Instructor / Assistant Professor of Psychology

POSITION

: Instructor /

Assistant Professor of Psychology FOCUS:

Psychology and Counseling

DEPARTMENT

: School of Professional Studies

DATE OPENED

Consideration of applications begins immediately.

STARTING DATE

August 2026

SALARY:

Competitive salary, commensurate with qualifications; excellent benefitspackage. Nine-month contract. Possible opportunity for compensated summer teaching.

Responsibilities:

Teach a12-hour load per semester of on campus and online undergraduate psychology and counseling courses as assigned; Advise and mentorstudents; Provide service to the College and actively participate in campus life on main campus in Peru, NE; Demonstrate active professional development and contribution to the academic discipline; Pursue continuous improvement ofinstructional practices; Implement student engagement practices in and outside of traditional learning space; Workeffectively with all students, many of whom are first generation college students.

Qualifications:

Preferred:

Terminal degree in Psychology or Counseling. Professional licensed counseling experience. Online and classroom teaching experience.

Required:

Master's degree in psychology with a minimum of 15 hours of graduate coursework in Counseling or a master's degree incounseling; and experience and/or interest in increasing student success and engagement, particularly of underrepresented students.

Candidates with a master's degree and professional experience may be considered for an instructor level position. Completion of a terminaldegree is required for a tenure track position.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE

Go to www.peru.edu to apply. Work authorization and/or visa sponsorship is not available for this position. Please also submit letter of interest, curriculumvitae clearly showing education, work background and years of experience, statement of teaching philosophy, and academic transcripts(photocopies accepted). This position is subject to veterans' preference. Offers of employment will be conditional upon satisfactoryresults of a background check. Peru State College's "Campus of a Thousand Oaks," an arboretum campus, is nestled in the hills ofhistoric southeast Nebraska. The state's first college, Peru State offers a unique mix of innovative online and traditional classroomundergraduate and graduate programs, including online graduate degrees in education and organizational management. Member institution of theNebraska State College System. The Nebraska State Colleges are equal opportunity institutions and prohibit unlawful discriminationand harassment. Each College has designated an individual to coordinate the Colleges' non-discrimination efforts to comply with regulationsimplementing Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, Titles VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act, Title IX of the EducationAmendments of 1972, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. Inquiries regarding non-discriminationpolicies and practices may be directed to the Compliance Coordinators assigned at each College and identified on each College website.