Job Summary:

We are seeking an equity-minded candidate to join our exceptional faculty on a full-time basis in the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Massachusetts Boston beginning September 1, 2025. The position will be located in the Department of Counseling, School Psychology, and Sport. The candidate will assume a core faculty, non-tenure-track lecturer position, teaching primarily in the School Counseling Master’s (MPCAC accredited) degree program and secondarily in the Mental Health Counseling Master’s (MPCAC) degree program.

The position requires in-person and remote teaching and ability to engage in service activities in person. Teaching assignments may vary depending on the needs of the department and will include a teaching load of 8 courses across the fall and spring semesters.  

The successful candidate will be required to:

• teach courses in the School Counseling and Mental Health Counseling masters’ programs
• teach 4 graduate courses in the Fall and Spring semesters (8 courses per year)
• advise graduate students within the School Counseling program
• provide service to the School Counseling program

We seek candidates with teaching and clinical experience, preferably licensed, who have a commitment to serving students from a wide variety of backgrounds and identities. Ideally, we seek candidates whose teaching and clinical/supervisory practices display an understanding of the impact of systemic and structural racism and other sources of discrimination on mental health and disability status and/or prevention and intervention efforts, consistent with the University’s mission. (https://www.umb.edu/the_university/mission_values)  The applicant is also encouraged (but not required) to participate in research and grant opportunities related to their professional areas of expertise. 

Minimum Qualifications for the position:

• An earned doctoral degrees in counseling, clinical, school psychology, or counselor education by August 31, 2025.

Preference will be given to candidates who are:

• Successful and engaged graduate teaching experience inclusive of social justice, critical pedagogy, and intersectional approaches to learning, including online learning formats.
• Licensed or license eligible as a School Counselor, Mental Health Counselor, or Family or Marriage Counselor.
• Have a minimum of 2 years of counseling experience working in schools or youth-focused mental health experience.
• Have experiences that will advance our college mission and commitments.

The College of Education and Human Development, ranked among the top 5 schools of education in New England and the #1 public school of education in the state of Massachusetts, is guided by our core values of social justice, community engagement and academic excellence:

University of Massachusetts Boston is an urban public research university with a teaching soul, whose impact is both local and global. We are the third most diverse university in the country - more than 60% of our undergraduate students come 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. We invite applications from candidates who reflect the diverse life experiences of our student body, who appreciate that students bring their holistic selves into the academic setting, and who recognize and articulate how their own life experiences and backgrounds have shaped their journeys, practices, and commitments as researchers, scholars, and educators.

Applications: Please submit the following materials through the application portal here:  https://hr.umb.edu/jobs. The materials include: (a) cover letter that describes the applicant’s potential contributions to the mission of the university and college; a statement of teaching experience and relevant research experience as well as approach to advising and supervision, (b) curriculum vitae; (c) names and contact information for three professional references. We will begin reviewing application materials January 10, 2025 and continue reviewing until the position is filled. For questions, please contact the Search and Department Chair, Lindsay Fallon (lindsay.fallon@umb.edu).

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.