Founded in 1969, the CALIFORNIA SCHOOL OF PROFESSIONAL PSYCHOLOGY (CSPP) was the first freestanding professional school of clinical psychology in the United States. Following its merger with United States International University in 2001 to become the CALIFORNIA SCHOOL OF PROFESSIONAL PSYCHOLOGY at ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY, CSPP remains one of the country’s largest professional schools of psychology, offering APA-accredited doctoral programs across six locations in California. Our programs have trained close to half of the practicing clinical psychologists in California. Our institutional mission is to provide students with the highest quality of education through innovation in scholarship, applied training and research, and community service, particularly to underserved populations. Our goal is to equip students with the competencies they need to improve the quality of human life by addressing major contemporary social issues. Core competencies of our doctoral training programs include cultural diversity, which is infused in courses and field placements and is manifest in the diversity of our students and faculty.

Accordingly, we seek to recruit and invite applications for faculty and program directors with cutting-edge and culturally relevant academic and/or practice-based experience.

We are seeking an innovative and proven academic and administrative leader for this APA-accredited program.  Our Program is committed to empirical and publishable research through contributions to new knowledge in applied clinical psychology.  This is a full-time position with a summer appointment, with one-half FTE spent in the teaching and mentoring of students and one-half FTE is devoted to program administration.  The Program Director reports to the Dean of CSPP.  Responsibilities include:

1) Ensuring delivery of a quality academic program, including the development and ongoing evaluation of the curriculum;

2) Recruiting, hiring, developing, supervising, and evaluating staff and faculty;

3) Working collaboratively with the Professional Field Training Office in planning and evaluating the clinical field training experiences of Clinical Ph.D. students;

4) Ensuring program continuity through collaborative work with admissions and enrollment management personnel;

5) Working collaboratively with student services personnel to ensure that registration, student orientation, financial aid, and other student services are responsive to student needs;

6) Developing an Annual Operating Plan and Annual Budget Plan and ensuring implementation and adherence; and

7) Ensuring that tasks related to APA accreditation are implemented, including developing and writing self-study reports and submitting annual reports.