"Assistant Professor of Counselor Education"

Assistant Professor of Counselor Education

Stetson University seeks an individual with expertise in Counselor Education for a tenure-track appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor. This is a full-time, 9-month position beginning in August 2026.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Required qualifications: Applicants must hold a doctoral degree in Counselor Education from a CACREP-accredited program. Experience in teaching and mentoring Masters' level students is required, and preference will also be given to candidates with experience supervising practicum and internship students. Individuals should demonstrate the potential for excellence in teaching, the ability to work collaboratively with others, a commitment to affirming inclusive environments and engaging across differences, and scholarly activity in professional counseling. Qualified applicants should have an interest in elevating the quality of entry-level education in counseling and in increasing opportunities for those historically underrepresented in the counseling profession. Applicants must be licensed or license-eligible in mental health counseling (LMHC) and/or marriage and family therapy (LMFT) in the state of Florida.

Preferred qualifications: Preference will be given to applicants who can contribute to both Marriage, Couple, and Family Counseling (MCFC) and Clinical Mental Health Counseling (CMHC) specialty areas. The ideal candidate will have clinical experience, teaching experience, a scholarly record, and/or other professional qualifications in MCFC. Preference will also be given to applicants with previous full-time counselor education experience.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Stetson's Counselor Education department focuses on education of the whole student through a strong foundation in the core CACREP content areas, experiential learning, and professional mentoring relationships with faculty. This tenure-track position has a strong focus on teaching and mentoring graduate students from a broad cross section of diverse backgrounds. Responsibilities include teaching a variety of courses within our two CACREP-accredited programs in MCFC and CMHC. The teaching load includes three (3) courses each in the fall and spring semesters, with additional teaching opportunities contracted separately in the summer semester.

Candidates should demonstrate a passion for the highest quality of teaching, combined with the ability to produce rigorous peer-reviewed academic scholarship. Scholarly activity leading to publication in peer-reviewed journals and service to the Department, the College of Arts and Sciences, the University, and the profession are required. For more information on our expectations in teaching and scholarship, our tenure policies, and our support for faculty development, please see the Academic Affairs website.

THE DEPARTMENT:

The graduate program of the Department of Counselor Education (https://www.stetson.edu/artsci/counselor/) consists of eight full-time faculty members and is dedicated to preparing counselor education students to be ethically informed; developing a keen awareness of their personal strengths and resiliency; further developing strategies for engaging across difference, critical thinking, and creative expression; and having a deep commitment to the counseling profession and community as a whole. Our commitment is to produce stellar graduates whose work centers on helping individuals, couples, and families in a diverse world. Our faculty are engaged in initiatives that include externally funded grant activities, leadership within professional counseling organizations, collaborative work across departments within the University to enhance the health and wellbeing of our community, and local and international work centered on the development of culturally sustaining programs and interventions for vulnerable populations. These initiatives create unique and exciting opportunities for our students and for the individual who will be joining our team.

THE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES:

Stetson's College of Arts and Sciences (https://www.stetson.edu/artsci/) is the largest and most diverse of the University's colleges and schools; it includes the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, education, and creative arts. With nineteen academic departments and nine interdisciplinary programs, the College is the liberal arts core of the University. A great strength of the College is its faculty of approximately 140 full-time teacher-scholars. The College offers 31 undergraduate majors and 34 undergraduate minors; seven graduate degrees are offered in Education, Counselor Education, and Creative Writing. Every undergraduate major requires a senior research project, giving students the opportunity to design and carry out independent research under faculty mentorship. All our courses and programs of study promote engaged learning, whereby students create connections between the classroom or lab and the local, regional, and global community.

The academic programs of the College of Arts and Sciences prepare students to live significant lives, to interact with and positively affect the world around them.

THE UNIVERSITY:

Founded in 1883, Stetson University (http://www.stetson.edu) is a private, selective university comprised of a rich array of liberal arts and professional academic programs. Collectively, Stetson's faculty works with approximately 3,800 students in undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs. The University's historic main campus, located in DeLand, enrolls approximately 2,400 students in undergraduate programs in the College of Arts and Sciences, the School of Business Administration, and the School of Music. Stetson University College of Law, Florida's first law school, moved from the main campus to Gulfport in 1945, and, with the addition of the Tampa Law Center, serves approximately 1,000 students working full-time or part-time toward J.D. or LL.M. degrees. Graduate programs based at the main campus in DeLand include Business, Accounting, Education, Counseling, and Creative Writing, with Educational Leadership cohorts also offered at the Gulfport campus. Florida's oldest private institution of higher learning, Stetson has regularly been ranked among the best regional universities in the Southeast and was the first private college in Florida to be granted a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa.

Stetson University provides an inspiring education that engages students with rigorous academic and creative study grounded in liberal learning and promotes civic values of personal and social responsibility. Working closely with faculty and with one another, students cultivate abilities to explore issues deeply, think critically, reason empirically, speak persuasively, and connect ideas creatively. Firmly committed to inclusive excellence, our vibrant community of teacher-scholars nurtures the potential of individual students to lead lives of significance and prepares each to meet the challenges of shaping the future- locally, nationally, and globally.

THE COMMUNITY:

DeLand is a picturesque residential community of 38,000 located 20 miles west of Daytona Beach and 35 miles northeast of Orlando. The area offers extensive cultural as well as recreational activities.

SALARY:

Salary is competitive.

STARTING DATE:

August 10, 2026.

APPLICATION:

Applicants should supply the following materials for consideration:
1) a cover letter that describes the candidate's qualifications for the position as described in this announcement,
2) a statement of teaching philosophy,
3) a curriculum vitae,
4) three references (with emails and phone numbers), and
5) transcripts for master's and doctoral degrees (copies acceptable for initial screening). In the cover letter, candidates are encouraged to highlight skills and experiences that demonstrate a commitment to promoting inclusive academic environments and engaging across differences.

All information may be submitted electronically to counseloredsearch@stetson.edu. Please direct any questions to the Search Committee Chair, Dr. Danielle Lindner, at dlindner@stetson.edu.

Review of applications will begin on January 5, 2026, and continue until position is filled.