Assistant Professor in Mental Health Counseling

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Central Washington University is recruiting an Assistant Professor in Mental Health Counseling to join our Psychology team in Ellensburg, Washington. This role is an important member of our team as they enhance the vision for the University. The role is a campus-based position, which means you get to see the lives you are impacting. We're offering a competitive salary plus the awesome CWU benefits.

We are a team of individuals committed to Changing Students' Lives. No matter what job, each of us plays a part in supporting and empowering our students to fulfill their dreams.

Working in higher education provides career growth and career choice. Think of a university campus like a mini city, operating across 380 acres. You'll find robust academics, libraries, athletics and sporting events, full service and quick serve dining, conferences and events from small to large, recreation centers, housing, health services, police and public safety for the campus population of ~8,300 students.

Central Washington University has been named a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program Top Producing Institution for the  academic year. In addition, for seven out of eight years, CWU was a recipient of the prestigious Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine. Rent Cafe has also named CWU #13 of the Top 20 Best College Towns in the U.S. in 2025.

Come join us on our journey to encourage, inspire, and create spaces where all identities thrive on campus.

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Our investment in you begins the day you join our team, a healthy and successful future for you is important to us. We offer medical, dental, life and disability insurance, retirement and optional savings plans, tuition assistance for you and your dependents, discounts across town, an employee assistance program for individualized counseling, and a wellness incentive program. Learn more:
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The Department of Psychology at Central Washington University (Ellensburg, WA) seeks an Assistant Professor for a tenure-track position, specifically to support the reestablishment of the Mental Health Counseling master's program, which was relaunched in 2025. Candidates should exhibit a commitment to teaching, developing their individual scholarship, involving students in research, advising graduate students, and mentoring undergraduate psychology students. Candidates should be prepared to teach graduate-level counseling and undergraduate-level psychology and/or behavioral health courses, be eligible to supervise counseling practica and/or internship, and provide quality service to the department, university, community, and their profession.

This position is initially funded by a generous donation from Comprehensive Healthcare, a regional behavioral health services organization, after which it will be assumed by the university.

At CWU, we pride ourselves in upholding our mission and vision to create transformative educational environments that encourage personal growth and success. Faculty will integrate Central Washington University's vision which is "CWU will be a model learning community of access and opportunity". In order to build a community of access and opportunity, Central Washington University nurtures culturally sustaining practices that expand access and success to all students.

We are committed to fostering high impact practices, sustainability, and authentic community partnerships that are grounded in meaningful relationships.

This position is an in-person position on the Ellensburg campus. The faculty member who accepts this position must be willing to commit to teaching on the Ellensburg campus and have the desire and skills to effectively teach in-person and online or in web enhanced courses via both synchronous and asynchronous formats.

• Meet one of the following education requirements by September 16, 2027:
  • Have an earned doctoral degree in counselor education, preferably from a CACREP accredited program;
  • OR have a related doctoral degree and have been employed as a full-time faculty member in a counselor education program for a minimum of one full academic year before July 1, 2013;
  • OR have been employed as a full-time doctoral-level faculty member in a CORE-accredited master's program prior to July 1, 2017;
  • OR have graduated from a rehabilitation doctoral…