Clinical Assistant/Associate Professor
The Department of Speech Language and Hearing Sciences and the University of Arizona invites applications for Full-Time Speech-Language Pathology clinical faculty member with expertise in adult neurologically-based communication disorders. 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 our robust aphasia program and develop a cognitive-communication clinic.
**Participate in the teaching, scholarship, and service activities of our academic program.
Duties and Responsibilities
The workload in the department, under present policy, has a typical distribution of:
- 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, retention.
- Relate to and interact successfully and collegially with students and peers.
Minimum qualifications, corresponding to rank:
- Master’s or Ph.D. degree 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 Speech-Language Pathology in the state of 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:
- Experience with program development.
- Experience in providing services to culturally and linguistically multifaceted populations.
- Experience with aphasia, cognitive communication disorders, and motor speech disorders.
- Spoken/written Spanish language skills.
You can find the link to the job posting here.
The Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences is renowned for its clinical training programs in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology, as well as its active doctoral program. Our department includes 30 faculty members, 104 graduate students in three degree programs (MS, AuD, PhD), and 208 undergraduate students.
Faculty in the department benefit from rich collaborative environments within the university and the Southern Arizona communities.
This career-track appointment is not eligible for tenure.
Outstanding U of A benefits include health, dental, and vision insurance plans; life insurance and disability programs; paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays; U of A/ASU/NAU tuition reduction for the employee and qualified family members; retirement plans; access to U of A recreation and cultural activities; and more!
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Additional Info
Contact Email : rsamlan@arizona.edu
Contact Phone : 520-621-8618
Instructions : 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.
You can find the link to the job here: https://arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/4/home/requisition/25793?c=arizona&sq=req25793
Application Deadline : 10/19/2026
Contact Name : Robin Samlan
Contact Address : 1131 E. 2nd St.
Tucson, AZ 85721
