Assistant Professor - Counseling Psychology

Overview

We are seeking an outstanding candidate for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the Department of Counseling, School Psychology and Sport (CSPS) in the College of Education and Human Development (CEHD) at the University of Massachusetts Boston to begin September 1, 2026. Specifically, we seek an innovative and equity-minded scholar who will engage in research excellence and continue integrated scholarship efforts that draws from multiple disciplines (e.g., counseling psychology, mental health counseling, school psychology, and/or sport) and harnesses innovative ideas to shape evidence-based solutions benefiting individuals in high-need and urban communities.

In this position we also seek an individual with a demonstrated interest in community-engaged research that will advance our college mission and the commitments outlined in our university strategic plan (page 11).

• Demonstrated teaching and leadership experience with socio-culturally diverse populations.
• A record or promise of high research productivity, including collaborative, interdisciplinary community-engaged scholarship, that supports our departmental mission.
• Successful and engaged undergraduate and/or graduate teaching experience with inclusive approaches for supporting student learning and development.

This faculty position is located within the PhD Program in Counseling Psychology and will also support the MS in Mental Health Counseling, and the Ph.D. program in Counseling and School Psychology. Preference will be given to applicants with assessment experience and/or qualifications for teaching social psychology or other core psychology courses.

• Teaching core graduate courses in counseling psychology, mental health counseling, and clinical supervision of field experiences in counseling psychology and mental health counseling.
• Conducting research that is relevant to the field of counseling psychology.
• Advising doctoral students and serving on dissertation committees.
• Contributing service to university, college, departmental, and program committees, to professional associations, and to local, national, and/or international communities.

The College recognizes that the scholarly work of faculty often includes the integration of teaching, research, and service. The position also offers opportunities for collaboration with UMass Boston’s Collaborative of Asian American, Native American, Latino, and African American Institutes (CANALA – UMass Boston).

An earned doctorate from an APA-accredited Counseling Psychology Program and a Master’s from an Accredited Counseling or Mental Health Program or related field. Licensed or license-eligible as a Licensed Psychologist/Health Services Provider in Massachusetts.

The Counseling Psychology Ph.D. program is housed in the Counseling, School Psychology, and Sport (CSPS) department. CSPS includes two APA-accredited doctoral training programs (Counseling Psychology, School Psychology), MPCAC-accredited master’s programs in school counseling and mental health counseling, NASP-accredited master’s and Ed.S. programs in school psychology, a graduate program in Applied Behavior Analysis, and a B.A. in Sport Leadership and Administration.

The College of Education and Human Development at UMass Boston is ranked the top public college of education in the state of Massachusetts (U.S. News and World Report, 2025) and is guided by our core values of social justice, community engagement and academic excellence.

UMass Boston is an urban public research university with a teaching soul, whose impact is both local and global. We are the third most diverse university in the country – more than 60% of our undergraduate students come from minoritized communities and groups and more than half of our students are the first in their families to attend a college or university.

Thus, our students come to us from richly diverse life experiences and backgrounds; they bring to our classrooms and research settings the robust range of perspectives growing out of the socio‑cultural, economic, and historical contexts in which they have lived, along with…