Assistant Professor School Counseling
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Job Description
Title: Assistant Professor (School Counseling)
Employee Classification: FA Faculty 16 and 24 Pay
Pay Grade: FA 01
Division: Academic and Student Affairs
Subdivision:Leadership and Counsel
Department: College of Education
Campus Location: Main Campus
General Summary
The Department of Leadership and Counseling invites applications for a tenuretrack Assistant Professor position in School Counseling beginning August 2025. This faculty member will teach and advise graduate students in our CACREPaccredited school counseling program; engage in research and scholarship from a communitybased perspective; and contribute to service activities within the department college and university. This tenure track position requires inperson onsite engagement in teaching service and professional activities on campus as well as the opportunity to teach some online courses.
We seek candidates who demonstrate the capacity to engage ethically in communities of practice with ethnically racially linguistically and otherwise diverse populations and historically marginalized youth families and communities and who seek to enact such a commitment in collaboration with others in the department college campus and broader community.
Our mission as a Counseling Program is to prepare graduates to work as professional counselors in higher education K12 school and clinical mental health settings using multiple modalities with diverse students and clients presenting with a range of concerns including addressing mental and emotional disorders. We seek to foster helping professionals who intentionally create inclusive spaces of responsiveness respect and appreciation for all forms of diversity developing cultural proficiency in the service of promoting mental health and wellness to benefit local and global communities.
Our programs are committed to developing professional counselors who actively promote the wellbeing of individuals institutions and communities through the application of knowledge and skills enhancing the diversity dignity and development of the clients and communities they serve. We operate a Counseling Clinic that is open to the community as well as a SchoolBased Counseling Clinic that serves several schools in the local community.
About Eastern Michigan University
Eastern Michigan University is an R2 institution enrolling approximately 18000 students and offers an outstanding benefits package and a collegial work environment. EMUs distinct mix of comprehensive academic resources strong community initiatives and nationally recognized undergraduate and graduate research achievements set it apart. The EMU campus is located in the Ypsilanti/Ann Arbor community five miles from downtown Ann Arbor and 35 miles west of Detroit MI and Windsor Ontario.
About the Department of Leadership & Counseling
The Department of Leadership and Counseling at Eastern Michigan University develops caring and ethical educational leaders and professional counselors through coconstructed teaching and learning experiences respectful service and community engagement and intentional research and inquiry to promote equity. We prepare courageous leaders and mental health practitioners to assume prominent roles in effecting positive change in clients students families and communities in local and global contexts.
The department offers three CACREPaccredited masters degree programs in clinical mental health counseling school counseling and college counseling and student affairs as well as doctoral and masters programs in Educational Leadership (K12 and Higher Education & Student Affairs). These programs are committed to fostering diversity equity inclusion and justice through their curriculum and community engagement.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities
Teach graduate courses in the school counseling program including creating transformative curriculum and supporting inclusive excellence.
Provide academic advising to diverse graduate students.
Engage in scholarship and maintain an active research agenda.
Participate in professional community and university service activities.
Perform related Departmental duties as required.
Minimum Qualifications:
Earned doctorate by August 2025 in Counseling/Counselor Education from a CACREPaccredited program or experience teaching fulltime in a CACREPaccredited program.
Strong background in school counseling practice with a commitment to leadership advocacy and systemic change in P12 settings.
Demonstrated commitment to social justice equity and inclusion.
Demonstrated commitment to preparing counselors from marginalized populations.
Established research agenda.
Identification with the counseling profession as evidenced by professional memberships and leadership activities.
Eligibility for licensure as a professional counselor in Michigan and eventual eligibility for a Michigan School Counselor License.
Preferred Qualifications:
Passionate advocacy for P12 populations and settings.
History of studentcentered support and engagement.
Experience with traumainformed education and interdisciplinary collaboration.
Expertise in areas such as restorative justice practices neurodiversity or educational technology.
Sense of humor and cultural humility.
Special Instructions:
Applicants must submit the following materials:
1. A cover letter that clearly speaks to each of the following:
a) required and preferred qualifications;
b) your commitment and work supporting diversity equity and inclusion in education;
c) your teaching philosophy and approach (specifically online teaching); and
d) your research agenda;
2. A detailed curriculum vitae; and
3. Names and contact information for at least three references.
Official transcripts will be required prior to receiving an official offer.
Review of applications will begin on January 13 2025 and will continue until finalists are identified. For more information contact Dr. Devika Dibya Choudhuri at
This position is covered under the collective bargaining agreement between EMU and the EMU Chapter of the American Association of University Professors which contains and settles all matters with respect to wages benefits hours and other terms and conditions of employment.
Eastern Michigan University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.
Appointment Percentage:
100
Employment Type
Full-Time
