Job Description

The Department of Counseling, School Psychology and Sport in the College of Education & Human Development at the University of Massachusetts Boston invites applicants for a full-time, tenure-track, 9-month faculty position in Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) at the rank of Assistant Professor to begin on September 1, 2025.

The Department of Counseling, School Psychology and Sport (CSPS) provides a dynamic environment for faculty and students to engage in nationally recognized research, especially in areas related to equity, systems-level change, LGBTQ+ health and wellness, social justice, and transnational human rights and global perspectives. CSPS houses (a) the ABA Graduate Certificate Program and new ABA Master’s Program to be launched in 2025, (b) two APA Accredited doctoral programs in School Psychology and Counseling Psychology, (c) a NASP-approved master’s/Ed.S. Program in School Psychology, (d) MPCAC-accredited master’s programs in School Counseling and Mental Health Counseling, and (e) a B.A. in Sport Leadership and Administration. 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.

The candidate will support ABA research and clinical initiatives, contribute to the graduate program in ABA and provide supervision for students working toward earning their certification hours. This faculty member will also contribute to the School Psychology Doctoral Program and the Master’s Program in School Counseling. Therefore, we seek candidates with school-based clinical interest and experience and with research, clinical, and teaching experience, who have a commitment to serving children and communities from minoritized backgrounds. Specifically, we seek applicants whose scholarship targets evidence-based therapeutic approaches, community-engaged research methods, and/or applied research with marginalized communities.

We are particularly interested in candidates with experience working in inclusive settings and serving populations with minoritized youth, who demonstrate an understanding of the impact of advancing our commitment to social justice, racial justice, and health promotion. Preferred applicants will demonstrate teaching and leadership experience, and an interest in collaborative research. We seek an equity-minded scholar who will advance our commitment to social and racial justice as well as community engagement. We also strongly encourage candidates who integrate community engagement in their research and teaching consistent with our university’s urban mission: https://www.umb.edu/the_university/mission_values

Minimum Qualifications:

• Doctorate in Applied Behavior Analysis, Psychology, or related field
• Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA)

Preferred Qualifications

• Doctoral-level Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA-D)
• Experience providing clinical behavior analytic services
• Experience in PK-12 school settings
• Experience mentoring graduate students
• Strong potential for pursuing and securing extramural research funding
• Formal academic preparation in behavior analytic and developmental research methodologies
• Experience teaching courses in human development, behavioral counseling (or other counseling courses), or research methods/statistics.

Application instructions:

Please submit the following materials through the application portal here: https://hr.umb.edu/jobs.

• Letter of interest

• Curriculum vitae

• Research statement describing the applicant's (a) research focus, (b) research collaborations, and (c) future research directions

• List of three references

• Representative publications (optional)

For more information contact the department chair: lindsay.fallon@umb.edu. Application review will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.

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.

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.