Term Assistant Professor

Department: Col of Humanities and Soc Science

Classification: 9-month Instructional Faculty

Job Category: Instructional Faculty

Job Type: Full-Time

Work Schedule: Full-time (1.0 FTE, 40 hrs/wk)

Location: Fairfax, VA

Workplace Type: On site required

Salary: Salary commensurate with education and experience

Criminal Background Check: Yes

Works with Minors check: Yes

About the Department:

The Department of Psychology (https://psychology.gmu.edu/) has a diverse student body of over 1,500 undergraduate majors and over 350 graduate students, many of whom are first generation college students. We are one of the largest departments in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, which is the largest academic unit at George Mason. The department has over 50 faculty members, including 9 instructional, non-tenure-track faculty positions. Non-tenure-track instructional faculty are vital to the department in their support of its instructional mission. They are expected to be fully familiar with research but are not expected to be research productive. Non-tenure-track faculty are fully integrated in the department, with voting rights commensurate with rank and status and with similar access to resources, such as travel funds and professional development opportunities, as tenure-track faculty. More broadly, George Mason is committed to supporting the career development of all faculty (https://faculty.gmu.edu/), with a specific emphasis on non-tenure-track faculty (https://provost.gmu.edu/faculty-matters/term-faculty-information).

Our department is guided by three primary aims. First, in line with George Mason’s Carnegie classification as a Research I university, our department conducts research of consequence and had $3.4M in research expenditures in the last fiscal year. Second, we focus strongly on our training of students across all five of our graduate areas (applied developmental psychology, clinical psychology, industrial/organizational psychology, cognitive and behavioral neuroscience, and human factors and applied cognition). Third, we focus on undergraduate training and research, including through our thriving Undergraduate Honors Program. Faculty are highly dedicated to the success of our students, and our programs’ rankings continue to rise (https://www.gmu.edu/rankings).

About the Position:

The Term Assistant Professor supports both the clinical psychology doctoral program and the undergraduate program. More specifically, the Term Assistant Professor participates in teaching of doctoral level courses and supervision of doctoral students’ clinical work in our community-based training clinic (https://ccmh.gmu.edu/) and teaching at the undergraduate level.

Responsibilities:

• Teaches graduate courses in the clinical psychology program in the psychology department, including courses involving supervising clinical doctoral students in the provision of therapy and/or assessment services; and
• Teaches undergraduate courses in the psychology department. 

Required Qualifications:

• Terminal degree in a related field from an APA-accredited health service psychology program;
• A commitment to the education of a diverse student body;
• A strong interest and expertise in evidence-based behavioral health approaches, such as CBT, DBT, ACT, and Exposure and Response Prevention;
• Experience providing supervision in cognitive behavioral therapy is required;
• Knowledge of evidence-based behavioral health approaches, such as CBT, DBT, ACT, and Exposure and Response Prevention;
• The ability to provide supervision in cognitive behavioral therapy is required; and
• Clinical license or license-eligible in Virginia.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Doctoral degree from a clinical science based training program;
• Experience providing culturally responsive care and the ability to supervise assessments; and
• Knowledge of culturally responsive care and the ability to supervise assessments.

Instructions to Applicants: 

For full consideration, applicants must apply for Term Assistant Professor at https://jobs.gmu.edu/. Complete and submit the online application to include three professional references with contact information.  Also include a Cover Letter/Letter of Intent, CV and Philosophy of Teaching for review.

Posting Open Date: February 19, 2025

For Full Consideration, Apply by:  April 16, 2025

Open Until Filled:  Yes