"Assistant Professor (College Counseling)"

General Summary

Eastern Michigan University’s Department of Leadership and Counseling (LDCN) in the College of Education invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in College Counseling. This position is part of a university-wide interdisciplinary cluster hire focused on the mental health and well-being of college students. This is an eight-month appointment with summer employment contingent on departmental need.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

• Teach and advise graduate students in CACREP-accredited college counseling/student affairs, school, and clinical mental health programs;
• Engage in scholarship and professional, community, and university service activities;
• Participate fully as a member of the Mental Health and Wellness Research Collaborative;
• This tenure-track position requires in-person, on-site engagement in teaching, service, and professional activities on campus.

Minimum Qualifications

• Candidates must have earned a doctorate by August 2026 in Counseling/ Counselor Education from a CACREP-accredited program;
• Clinicians who value ethical practice, teaching, and research simultaneously, with experience teaching across the CACREP core areas;
• Demonstrates the capacity to engage ethically in communities of practice with ethnically, racially, linguistically, and otherwise diverse populations and historically marginalized youth, families, and communities, and who seek to enact such a commitment in collaboration with others in the department, college, campus, and broader community;
• An established research agenda;
• An expressed interest in joining the Mental Health and Wellness Research Collaborative.
• Must demonstrate a connection to the counseling profession, as evidenced by professional memberships and leadership activities;
• Must be eligible for licensure as a professional counselor in the state of Michigan.

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience in college counseling/student affairs is strongly desired.
• Demonstrated experience in counseling practice and supervision, exhibit cultural humility, and demonstrate an understanding of trauma-informed frameworks;
• Demonstrated expertise in one or more of the following areas: career development, counseling emerging adults, suicide prevention and education, neurodiversity, facilitating internships, and/or student affairs.

Special Instructions

All applications must be made online at https://careers.emich.edu/jobs. Applicants must submit the following materials for consideration:

• Cover Letter that clearly speaks to each of the following:
  • Required and preferred qualifications;
  • Your commitment and work supporting diversity, equity, and inclusion in education;
  • Your teaching philosophy and approach (specifically online teaching); and your research agenda;
• Detailed curriculum vitae; and names, titles, and telephone numbers of at least three references.

ALL ATTACHMENTS MUST BE SUBMITTED WITH THE APPLICATION.

APPLICATIONS CANNOT BE REVISED OR EDITED ONCE SUBMITTED.

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