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Assistant Professor (Psychology)

UMass Boston  ·  UMass Boston, MA
Assistant ProfessorPsychology

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Assistant Professor (Psychology) Apply now Job no: 529995 Position Type: Faculty Full Time Campus: UMass Boston Department: Psychology Date opened: 14 Jul 2026 Eastern Daylight Time Applications close: Tenure Track Assistant Professor Position in Clinical Psychology, Developmental Focus with an Emphasis on Black/African American Communities The Department of Psychology at the University of Massachusetts Boston

invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position beginning September 1, 2027 with a developmental focus (i.e., child, adolescent, or family systems focus) and an emphasis on Black/African American communities, including Black immigrant communities in the U.S. The faculty member would be expected to teach and mentor students in both the undergraduate psychology major and the clinical psychology

doctoral program, which has a scientist-practitioner-activist training model. In addition to these priorities, we are secondarily interested in a colleague with the ability to teach at least one graduate-level assessment course. Consistent with our values, we seek a faculty member with a commitment to both undergraduate and graduate-level teaching and mentoring. Faculty typically have a 2-2 teaching load that

includes undergraduate and graduate classes. Within the clinical psychology doctoral program, in addition to our particular need for teaching at least one assessment course, teaching may include core and elective graduate courses consistent with the area of expertise such as Child Therapy, Foundations of Social Justice in Clinical Psychology, Family Therapy, Graduate Research Methods, or other existing courses.

Undergraduate teaching may include a range of courses from those currently offered in our undergraduate curriculum (e.g., Infancy and Childhood Development, Adolescence, Psychology and the Black Experience, The Family and the Child, Psychology and Social Justice) in addition to the potential to develop new courses in their area of expertise. Additional responsibilities include offering personalized learning

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