The Department of Psychology at the University of Massachusetts Boston invites applications for a Lecturer position beginning September 1, 2024 in Clinical Psychology with a track record of success in teaching and clinical work/clinical supervision. Our goal is to successfully recruit a psychologist, who will (a) serve as the Practicum Coordinator, coordinating placements and supporting students in completing external practicum placements, for our clinical psychology doctoral program, (b) provide clinical supervision to doctoral student trainees particularly through our UMB-UR-BEST outreach program (see https://www.umb.edu/umburbest), and (c) teach undergraduate and graduate courses. Courses could include Practicum seminars, Personality, Mental Health and Psychological Distress, Principles of Psychotherapy, Social Psychology, or Psychological Testing, as well as additional courses as proposed and approved by the department. Additional responsibilities include providing racially and culturally responsive advising to undergraduate students and contributing to service for the program, department, and college.

UMass Boston is the third most diverse university in the country, with more than 60% of our undergraduate students coming from minoritized communities and groups and more than half of our students are the first in their families to attend a college or university. Thus, our students come to us from richly diverse life experiences and backgrounds; they bring to our classrooms and research settings the robust range of perspectives growing out of the socio-cultural, economic, and historical contexts in which they have lived, along with the challenges they encounter, engage, and strive to overcome.

Given this context, please submit a teaching and clinical experiences statement that articulates how your approach to supervision, teaching, advising, and mentoring, will engage with the diverse life experiences of students, will reflect an appreciation for the ways in which students bring their holistic selves into the academic setting, and will reflect how your own life experiences and background shapes your practices and commitments as a supervisor, instructor, and mentor.

Applicants should also submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae and names of three references. Applicants progressing to initial interviews will be requested at that time to submit three letters of recommendation with relatively short notice. Questions can be directed to the search chair, Dr. Sarah Hayes-Skelton at sarah.hayes@umb.edu. Review of applications will begin 3/29/2024 and continue until the position is filled. For more information about the Department of Psychology and the Clinical Psychology Doctoral Program, please visit our websites at https://www.umb.edu/liberal-arts/academic-departments/psychology  and https://www.umb.edu/academics/program-finder/clinical-psychology-phd .

 Requirements:

• A Doctoral degree in clinical or counseling psychology;
• professional identity as a scientist-practitioner;
• commitment to advancing social justice and equity in psychology;
• eligibility for licensure and HSP designation in Massachusetts;
• preferred qualifications additionally include three or more years of experience post-licensure and demonstrated experience and skill engaging in systems-level mental health work on campuses and/or in communities. 

Additional Information the Department and Program

Accredited by the American Psychological Association, the Clinical Psychology Ph.D. Program adopts a scientist-practitioner-activist program model. Our program prepares clinical psychologists with an excellent foundation in psychological science to translate basic knowledge into practical applications to meet the mental health needs of children, adolescents, and adults from diverse sociocultural groups. Graduates of the program have the requisite skills to advance understanding of key human problems through research, scholarly activities, clinical practice, teaching, professional service and leadership, advocacy, and activism. We locate the scientist-practitioner model within a socio-cultural context, bringing to the study and practice of clinical psychology an understanding of social justice, equity, oppression, systems of privilege and marginalization, procedural and relational justice, and epistemological and methodological marginalization.

UMass Boston is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, we will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations for the hiring process. If reasonable accommodation is needed, please contact HRDirect@umb.edu or 617-287-5150.