Student Services Advisor

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The Department of Psychology is a large, complex department within the College of Letters and Science (Division of Social Sciences). It comprises nearly 40 active faculty members, 16 career staff, 3 continuing Lecturers, a number of Visiting Scholars and Postdocs each year, as well as a large cadre of Graduate Student Instructors and Graduate Student researchers. The fundamental missions of the University – teaching, research, and community service – are all met by the Department.

Our teaching program is quite large. Psychology has nearly 800 undergraduates and department courses serve approximately 4,000 students each semester, as well as a large summer session offering each year. The Department has approximately 90 graduate students pursuing doctoral degrees in five specialized sub‑fields. In research, the Department supports the work of a large number of life science labs in work with both human and animal subjects, as well as an off‑site Field Station.

Psychology is closely linked with several major research institutes/ORU's on campus:
The Institute of Human Development, the Institute of Personality and Social Research, The Institute of Cognitive and Brain Sciences, and the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, and works in collaboration with their administration to meet the needs of our faculty. The Department also collaborates closely with the Department of Neuroscience, as many of our faculty have joint appointments and related research areas.

Our outpatient clinic serves the surrounding community by providing vital psychiatric treatment. In short, the Department of Psychology is a large and varied unit which requires considerable skill in terms of its overall administration.

Involves a range of student services duties and responsibilities for an academic department with a focus on student financial support. Provides assistance to the Director of Student Services, Department Chair, faculty, and students in financial aid, awarding of fellowships and block grant funds, academic employee appointments, as well as academic advising, recruitment, admissions, student orientation and events, and related programs. Advises current and prospective graduate students and, as necessary, undergraduate students, about department, campus, and University requirements.

Responsible for addressing issues concerning student funding and degree progress and overseeing academic programs and admission to the graduate program.

The First Review Date for this job is: 03/16/2026.

Graduate Administration

• Applying advanced student services concepts, provides the most complex student services to the department's management, faculty and students.
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