The department of Psychology at Santa Clara University, a Jesuit, Catholic university, seeks applicants for a full-time tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor level in Clinical, Clinical-Community, or Counseling Psychology. SCU is a welcoming and inclusive community of teaching scholars whose work is grounded in the university’s fundamental values. Those values, which include academic excellence, social justice and community engagement, are infused with a culture of care that defines our community—upholding the dignity of all. The university draws on the many resources of the greater Bay Area, including Silicon Valley, where we are located.
The Psychology Department consists of 16 full-time faculty. Faculty expertise spans a wide range of subfields, including educational, social, cultural, clinical, developmental, health, cognitive psychology, personality and affective science, behavioral analysis, neuroscience, and neuropsychology. With the largest major in the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS), we serve over 500 undergraduates and offer about 50 different courses a year, with approximately 90 sections. We actively engage undergraduates in meaningful faculty-led research.
The successful candidate will start on September 1, 2026 and be expected to teach, engage in scholarship, and do service for the department, college, and university. SCU is on the quarter system and tenure-stream faculty are expected to teach six courses per year (two each quarter), while they are actively engaged in scholarship.
The position comes with generous benefits (scu.edu/hr/benefits), including medical, dental, vision, and life insurance, and University contributions toward retirement. Recognizing the high cost of housing in the local area, there are two University housing assistance programs: 1) rental assistance to ease the transition into the local housing market, and 2)housing purchase assistance for tenure-stream faculty.