The counselor education unit in the Department of Counseling, Educational Leadership, and Higher Education (CEH) at Central Michigan University is now accepting applications for a 10-month, full-time tenure-track faculty position at the assistant or associate rank in counselor education, effective August 2026 (or January 2026, if available to start earlier). This is an in-person position based on CMUs main campus in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. The successful candidate will be committed to the academic success of all students and to an environment that acknowledges, encourages, respects, and celebrates diversity and differences. Salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience.

The CMU Counseling Program is an award-winning CACREP-accredited counseling program, with concentrations in addiction, clinical mental health, and school counseling. We currently offer a hybrid program on our main campus and a fully online program (both part- and full-time options). We are seeking a counselor educator who has completed education in a CACREP-accredited doctoral program to teach both on main campus (Mount Pleasant, MI) and online (both synchronous and asynchronous formats). This individual must have a strong professional counseling identity demonstrated by clinical experience and active licensure/credentialing as a counselor. Summer teaching opportunities may also be available.

Central Michigan University is dedicated to fostering an environment that is reflective of the communities we serve. We are especially interested in highly qualified candidates who will advance and promote CMUs mission, vision, and leadership standards.

Academic rank will be based on a comprehensive evaluation of academic credentials, experience, and alignment with departmental promotion criteria as outlined in the departments bylaws and relevant provisions of the collective bargaining agreement.

You must submit an online application in order to be considered as an applicant for this position. Screening and review of applications will begin on October 25, 2025. You may contact Dr. Sheri Pickover, Search Chair, at picko1s@cmich.edu with questions.

Letters of interest may be addressed to the Hiring Committee and should include a brief statement about your teaching philosophy/pedagogy and address all requirements listed in this posting. Your application should also include your curriculum vitae, copies of licenses/certifications, copies of unofficial transcripts, a list of three references, and a statement of research interests. If available, we also request evidence of effective teaching through teaching evaluations or formal student feedback.

If an ABD candidate, written documentation regarding completion date can be uploaded as an Other Document.

The Department of Counseling, Educational Leadership, and Higher Education is housed within the College of Education & Human Services. The Counseling Program offers three CACREP accredited concentration areas of study: Addiction, Clinical Mental Health, and School Counseling. At present, the program has approximately 400 students total between main campus and the cohort online program, and ten (10) full-time faculty members. The CMU Program faculty and staff have received a variety of awards in social justice, teaching, and clinical supervision from the American Counseling Association, the Association for Counselor Educators and Supervisors and CMU. The program was the recipient of the 2023 NCACES Outstanding Innovative Counselor Education Program Award.

Learn more about Central Michigan University, the College of Education and Human Services, and the Department of Counseling, Educational Leadership, and Higher Education.

Central Michigan University has a more than 125-year legacy of preparing students to become leaders and changemakers in their communities and in their personal and professional lives.

We serve nearly 15,500 students on our Mount Pleasant campus, in satellite locations around the state and throughout the country, and through flexible online programs. Many of our approximately 300 undergraduate, masters, specialist and doctoral programs in the arts, media, business, education, human services, health professions, liberal arts, social sciences, medicine, science and engineering are nationally ranked for excellence.

CMU leads the nation in leadership development programming through our Sarah R. Opperman Leadership Institute, and we are proud to be among only 5% of U.S. universities in the top two Carnegie research classifications. Our faculty work with graduate and undergraduate students in areas such as Great Lakes research, medical innovation, engineering technology and more.

Central is home to 17 mens and womens Division 1 sports including football, basketball, gymnastics, baseball, wrestling and more. Our student-athletes achieve great success in competition and in the classroom, capturing Mid-American Conference championships and maintaining an average cumulative GPA of 3.17.

CMU is located in Mount Pleasant, a community that blends the best of small-town living with big-city amenities. Its part of the culturally varied and vibrant Great Lakes Bay Region that also includes Saginaw, Bay City, Midland and the states largest Native American community, centered on the Saginaw Chippewa Isabella Reservation in Mount Pleasant.

Area residents enjoy the mix of outdoor activities, cultural events, shopping and dining options, and family attractions. Other major Michigan destinations and attractions - Lansing, Grand Rapids, Detroit, Traverse City, wineries, beaches, golf and ski resorts, and many more - are within easy reach of the citys central location in Michigans Lower Peninsula.

CMU employees enjoy access to a nationally recognized wellness program along with health care and benefits that exceed regional, state and national norms.