Clinical Psychology Assistant Professor

The Department of Psychology at UNC-Greensboro invites applications for a tenure-track position in Clinical Psychology (Assistant Professor), to begin August 1, 2024. The Department of Psychology consists of 24 full-time faculty and offers a BA and BS in psychology, including Disciplinary Honors, an MA in experimental psychology, and a PhD in clinical, cognitive, developmental, and social psychology (See http://psy.uncg.edu for more information). Our department is home to the UNCG Psychology Clinic (https://psy.uncg.edu/clinic/), our doctoral training clinic that provides mental health services to the broader community, with a focus on providing empirically supported treatments to underserved populations in a culturally competent manner. UNCG’s clinical program emphasizes the integration of science and practice, values both basic and applied research on human behavior across the life span, and encourages collaboration across research areas. The doctoral program in Clinical Psychology is accredited by the American Psychological Association. All applicants should show evidence of a strong independent research program, a commitment to working with students from diverse backgrounds, and excellence in graduate and undergraduate teaching and practicum supervision. We welcome applications from scholars with an active and productive program of research in any area of clinical psychology, with a focus on either adult or child populations. We are particularly interested in researchers who would broaden existing departmental strengths by adding expertise in areas such as anxiety disorders, health psychology, substance use disorders, or autism.

UNCG serves a diverse student body, with ethnic minority students representing 45% of undergraduates. UNCG is proud of the diversity of its student body and we seek to attract an equally diverse applicant pool for this position. UNCG and the Psychology Department foster an environment of collaboration across departments and schools and support community-engaged research. UNCG is located in an affordable metropolitan area of more than 1.6 million in the Piedmont region of North Carolina, between the Atlantic Ocean and the Appalachian mountains. We are an EOE/Affirmative Action/M/F/D/V employer and are strongly committed to increasing faculty diversity (http://web.uncg.edu/hrs/).

Applicants should submit all materials electronically (to apply, visit https://spartantalent.uncg.edu and click on “Faculty” and apply to position #014360) including a cover letter, CV, a detailed description of their research program (Research Statement), up to three representative publications (Writing Samples- publications must be combined into one PDF for uploading), a statement of teaching interests (Teaching Philosophy), and names and e-mail addresses of three people to be contacted for letters of recommendation.

*Applicants are asked to provide the names, email addresses, and phone numbers of at least three (3) contacts to provide Letters of Recommendation, in the References section of the electronic application. These contacts will be solicited by the SpartanTalent system via email, and asked to provide a confidential Letter of Recommendation on behalf of the applicant. This will as soon as an applicant successfully submits the application.*

Applicants must have a Ph.D. by August 1, 2024 from an APA-accredited clinical program and be licensed or license-eligible in North Carolina.

We will begin reviewing applications on October 15, 2023 and will continue until the position is filled. More information may be obtained from Dr. Blair Wisco, Chair of the Clinical Search Committee (email: bewisco@uncg.edu).