Core Faculty, Music Therapy (Open Rank)

About the job

The Opportunity
Lesley University is seeking a full-time faculty member in Music Therapy to join our innovative Expressive Therapies Department, which brings together counseling and five arts-based specializations: Music Therapy, Art Therapy, Dance/Movement Therapy, Drama Therapy, and Expressive Arts Therapy. The successful candidate will be an experienced scholar-practitioner with expertise in Music Therapy and clinical mental health counseling who can contribute to graduate-level teaching, student advising and mentorship, curriculum development, and the continued growth of the Music Therapy specialization.

The faculty member will teach graduate courses across in-person, hybrid, and online formats and will integrate musical, creative, and clinical processes into teaching and clinical preparation. The role includes advising and mentoring students, contributing to curriculum development and assessment, participating in accreditation and program evaluation activities, and contributing to the intellectual life of the department through scholarship, creative work, clinical practice, presentations, publications, workshops, or community engagement.

Founded in 1973, Lesley University’s Expressive Therapies programs have been national leaders in the field for more than 50 years. Our programs prepare students to integrate the arts with clinical mental health practice and provide a uniquely interdisciplinary environment in which students and faculty across all five expressive therapies specializations collaborate. Programs are offered in both on-campus and low-residency formats.

• Qualities and Capabilities
• A successful candidate will have:
• A master’s degree in music therapy or related area, with a minimum of transcripted graduate credits equivalent to 12 semester hours or the equivalent of graduate credits in music therapy beyond the undergraduate equivalency requirements. A doctorate is preferred.
• Holds the Massachusetts LMHC and Board-Certified Music Therapist credentials (MT-BC). If licensed out of state, ability to become licensed in MA within 1 year of hire.
• Teaching experience in Higher education in Expressive Therapies or related field.
• 5+ years FTE Clinical experience or its equivalent in part-time work with a record of scholarly activity will be required.
• Demonstrated expertise in music‑based therapeutic approaches for diverse populations.
• Experience teaching at the graduate level.
• Commitment to culturally responsive, trauma‑informed, and inclusive pedagogy.
• Ability to teach both Music Therapy clinical and specialization courses is preferred.
• Experience with AMTA accreditation, preferred
• Required to teach multiple modalities to include in-person classroom teaching and distance learning formats
• Ability to teach general counseling courses such as theories, psychopathology, professional ethics, assessments, vocational counseling, etc. is preferred

Why Lesley

Located in the heart of Cambridge, Massachusetts, Lesley University is highly regarded for its graduate and undergraduate programs in the human arts of education, the arts, and applied social sciences. Lesley fosters a highly creative environment in which innovative ideas thrive, theory is integrated with practice and its 6,400 students and 90,000 alumni are empowered to improve and enrich communities.

We offer a competitive benefits package that includes health, dental, life, and long-term disability insurance. In addition, we offer significant paid time off, a generous retirement plan, and tuition programs that enable employees and their dependents to expand their knowledge and skills.

Lesley is committed to the ongoing pursuit of strategic diversity initiatives that help to position diversity, equity, and inclusion as fundamental to institutional and academic excellence at Lesley. In doing so, Lesley strives for a campus culture and community that fosters a true sense of belonging for all, provides opportunity for everyone to participate equally and fully in the Lesley experience, and helps to develop each individual's capacity to confidently and competently engage within and across difference. Given an evolving national context and the rapid change in the demographic profile of our country, the University has made a significant commitment to addressing and enhancing its campus climate and diversity capabilities as an institution.

Expressing Interest

A letter of interest, CV/resume, and a statement addressing past and/or potential contributions to diversity, equity, and inclusion through teaching, professional activity, and/or service must be included for full consideration.

At Lesley University we strive for a supportive and equitable environment where people -- regardless of race, ethnicity, color, sex, physical ability, religion, national origin or ancestry, age, neurodiversity, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, veteran or military status, membership in uniformed services, and all other categories protected by applicable state and federal laws -- can participate equally and fully as their true selves in all aspects of university life. Accordingly, the University prohibits discrimination based on these protected categories in any education program or activity that it operates, including in admission and in employment. We are committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion throughout the fabric of our institution. Individuals may submit concerns or questions related to discrimination to the University's Director of Equal Opportunity. Please visit the Office of Equal Opportunity's webpage for the University's entire notice of nondiscrimination and for additional information.

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