Graduate Associate Instructor - Clinical Psychology PhD

Graduate Associate Instructor - Clinical Psychology PhD

Office

Location:

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, 1201 W. University Drive, Mass Building 2nd Floor, Edinburg, TX 78539. Employee Contact:
Edinburg: (956) 665‑2451;
Brownsville: (956) 882‑8205. Office hours:
Monday‑Friday 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Posting Number: A1439 |
Location: Edinburg, Texas |
College: College of Liberal Arts |
Department: College of Liberal Arts / Psychological Science |
Division: Provost – Academic Affairs |
FTE: .25 |
Number of Vacancies: 6 |
Desired

Start Date:

09/01/2026 |
Open Date: 07/20/2026

Scope of Job

As Instructors of Record, Graduate Associate Instructors will function as teaching staff and are employed to teach courses scheduled at the undergraduate level (PSYC 2301). GAIs receive direct supervision from a faculty member qualified in the teaching discipline, must participate in regular in‑service training, and must have planned and period evaluations beyond student course evaluations.

Minimum Qualifications

• Must be in good academic standing
• Hold a bachelor’s degree or higher appropriate to the area of service
• Have successfully completed eighteen (18) hours of graduate coursework in the assigned teaching discipline
• Be registered full‑time doctoral student for the respective semester – nine (9) semester credit hours during the fall semester, nine (9) semester credit hours during the spring semester, or three (3) semester credit hours during the summer session or be registered in the required number of semester credit hours to fulfill the only remaining requirements of the degree plan.

Discipline Specific Required Qualifications

• Be unconditionally enrolled as a doctoral student in the Clinical Psychology PhD program, having completed a majority of the requirements for the doctoral degree
• Be in good academic standing
• Have successfully completed eighteen (18) hours of graduate coursework in the assigned teaching discipline
• Be registered as a full‑time student for the respective semester (nine (9) semester credit hours during the fall semester, nine (9) semester credit hours during the spring semester, or three (3) semester credit hours during the summer session) or be registered in the required number of semester credit hours to fulfill the only remaining requirements on the degree plan

Preferred Qualifications

(None provided)

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