The Department of Psychology at Arizona State University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Clinical Psychology with a research focus on addiction science beginning August 2025. Research focus may include but is not limited to targeting the social, developmental, biological, and cultural contributors to substance misuse and its treatment. This is an academic year, benefits-eligible position. The successful candidate will be expected to make scholarly contributions in clinical psychology, mentor graduate students, contribute to teaching at both the graduate and undergraduate levels, and participate in service to the department, university and profession as appropriate.
About the Clinical Psychology Program and Department of Psychology
The clinical psychology doctoral program adheres to the Clinical Science training model (accredited by PCSAS), and has nationally recognized strengths in clinical health psychology, child clinical psychology, and the prevention of child mental health problems among at-risk children. The ASU Psychology Department is a dynamic, highly collaborative community with doctoral training areas in behavioral neuroscience, clinical, cognitive science, developmental, quantitative, and social psychology. Strongly aligned with the ASU Charter, the Department is committed to meeting the needs of our students and reaching out to the communities within which we are embedded.
Research emphases of cross-disciplinary teams within the ASU Psychology Department include but are not limited to child mental health, culture and populations, health and health disparities, aging, stress, prevention and community intervention, implementation science, developmental psychopathology, evolutionary psychology, behavior genetics, cognitive neuroscience, and modern approaches to measurement, research design and data analysis. The Department is highly successful in attracting external funding, ranked 23rd in the most recent NSF HERD ratings. We benefit from innovative research collaborations within and across training areas, across units within the University and with multiple agencies and medical centers in the Phoenix community, including Phoenix Children’s Hospital, Barrow Neurological Institute, Mayo Clinic, and TGen. Addiction science represents a key strength across training areas in the department. Particularly notable is the Psychology Department’s NIH-funded T32 training program focused on drug abuse prevention. In addition, Departmental faculty also have established collaborations with community-based behavioral health training programs focused on substance misuse prevention, treatment, harm reduction, and policy; with ASU partners including the College of Health Solutions, the School of Social Work, and the Biodesign Institute; and with Arizona community-based organizations, the Arizona Attorney General’s Office, the Maricopa County Department of Public Health, and the City of Phoenix.
