Colorado State now hiring a senior faculty member interested in being the Director of Clinical Training

Colorado State has completed the process of changing from an APA Accredited Counseling Program to an APA Accredited Clinical Program and we are now hiring a senior faculty member who is interested in being the Director of Clinical Training. Please email brad.conner@colostate.edu with any questions about this hire.

Psychological Clinical Science Program Associate or Full Professor Position with service as the Director of Clinical Training

Job Description and Qualifications

The Department of Psychology at Colorado State University (CSU) invites applications for a tenure-track Faculty Position in the American Psychological Association Accredited

Psychological Clinical Science Program, at the rank of Associate or Full Professor who will serve as the next Director of Clinical Training.

Expected Appointment Date: August 2026

Required and Preferred Qualifications

Required qualifications:

The candidate must have:

1. A Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology or a closely related filed from an accredited graduate program.
2. Completed an APA-approved, CPA-approved, or substantially-equivalently approved clinical internship.
3. Tenure as an Associate or Full Professor at an accredited research institution.
4. A current license to practice psychology in Colorado or eligibility to apply for or transfer a psychologist license to Colorado by the date of employment.
5. An active research program as evidenced by a sustained record of peer-reviewed research publications and a sustained record of external research funding.
6. A record of teaching undergraduate and graduate courses.
7. An expressed interest in serving as the Director of Clinical Training.
8. Evidence of leadership experience, for example 1 to 2 years of experience as a training clinic director, director of clinical training, executive committee member or associate department chair or department chair.

Preferred qualifications:

Priority may be given to candidates with one or more of the following preferred qualifications:

1. Holding the rank of Full professor.
2. Tenure as a Full Professor at a Carnegie R1 class research institution.
3. A program of research that expands the current research interests represented in the psychological clinical science program, such as research into severe psychopathology or a defined area of psychopathology.
4. A publication record as first or senior author in high quality, high impact peer-reviewed research journals.
5. A record of successful advising and mentoring of graduate and undergraduate students to degree completion.
6. A record of high quality, clinical supervision of students, interns, and/or residents.
7. Evidence of fostering an environment that aligns with CSU’s values and mission as a land-grant institution, increasing access to a world-class education for all who posses the talent and desire to attain the knowledge and skills necessary to have a positive impact on the university and the communities it serves.

Department of Psychology

The Department of Psychology resides in CSU’s College of Natural Sciences, along with seven other departments: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science,

Mathematics, Physics, and Statistics. The Psychology Department serves approximately 1400 undergraduate student majors and 100 graduate students, with roughly 30 full-time tenure-line

faculty members distributed across five doctoral programs: (1) Applied Social and Health Psychology, (2) Cognitive Neuroscience, (3) Cognitive Psychology, (4) Industrial and Organizational Psychology, and (5) Psychological Clinical Science. The department also has full- and part-time teaching faculty, an outstanding team of professional undergraduate-advisors, administrative staff who provide office, travel, research, pre- and post-award support and other administrative assistance, and an IT team who support its teaching and research computing infrastructure, including remote computing and data storage and management of the Department’s large undergraduate research participation system. The Department is primarily located in the Behavioral Sciences Building (BSB), a LEED Gold-Certified building completed in 2010 and expanded in 2014. The BSB includes office space for full-time faculty and graduate students, meeting and seminar rooms, state-of-the-art classrooms, and numerous lounge and study areas. In total, the Department has over 100,000 square feet of research, teaching, and office space. More information on the Department can be obtained at: http://psychology.colostate.edu/.

Psychological Clinical Science at CSU

The successful candidate will have a full-time appointment in the Department of Psychology and will contribute to Department undergraduate teaching and graduate training in our APA

accredited Psychological Clinical Science program. For more information on the Psychological Clinical Science doctoral program, please visit: https://psychology.colostate.edu/clinicalscience/.

How to Apply

For full consideration, materials must be received by Wednesday October 1, 2025. Submit application materials to https://jobs.colostate.edu/postings/165162, including:

1. A cover letter that highlights your qualification as they pertain to the job criteria.
2. A curriculum vitae.
3. A leadership statement uploaded into the other category describing your record of leadership, your leadership style and values, and your ideas for areas of the clinical program’s future growth (uploaded in the “other” category).
4. A research statement describing your record of programmatic research, publication, and research funding.
5. A teaching statement describing your record of teaching, your teaching philosophy, style, and values, and evidence of teaching effectiveness.

Additionally, candidates who are selected to proceed to the semi-finalist stage of review will be asked to supply 3 letters of recommendation.

Mail-in applications or letters will not be accepted. Application materials of semifinalist candidates, including letters of reference, will be made available for review by the entire faculty

of the Department of Psychology at CSU. Information about jobs in the Department of Psychology at Colorado State University can be obtained at

http://psychology.colostate.edu/jobs-in-psychology-at-CSU/.

CSU is an EO/EA/AA employer and is committed to providing a vibrant and safe learning community. To support this environment and comply with applicable laws and regulations, CSU conducts background checks on all final candidates.