Adjunct Faculty, Kinesiology Program

About The Graduate School Of Professional Psychology

The Graduate School of Professional Psychology (GSPP) at DU was created in 1976 to house one of the first Doctor of Psychology (PsyD) programs in the country, under the then-new Vail training model (practitioner-scholar).

GSPP provides four specialized masters programs: Sport Coaching, Sport and Performance Psychology, Forensic Psychology, and International Disaster Psychology: Trauma and Global Mental Health, as well as online certificates and continuing education.

The School also has a partially affiliated, APA-accredited internship consortium, and several in-house and satellite training clinics that serve Denver and the surrounding communities.

All GSPP programs provide comprehensive academic and applied training within an academic environment that values cooperation and collaboration and fosters critical thinking and self-determined functioning.

The School promotes and utilizes high-level pedagogy that integrates applied practice, theory, research, and scholarship. It also has a collegial atmosphere with significant opportunities for creativity, teamwork, and innovation.

The School is strongly committed to building a diverse and inclusive educational environment, which is in full accord with the value that DU places on diversity, equity, and inclusion. This includes acknowledging the family needs of faculty, including dual career couples and single parents.

The search committee is especially interested in candidates who will contribute to the diversity, equity, and inclusion of our academic community. We welcome applications from individuals who may have taken a nontraditional career path, taken time off for family or personal reasons, or who have achieved excellence in careers outside of academia.

About The Kinesiology Program

As of fall 2021, we launched the KINE undergraduate minor and as of the fall 2023 officially launched the KINE major. Our on-campus KINE major and minor undergraduate programs deliver a comprehensive, flexible, and progressive curriculum with challenging teaching and learning strategies to a community of diverse learners, alumni, and networks.

We aim for our undergraduate KINE graduates to be well-prepared, curious, and ethical scholar-practitioners and leaders who integrate diverse ways of knowing to solve personal problems, address social issues, and live meaningful lives.

The KINE program courses are taught by committed and highly qualified faculty.

Position Summary

At the current time, we are looking for adjunct faculty for the Kinesiology Program, to teach courses in the KINE major and minor.

Essential Functions

Adjunct faculty are required to complete DU-wide online training, plan and teach courses (some courses are on-campus whereas others may be online using Zoom), be available to meet with students online or in-person, respond to student questions, assign and grade papers and exams as appropriate, and adhere to all relevant DU policies and procedures.

All our faculty and adjunct instructors must be interested in, and committed to, improving their course design and/or course teaching. Course teaching involves teaching the course and facilitating materials with students in session during the quarter, which includes providing presenting content, facilitating learning materials, providing feedback to students, and providing concurrent instruction.

Required Qualifications

• Master’s degree in or closely related to, or extensive knowledge of their field
• Practical sport, strength and conditioning, or kinesiology-related experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Doctoral degree in a related field
• Teaching experience at the graduate level

Work Schedule

While the University’s administrative offices are open Monday – Friday, 8:00 am – 4:30 pm, faculty schedules vary from term to term and are based on courses taught, service commitments, and research agendas.

The University’s academic calendars are posted on the registrar’s website: https://www.du.edu/registrar/calendars-deadlines

(the law school is on a semester system and has a different academic calendar here: http://www.law.du.edu/academics/registrar)

Application Deadline

Applications are currently being accepted and reviewed for all academic quarters for the 2026-2027 academic year.

Special Instructions

Candidates must apply online through jobs.du.edu to be considered. Only applications submitted online will be accepted.

Contact

Contact Dr. Clayton Kuklick with questions: clayton.kuklick@du.edu

Course Rate

The course rate for this position is $1,290 per credit hour (i.e., 4 credit hour teaching = $5,160).

Benefits

This position is non-benefited. The University of Denver offers some benefits for non-benefited employees.

Equal Opportunity Employer

The University of Denver is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including sex stereotypes, sex characteristics, sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression), marital, family, or parental status, pregnancy or related conditions, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. The University of Denver does not discriminate and prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, age, religion, creed, disability, sex (including sex stereotypes, sex characteristics, sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression), marital family, and parental status, pregnancy, genetic information, military enlistment, or veteran status, and any other class of individuals protected from discrimination under federal, state, or local law, regulation, or ordinance in any of the University’s educational programs and activities, and in the employment (including application for employment) and admissions (including application for admission) context, as required by Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972; the Americans with Disabilities Act; Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973; Title VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; the Age Discrimination Act of 1975; the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967; the Equal Pay Act; the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act; the Colorado Protecting Opportunities and Worker's Rights ("POWR") Act; and any other federal, state, and local laws, regulations, or ordinances that prohibit discrimination, harassment, and/or retaliation.

Background Check

All offers of employment are based upon satisfactory completion of a criminal history and National Sex Offender Registry background check.