Open Rank Clinical Professor and Program Director for PSP (Program in School Psychology)

About the Opportunity

The Department of Applied Psychology is seeking a full-time, non-tenure track clinical professor (open rank), 52-week appointment to be the program director for our well-established NASP-approved MS/CAGS Program in School Psychology (PSP). The program director will work closely with the six faculty on the school psychology team.

The proposed faculty hire date is July 1, 2026, so that the new program director can learn from the current program director before taking on full administrative responsibilities for the Fall 2026 semester.

Responsibilities

• Directing the PSP (e.g., management of enrollment planning, curriculum, admissions).
• Teaching graduate courses in school psychology.
• Providing service and leadership to the Department, College, University, community and profession.

Qualifications

• Earned doctorate in School Psychology, or a closely related field
• Eligible to be certified as a school psychologist in the state of Massachusetts
• Experience teaching at the graduate level in applied psychology
• Excellent communication, leadership, collaboration, organization, and interpersonal skills
• Record of effective teaching
• Demonstrated commitment to creating culturally responsive and supportive environments for students from diverse backgrounds

Additional Information

Interested candidates should apply here with a curriculum vitae that includes a list of publications, statements addressing the prompts below, and the names and contact information for at least three references. Applications will be reviewed beginning on December 1, 2025 and will be ongoing.

Successful clinical faculty at Northeastern are dynamic and innovative educators, leaders, and scholars with a record of teaching excellence, leadership, and scholarship and a commitment to contributing to belonging for all members of our community. Thus, strong candidates for this faculty position will have the experience, knowledge, and skills to build their scholarship, pedagogy, and curriculum in ways that reflect and enhance this commitment. In your application, please indicate how your experience, knowledge, and skills have prepared you to contribute to the PSP. Please include the following statements as part of your application:

Personal Statement:

Please summarize your past teaching and mentoring experiences, your pedagogical philosophy, your plans/goals for teaching in the PSP (including existing and proposed courses), and your strategies for teaching and mentoring a diverse cohort of school psychology graduate students.

Research/Scholarship statement (optional)

Please describe the focus of your research, including the questions you have identified, the funding you have received to support the work (if applicable), the results you have discovered, and the products of these efforts. Please also describe any research you have undertaken with students, with the external community, and/or with individuals from marginalized groups. Finally, please outline scholarly interests you foresee pursuing in the Bouve College of Health Sciences.

Position Type: Academic

Pay Range:
Assistant Clinical Professor: $97,000.00 - $110,000.00 | Associate Clinical Professor: $132,000.00 - $148,000.00 | Clinical Professor: $146,000.00 - $179,000.00

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