Chair Position - Department of Psychology

Job Description

Texas State University-San Marcos invites applications for the position of department chair in the Department of Psychology. The chair is the chief academic, administrative and fiscal officer of the department assuming a broad range of responsibilities. The chair has a 12-month appointment. Nationally competitive salary. For more information about these functions of department chairs at Texas State, visit www.txstate.edu/academicaffairs/pps/1.10html.

Texas State University-San Marcos is a doctoral-granting university located in the burgeoning Austin-San Antonio corridor, the largest campus in the Texas State University System, and among the largest in the state. The Department of Psychology offers a B.A. and B.S. degree in Psychology and a M.A. in Health Psychology. The department has 1,282 undergraduate majors. It has 28 full-time faculty members and 4 part-time faculty members teaching about 95 sections each semester. More information about the Department of Psychology is available at www.psych.txstate.edu.

Required Qualification

1. Earned doctorate in Psychology or closely related field and
2. record of accomplishment in research, teaching, and service appropriate for appointment at the rank of tenured Associate Professor or Professor in the Department of Psychology.

Successful applicant will receive the appropriate rank based on university and department established standards.

Preferred Qualification

1. Organizational and leadership qualities, abilities, and experience consistent with managing and supporting a growing department;
2. Demonstrated capability for administrative organization and fiscal management;
3. Demonstrated commitment to teaching excellence at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

Cover letter should address each required and preferred criterion. A department chair at Texas State would be expected to obtain needed resources, build consensus, mentor effectively, encourage diversity, facilitate grant acquisition and management, teach effectively, and engage in strategic planning, program development, review and assessment.

About Texas State

Texas State's 30,803 students choose from 97 bachelor’s, 89 master’s and nine doctoral degree programs offered by the following colleges: Applied Arts, McCoy College of Business Administration, Education, Fine Arts and Communication, Health Professions, Liberal Arts, Science, University College and the Graduate College.

Texas State students come from around the globe, and our student body is diverse. Thirty-five percent of Texas State students are ethnic minorities. In fact, Texas State is ranked 20th in the nation for the number of degrees we grant to Hispanic undergraduates. See the University Factbook for more information on our student body.

Texas State University-San Marcos is an equal opportunity educational institution.