Visiting Assistant Professor Position at University of Hartford

The Department of Psychology at the University of Hartford is seeking candidates for a non-tenure track Visiting Assistant Professor position in Psychology in the Graduate Institute of Professional Psychology to begin August 2014.  This is a one-year appointment; however, the person holding this position will be welcome to apply for an anticipated tenure-track position beginning in August 2015.

The successful candidate must have completed the doctorate in clinical psychology or closely related field, and be licensed or license eligible in CT by Fall 2014.

Primary teaching responsibilities will include classes in psychological assessment (personality, cognitive/intellectual, or neuropsychology), with opportunities to teach in the candidate’s area of specialization. Job responsibilities will include teaching, mentoring doctoral-level student dissertation research, engaging in independent scholarly activity, student advising, and service to the Department, the College, and the University.

The Department of Psychology has 21 full-time faculty members, 220 undergraduate majors, 100 master’s students across three programs (clinical practices, organizational psychology, and school psychology), and 140 doctoral students in clinical psychology.

The University of Hartford is an open and welcoming community, which values diversity in all its forms.  In addition, the University aspires to have its faculty and staff reflect the rich diversity of its student body and the Hartford region.  Candidates committed to working with diverse populations and conversant in multicultural issues are encouraged to apply. 

Our academic mission is to engage students in acquiring the knowledge, skills, and values necessary to thrive in, and contribute to, a pluralistic, complex world. The full text of our academic mission can be seen at www.hartford.edu.

Please send cover letter, vita, evidence of teaching and research, and three letters of recommendation to Search Committee Chair at psychappa@hartford.edu. Applicants are encouraged to describe in their letter of intent how their teaching and/or scholarship will advance intercultural competence in all students. 

For best consideration, applications should be received by February 14.  Members of under-represented groups are encouraged to apply.  EEO/AA/M/F/D/V