Assistant Professor of Professional Counseling
About the role
The Department of Counseling, Leadership, Adult Education, and School Psychology (CLAS) in the College of Education at Texas State University, a Hispanic‑Serving Institution located in San Marcos, Texas, invites applications for a tenure‑earning assistant professor position in Professional Counseling beginning August 2027. The position focuses on teaching and research in the School Counseling concentration within a CACREP‑accredited master’s program that also offers Clinical Mental Health Counseling and Marriage, Couple, and Family Counseling specialties. The successful candidate will be headquartered on the main campus in San Marcos and will teach courses on both the San Marcos and Round Rock campuses, contributing to a vibrant department that serves approximately 975 students across undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral programs in counseling, leadership, adult education, school psychology, student affairs, and integrated studies. Texas State University enrolls over 40,000 students, holds an R2 Carnegie classification, and is pursuing R1 status by 2027, situated along the San Marcos River in the Austin‑San Antonio innovation corridor.
Responsibilities
- Teach courses in Professional Counseling, with a particular focus on school counseling courses, developmental issues, and child and adolescent counseling.
- Maintain an active and productive program of research.
- Engage in external funding submissions.
- Provide service to the program, department, university, and profession.
- Teach on both the main university campus in San Marcos and the university’s Round Rock campus.