How to Become an Assoc. Professor - Psychology

Full-time tenure-track Assistant Professor or Associate Professor position in Clinical, Counseling, or School Psychology.

Applicants for the tenure-track Assistant Professor position are required to have.

in Psychology, from an accredited university, with a specialty in Clinical, Counseling, or School Psychology or a highly related field completed by start date of appointment •    Evidence of a strong research agenda•    Commitment to working with diverse populations and fostering diversity across campus.

Applicants for the position of Associate Professor must meet the requirements above and have a distinguished record of academic achievement (scholarly research, teaching, and service) that satisfies the criteria for Associate Professor status in the Department of Psychology at the University of Minnesota Duluth.

But once a professor earns tenure, that guidance disappears, the amount of committee work piles on, and associate professors are often left to figure out how to manage the varying demands of the job—and fit in time for their research—on their own.

All three were successful enough to earn tenure, but, like many associate professors across the country, they are now struggling through the long years of midcareer, which can be marked by exhaustion, doubt, and even depression.

New national data show that associate professors are some of the unhappiest people in academe.

Adjunct professors have also made their unhappiness with their work conditions well known, but the Harvard survey focused on faculty members within the tenured and tenure-track ranks.

Professors get annoyed at having to explain to their neighbors and family members that their work extends far beyond the lecture hall—and far beyond the seven-month-or-so academic year.

or Psy.D.) in an area of health services Psychology, as defined by the American Psychological Association, plus five years college teaching experience in Psychology or a related field.

Demonstrated ability to create and implement graduate programs in Psychology that align with the mission and vision of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences and of Stevenson University.

Commitment to advising, mentoring, and preparing masters' and doctoral level students in Psychology.

Applicants for the tenure-track Assistant Professor position are required to have.

in Psychology, from an accredited university, with a specialty in Clinical, Counseling, or School Psychology or a highly related field completed by start date of appointment •    Evidence of a strong research agenda•    Commitment to working with diverse populations and fostering diversity across campus.