Associate Professor-Tenure Track - Special Education and Literacy Studies

General Summary

Western Michigan University is accepting applications for a tenure-track Associate Professor of School Psychology.

Major Duties

The essential duties of the position include a combination of teaching, research, assessment for continuous program improvement, advising and mentoring, and service to the profession, program, the university, and the community at-large. The faculty member will teach graduate courses in the School Psychology program and related areas in the College of Education and Human Development. It is expected the successful candidate will contribute to the revision of courses in the newly developed School Psychology program. The successful candidate will also contribute to establishing regional, statewide, and national visibility for the program, the department, and the university.

Minimum Qualifications

• Earned doctoral degree in developmental psychology from an accredited institution.
• Expertise in measurement and assessment in preK-12 education.
• Expertise in quantitative research methodology.
• Minimum of three years of teaching graduate and undergraduate students in higher education.
• Evidence of a clear and sustained record of published research and external funding in School Psychology or closely related area.
• Commitment to responsive and ethical practice and excellence in graduate preparation.
• Evidence of success in prior graduate instruction and graduate student mentoring at the masters and doctoral level.

Desired Qualifications

• Expertise in motivation and academic development across adolescence and/or emerging adulthood, with a focus on how educational contexts — such as feedback, goal structures, or classroom environments — shape students’ motivational trajectories over time.
• Demonstrated commitment to equity-centered research, particularly scholarships that examine the experiences of underrepresented or historically understudied youth in academic settings, including STEM contexts.

Special Instructions to Applicants

For more information please contact the chair of the search committee, Dr. Christine Robertson (christine.m.robertson@wmich.edu).

Review of applications will begin June 5, 2026 and will continue until the position is filled.