Assistant/Associate Clinical Professor, Speech, Language, & Hearing Sciences (Career-Track)
Posting Number: req25793
Department: Speech Language & Hearing Sci
Location: Tucson Campus, Tucson, AZ USA
Position Highlights:
- Full‑time 12‑month clinical faculty position starting late fall 2026.
- Provide evidence‑based clinical services and student clinical supervision for adult neurologically‑based communication disorders.
- Lead the robust aphasia program and develop a cognitive–communication clinic.
- Participate in teaching, scholarship, and service activities of the program.
The department offers a rich collaborative environment with 30 faculty, 104 graduate students (MS, AuD, PhD), and 208 undergraduates.
This career‑track appointment is not eligible for tenure.
Benefits include health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance, paid vacation, sick leave, holidays, tuition reduction for the employee and qualified family members, retirement plans, and access to university recreation and cultural activities.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Clinical teaching and service: 90% of workload.
- Departmental service: 10% of workload.
- Assess and treat clients with communication disorders.
- Participate in clinical education and collaborate with faculty to provide evidence‑based services.
- Assist in clinical program leadership and development as assigned.
- Teach classroom courses related to area of expertise.
- Develop areas of specialty practice.
- Participate effectively on departmental and university committees.
- Participate in student recruitment, admission, and retention.
- Relate to and interact successfully and collegially with students and peers.
Minimum Qualifications
- Master’s or Ph.D. in Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences (or equivalent).
- Five years of clinical experience as a Speech‑Language Pathologist.
- Licensure or license eligibility for practice in Arizona.
- Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) from the American Speech‑Language‑Hearing Association.
- Previous experience providing graduate student supervision.
- Experience with adult populations.
Preferred Qualifications
- Program development experience.
- Experience providing services to culturally and linguistically diverse populations.
- Experience with aphasia, cognitive communication disorders, and motor speech disorders.
- Spoken/written Spanish language skills.
Rank: To be Determined
FLSA: Exempt
Employment: Full Time (40 hrs/week, 1.0 FTE)
Compensation: $75,000‑$90,000 (depending on rank)
Work Calendar: Fiscal
Number of Vacancies: 1
Target Hire Date: 10/19/2026
Contact: Robin Samlan, PhD, MBA, CCC‑SLP – Associate Professor, Associate Department Head & Director of Clinical Education –
Open Date: 4/28/2026 – Open Until Filled
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