Tenure-track Assistant Professor of Psychology
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
About the Role
The Department of Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania invites applications for a tenure-track position in Clinical Psychology at the Assistant Professor level. The department is collaborative, interactive, and committed to advancing the frontiers of knowledge about the mind, the brain, and behavior. It is housed within the School of Arts & Sciences, which comprises the College of Arts and Sciences, the Graduate Division, and the College of Liberal and Professional Studies.
Interdisciplinary research and collaboration are supported by the breadth and depth of academic pursuits at Penn and by the close proximity of departments, centers, and affiliated hospitals on our contiguous green urban campus in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The successful candidate will join the core faculty of the APA- and PCSAS-accredited clinical training program, designed to prepare students for academic/research careers in clinical psychology. The candidate will also contribute to the department’s teaching missions at the graduate and undergraduate levels.
Faculty and students benefit from an exceptional intellectual community spanning Penn’s 12 schools and numerous centers relevant to psychological science, including the MindCORE center for the interdisciplinary study of the mind, the Social and Behavioral Sciences Initiative, the Positive Psychology Center, the Computational Neuroscience Initiative, the Penn Brain Science Center, the Penn AI initiative, and many others. Research, clinical, and training opportunities are further enriched by the greater Philadelphia region.
Responsibilities
- Conduct research in clinical psychology that complements existing strengths in the department and university
- Teach at both the graduate and undergraduate levels
- Mentor and support a diverse student body
Qualifications
- Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology awarded by August 2027
- Strong research potential in any area of clinical science, broadly defined
- Capacity for teaching at both the graduate and undergraduate levels
- Capacity for mentoring and supporting a diverse student body
- Preference will be given to candidates who are licensed or license-eligible in clinical psychology