Assistant/Associate Professor (Counseling and Therapy Practice)

About Tamus

The Department of Educational Leadership & Counseling is a nationally recognized program that prepares students in the field for positions as counselors. This tenure-track position offers the opportunity to strengthen the mental health of our communities and schools, along with training and developing a highly qualified generation of counselors. This tenured/tenured-track position is housed in the Whitlowe R. Green College of Education. This is a full-time, 9-Month appointment beginning in the fall of 2026.

Job Summary

The successful candidate will be responsible for teaching graduate-level courses, researching and publishing in the field of counseling and therapy, providing service to the department, college, university, and professional organizations, along with engaging in intentional professional development activities.

Key Responsibilities

• Teaching three to four courses per semester.
• Establishing and maintaining an active, discipline-specific research agenda, resulting in scholarly publications and presentations.
• Advising and mentoring graduate students, including supervision during field experience, preparation for the school counselor certification exam, and/or in theses or dissertation.
• Work with other counseling faculty to maintain rigor and design/revise course curricula to ensure alignment with current evidence-based research, industry standards of practice, and accreditation requirements.
• Participating in department, college, university, and organizational service activities.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Ph.D. in Counseling; Ph.D. in Counselor Education; Ph.D. in Counselor Education & Supervision from a CACREP accredited program.
• Minimum of 2 years teaching experience in K-12 settings.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Excellent communicator; strong interpersonal and communication skills, and a commitment to fostering an all-encompassing learning environment.
• Visionary leader in field of counseling and proficient user of technology applications appropriate to the clinical training of counselors (e-portfolios and supervision portals) and platforms, such as Canvas, Blackboard, and other learning management systems.
• Can align standards of practice for the training and development of graduate students in counseling.
• Excellence in teaching at the graduate level.
• A record of scholarly research and publications in discipline-specific, peer-reviewed journal.
• Experience with online, in-person, and hybrid teaching modalities.