointment start date, or if licensed in another state, to have commenced the process of securing licensure in Massachusetts by start date.

• Five years post-licensure experience by the appointment start date

• Experience providing clinical supervision to master’s and doctoral level students

• Experience teaching Applied Psychology

Additional Information

Bouvè College of Health Sciences values and respects the multiple and diverse identities of our shared humanity across race, ethnicity, class, ability, language, gender, sexuality, age, nationality, and military service. We are committed to enlivening the climate of diversity at Bouvé through teaching, learning, dialogue, and relationship building. We seek to nurture inhabitable and welcoming spaces where all members feel that their ideas, voice, and lived experiences matter. We avow that differences in perspectives exist, are to be anticipated, and that respect for our differences is foundational to the universe of ideas that enrich our lives and professions. We are committed to advocacy, inclusion, and justice for all.