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POSITION SUMMARY: The Department of Psychology in the College of Liberal Arts at Jackson State University invites applications for a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor position. 

The Department of Psychology at Jackson State University is a unit of the School of Social and Behavioral Science in the College of Liberal Arts. The Department of Psychology is committed to enhancing knowledge of psychological principles and practices through scholarship, research, undergraduate service-learning, and graduate clinical training. We currently offer two-degree programs: a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in psychology and a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology (APA accredited).

MINIMUM REQUIRED EDUCATION: Must have a Doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology or Counseling Psychology from an APA-accredited program.

MINIMUM REQUIRED EXPERIENCE: 

• Must have mentoring experience at the graduate or undergraduate levels.
• Must have adequate training and experience in teaching undergraduate and graduate students.

MINIMUM REQUIRED LICENSES AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS: 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 2 years or less from the date of hire

QUALIFICATIONS: 

• 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.

JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• 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.