Assistant/Associate Clinical Professor, Speech, Language, & Hearing Sciences (Career-Track)

Assistant/Associate Clinical Professor, Speech, Language, & Hearing Sciences (Career-Track)

Department: Speech Language & Hearing Sci

Location: Tucson Campus, Tucson, AZ

Position Highlights: The University of Arizona's Department of Speech, Language, & Hearing Sciences seeks a full-time Speech-Language Pathology clinical faculty member. This is a 12-month position scheduled to begin in late fall 2026.

The position will be expected to:

• Provide evidence-based clinical services and student clinical supervision for adult neurologically-based communication disorders.
• Lead the aphasia program and develop a cognitive-communication clinic.
• Participate in the teaching, scholarship, and service activities of the academic program.
• The Department is renowned for its clinical training programs in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology, with active doctoral programs. The department includes 30 faculty members, 104 graduate students in MS, AuD, and PhD programs, and 208 undergraduate students. Faculty benefit from collaborative environments within the university and the Southern Arizona communities.

(Note: This career-track appointment is not eligible for tenure.)

The University of Arizona offers comprehensive benefits including health, dental, and vision insurance; life insurance and disability programs; paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays; tuition reduction for employee and qualified family members; retirement plans; access to recreation and cultural activities; and more. For information about working at the University of Arizona and relocation services, please click here.

Duties & Responsibilities

Workload distribution: 90% clinical teaching and clinical service; 10% departmental service.

Teaching and clinical service:

• Assess and treat clients with communication disorders.
• Participate in clinical education.
• Collaborate with departmental faculty to provide evidence-based services.
• Assist clinical program leadership with clinical administration or development as assigned.
• Teach in the classroom related to area/s of expertise as assigned.
• Develop areas of specialty practice.

Service activities include, but are not limited to:

• 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. degree in Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, or equivalent.
• Five years of clinical experience as a Speech-Language Pathologist.
• L lasage for practice in Speech-Language Pathology in the state of Arizona (licensure or licensure eligibility).
• Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
• Previous experience providing graduate student supervision.
• Experience with adult populations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with program development.
• Experience serving culturally and linguistically diverse populations.
• Experience with aphasia, cognitive-communication disorders, and motor speech disorders.
• Spoken/written Spanish language skills.

Rank: To be Determined

Tenure Information: Career-Track (CT)

FLSA: Exempt

Full Time/Part Time: Full Time

Hours per Week: 40

Job FTE: 1.0

Work Calendar: Fiscal

Job Category: Faculty

Benefits Eligible: Yes - Full Benefits

Rate of Pay: $75,000 - $90,000 (depending on rank)

Compensation Type: Salary at 1.0 FTE

Criminal Background Check: Name-based background check (non-security sensitive)

Number of Vacancies: 1

Target Hire Date: 10/19/2026

Expected End Date:

Contact Information for Candidates:
Robin Samlan, PhD, MBA, CCC-SLP
Associate Professor, Associate Department Head & Director of Clinical Education

Open Date: 4/28/2026

Open Until Filled: Yes

Documents Needed to Apply: Curriculum Vitae (CV), Cover Letter, and One Additional Document

Special Instructions to Applicant: Please provide a Cover Letter that includes a description of your experience with and approach to clinical instruction, your Curriculum Vitae, and contact information for three professional references.

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