Assistant Professor Arizona State University Department of Psychology
The Department of Psychology at Arizona State University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Clinical Psychology with a research focus on addiction science beginning August 2025. Research focus may include but is not limited to targeting the social, developmental, biological, and cultural contributors to substance misuse and its treatment. This is an academic year, benefits-eligible position. The successful candidate will be expected to make scholarly contributions in clinical psychology, mentor graduate students, contribute to teaching at both the graduate and undergraduate levels, and participate in service to the department, university and profession as appropriate.
About the Clinical Psychology Program and Department of Psychology
The clinical psychology doctoral program adheres to the Clinical Science training model (accredited by PCSAS), and has nationally recognized strengths in clinical health psychology, child clinical psychology, and the prevention of child mental health problems among at-risk children. The ASU Psychology Department is a dynamic, highly collaborative community with doctoral training areas in behavioral neuroscience, clinical, cognitive science, developmental, quantitative, and social psychology. Strongly aligned with the ASU Charter, the Department is committed to meeting the needs of our students and reaching out to the communities within which we are embedded.
Research emphases of cross-disciplinary teams within the ASU Psychology Department include but are not limited to child mental health, culture and populations, health and health disparities, aging, stress, prevention and community intervention, implementation science, developmental psychopathology, evolutionary psychology, behavior genetics, cognitive neuroscience, and modern approaches to measurement, research design and data analysis. The Department is highly successful in attracting external funding, ranked 23rd in the most recent NSF HERD ratings. We benefit from innovative research collaborations within and across training areas, across units within the University and with multiple agencies and medical centers in the Phoenix community, including Phoenix Children’s Hospital, Barrow Neurological Institute, Mayo Clinic, and TGen. Addiction science represents a key strength across training areas in the department. Particularly notable is the Psychology Department’s NIH-funded T32 training program focused on drug abuse prevention. In addition, Departmental faculty also have established collaborations with community-based behavioral health training programs focused on substance misuse prevention, treatment, harm reduction, and policy; with ASU partners including the College of Health Solutions, the School of Social Work, and the Biodesign Institute; and with Arizona community-based organizations, the Arizona Attorney General’s Office, the Maricopa County Department of Public Health, and the City of Phoenix.
About The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is the academic heart of Arizona State University, committed to improving communities on a local, national and global scale. We support the professional development and growth of our faculty and staff in their cutting-edge research to advance these aims. Within The College, our faculty engage with a large curious student body, guiding them as they grow into socially aware, critical thinkers and writers able to succeed in a wide range of careers and to address the challenges of the twenty-first century. Advancing the success of our students remains our top priority. To learn more about The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, please visit https://thecollege.asu.edu.
About Arizona State University
ASU exemplifies a new prototype for the American public research university. As articulated in the ASU Charter, ASU is a comprehensive public research university, measured not by whom it excludes, but by whom it includes and how they succeed; advancing research and discovery of public value; and assuming fundamental responsibility for the economic, social, cultural and overall health of the communities it serves.
Required Qualifications:
The requirements for this position include:
1) Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology or closely related field at the time of appointment
2) Evidence of scholarly contributions in clinical psychology focused on addiction
3) Evidence of quality teaching relative to the candidate’s level of experience
Desired Qualifications:
1) The ability of the candidate’s research program to connect with one or more of the departmental research strengths outlined above; and
2) Licensed or license eligible in the state of AZ or interest in pursuing licensure as a clinical psychologist; and
3) Demonstrated commitment to working with faculty, staff, students and communities to advance the principles of the ASU Charter
Application Instructions:
Initial deadline for receipt of complete applications is November 25, 2024. Applications will continue to be accepted on a rolling basis for a reserve pool. Applications in the reserve pool may then be reviewed in the order in which they were received until the position is filled. Candidates will be asked to create or use an existing Interfolio Dossier to submit the following application materials as PDFs (at http://apply.interfolio.com/157629):
(a) Curriculum vitae,
(b) Reprints and/or preprints of three representative publications,
(c) Statement addressing research experience and interests,
(d) Statement addressing teaching experience and interests,
(e) Three letters of recommendation which should be uploaded by the candidate’s recommenders to Interfolio directly.
Email and paper applications will not be accepted.
Inquiries concerning the search should be addressed to the Chair of the Search Committee, Mary Davis, at mary.davis@asu.edu. Be sure to include “Clinical Search” in the subject line when sending e-mails.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
A background check is required for employment. Arizona State University is a VEVRAA Federal Contractor and an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by law. ASU’s full nondiscrimination statement (ACD 401) is located on the ASU website at https://www.asu.edu/aad/manuals/acd/acd401.html and https://www.asu.edu/titleIX.
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