The Department of Human Development and Family Science (HDFS) at the University of Georgia is seeking applicants with for a tenure-track assistant / associate professor position with a 50% research and 50% teaching appointment to begin August 1, 2024. Preferred candidates would have a scholarly emphasis on prevention, intervention, and implementation sciences and/or traumatic stress studies. The duties would largely fall under those expected for HDFS faculty with research and teaching appointments. Appointment to rank of associate professor will be extended to individuals with at least five years as assistant professor (eligible for promotion to rank of associate professor upon appointment) at a comparable institution and must show clear and convincing evidence of high levels of attainment in teaching and research and commensurate national or international recognition related to couple/marriage and family therapy. To be eligible for tenure on appointment, candidates must be appointed as an Associate Professor, have been tenured at a prior institution, and bring a demonstrably national reputation to the institution. Any request for tenure upon appointment must be approved before hire. The successful candidate must show clear and convincing evidence of, or clear potential for, successful teaching at the graduate level and securing external research funding. See UGA’s criteria for faculty appointment, promotion and tenure, https://provost.uga.edu/faculty-affairs/guidelines_for_appointment_prom….

Responsibilities: Successful candidates will have demonstrated a commitment to and expertise working with marginalized and/or underrepresented communities. The successful candidate will be expected to vigorously pursue external grants to support their research and contribute to the academic mission of the department and the college through undergraduate and graduate teaching.

Research:
· Establish and maintain an active independent program of research
· Have record (or promise appropriate to years in field) of extramural funding to support their research
· Demonstrate a continuous record of scholarly productivity in peer-reviewed journals
· Secure intramural funding for research
· Take significant responsibility on externally funded, peer-reviewed projects. Ideally, the faculty member will secure extramural funding as PI to support research and graduate students
· Present research at a minimum of one national or international conference per year
· Collaborate with undergraduate students, graduate students, and/or post-docs on research (publications, grants, awards)

Teaching and Mentoring:
· Effectively teach assigned undergraduate and graduate courses
· Provide clinical supervision for doctoral student therapists enrolled in practicum courses
· Mentor graduate students and contribute as committee member in a way that increases critical thinking about disparities and inequities in global mental health contexts
· Engage in education activities related to teaching and clinical supervision of doctoral students
· Service on departmental, college, and/or university committees to support education and engagement missions

The person hired to this position is expected to play an important role in teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in their areas of expertise, contribute to teaching existing CFT doctoral courses, and preparing new courses when needed. Specifically teaching CFT content must be responsive to standards outlined by the Commission on Accreditation of Marital and Family Therapy Education (COAMFTE).

It is desired that this person may develop a special topics course that exposes HDFS graduate students to contemporary topics and methods. Thus, additionally expanding course coverage for the Qualitative Family Research Methods course and courses taught as part of the Quantitative Methods in Family and Social Science (QMFSS) Certificate. The successful candidate would have the ability to teach graduate level research methods courses in either quantitative methods, qualitative methods and/or mixed methods.