Faculty Positions Open at Oklahoma State University

DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY, OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY is inviting applications for two full-time,Assistant Professor, tenure track positions in Clinical Psychology beginning August 2016.  We would ideally like to fill one position with expertise in Clinical Child Psychology and one with expertise in Pediatric Psychology. Candidates must have received their doctoral degree from an APA or PCSAS accredited clinical psychology program and have completed an APA-approved clinical psychology internship. Candidates are expected to have a strong background in and dedication to scholarly activity, excellent teaching and mentoring, and to interact well with colleagues and students. They must also demonstrate the capacity to maintain a high quality research program leading to scholarly productivity in the form of professional publications, presentations, and grantsmanship. Competitive salary and start-up funds are available.    

Candidates will be expected to serve as a research mentor for doctoral students, to supervise undergraduate research, and to provide quality classroom instruction for both graduate and undergraduate courses. Typical teaching load is two courses per semester and clinical supervision counts in this load when assigned. Several current faculty maintain active research and training collaborations at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center in Oklahoma City and the OSU Center for Health Sciences in Tulsa, offering opportunities for access to medical specialty populations and collaborations.

The Department has 22 full-time faculty and offers PhDs in clinical psychology and experimental psychology. The clinical program, continuously APA-accredited since 1971, is based on the scientist-practitioner model of training. The Department offers training to a diverse graduate and undergraduate student body (30% minority enrollment) of approximately 50 doctoral students and 600 undergraduate majors. Applicants are encouraged to visit the Department website at http://psychology.okstate.edu.

OSU is located in Stillwater, OK, an environmentally clean, safe, pleasant city of 47,000 located in north central Oklahoma, approximately 70 miles from both Oklahoma City and Tulsa. Stillwater public schools were recently selected as one of the “100 Best Public School Systems in America,” and the city has excellent affordable housing.

For full consideration, application materials must be received by October 1, 2015. However, applications will be accepted until the position is filled. It is anticipated that interviewing will begin in November. Application should include a cover letter indicating research and teaching interests, vita, reprints/preprints, summary of course evaluations/evidence of teaching excellence, and three letters of recommendation sent to Stephanie N. Mullins-Sweatt, Ph.D., Chair, Search Committee, Department of Psychology, Oklahoma State University, 116 North Murray, Stillwater, OK 74078-3064; (405) 744-7494; clinicalpsychology@okstate.edu.

Oklahoma State University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/E-verify Employer, committed to diversity and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.  OSU is a VEVRAA Federal Contractor and desires priority referrals of protected veterans for its openings.  OSU Stillwater is a tobacco-free campus.  For more information go to www.afirmact.okstate.edu.