Assistant Professor of Psychology

Description The Department of Psychology in the College of Liberal Arts invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position. Examples of Duties * Teaching a 3.3 graduate course load and a 4.4 undergraduate course load. * Teaching in content areas based on departmental need and expertise. * Providing clinical supervision in the clinical training. * Serving on dissertation and second year paper committees. * Mentoring both undergraduate and graduate students in their research laboratories and providing academic advisement. * Pursuing research funding through grant development. * Developing research labs and creating of research teams. * Participating in practice and scientific guild associations and conferences. * Perform other duties as assigned. Typical Qualifications * Must be licensed or license-eligible according to criteria established by the Mississippi Board of Psychology. Licensed eligible applicants must obtain a license to practice psychology within two (2) years or less from the date of hire. * Must have a Doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology or Counseling Psychology from an APA-accredited program. * Must have mentoring experience at the graduate or undergraduate levels. * Must have adequate training and experience in teaching undergraduate and graduate students. * Must be a competent clinician who can provide clinical supervision to doctoral students. * Must have a willingness to develop and teach online courses. * Must demonstrate a clear commitment to excellence in teaching and advisement, departmental, college and university service and a productive research agenda that will enable the candidate to meet the criteria for promotion and tenure. * Must demonstrate the capacity to sustain a productive research agenda that integrates science with practice.

Created: 2026-04-15