Founded in 1893 as a Land Grant University, Montana State University (MSU) is composed of eight academic colleges and a graduate school and boasts a friendly, supportive faculty and campus environment. Currently, the University hosts an enrollment of over 14,000 students, including approximately 1,900 graduate students. MSU is classified as one of 108 U.S. Research Universities (very high research activity) by the Carnegie Foundation.

MSU is located in Bozeman, Montana, an extended community of about 70,000 nestled in the Rocky Mountains in Southwest Montana. In addition to providing access to an extraordinary ecosystem for teaching and research programs, Bozeman is renowned for year-round recreational and cultural opportunities to include access to world class ski areas, multiple blue ribbon trout streams and the Gallatin National Forest. The local airport is served by seven national airlines with over twenty flights a day to nine cities.

Named an All American City, Bozeman boasts high-quality medical facilities, a very low crime rate, many fine restaurants, acclaimed public and private schools, a symphony orchestra and choir, an annual opera, and nationally known events such as the Sweet Pea Festival of the Arts held in early August of each year. Powder Magazine identified Bozeman, with "three distinctly different" major ski resorts within an hour's drive, as the number one place to live and ski in its November 2010 Magazine. Bizjournals.com ranked Bozeman #2 on the list of American Dreamtowns - small towns that offer the best quality of life without metropolitan hassles. The K-12 educational system, growing reputation of Montana State University, and pristine natural environment of the area combine to make Bozeman one of America's most desirable university towns. Bozeman is located in the beautiful Gallatin Valley, 90 miles north of Yellowstone National Park.

Counseling & Psychological Services at MSU-Bozeman is pleased to announce the opening of one post-doctoral resident position. The position is a full-time, 12-month position beginning on August 16th, 2013. The postdoctoral residency includes four specialty tracks that the selected post-doctoral resident may choose from to develop or strengthen an area of specialization. The four specialty tracks the post-doc may choose from include: Multicultural Issues, Sport Psychology, Outreach & Prevention, and Men’s Development. During the year-long post-doctoral position, individuals will gain experience in a variety of responsibilities and roles required while working within a university counseling center setting.

1. Provide direct clinical services to minority students. Minority identities that post-docs may work with include, but are not limited to: gender, ethnicity, nationality, SES, religion/spirituality, sexual orientation, and/or physical and developmental ability.
2. Regularly attend and participate in a year long diversity seminar. The first semester of the seminar focuses on clinician self-awareness with an emphasis on experiential and use of self exercises with other trainees. During the second semester, the seminar is focused on knowledge and skill development with case presentation and consultation.
3. Attend a monthly Native American Seminar.
4. Provide a formal case presentation. Post-docs will complete and present a clinical case that illustrates multicultural skills and competencies.
5. Complete a training seminar presentation. Post-docs will identify a diversity topic with clinical relevancy on which they will present for a 2 hour training seminar.
6. Provide diversity outreach. Post-docs will be required to provide outreach services at least 2 times per semester to a population that is representative of some aspect of diversity or related to their identified specialization group (e.g.,)
7.Serve as a diversity liaison: Post-docs will identify a cultural student group in which to serve as a liaison, consultant, advocate, and bridge to services as needed with CPS.

1. Provide direct clinical services to student athletes of the MSU Bobcat Athletic Department. Post-docs will be given priority in the assignment of student athletes to their caseloads at CPS.
2. Complete at least one formal case presentation that is based upon clinical services provided to a student athlete and demonstrates their knowledge and skill in working with the unique needs of this population.
3. Offer consultative and clinical services, in collaboration with CPS Senior Staff, to MSU Bobcat Athletics personnel including, but not limited to, coaches, assistant coaches, athletic trainers, and administrators. Related to this end, post-docs will attend regularly scheduled “coaches meetings” with CPS Senior Staff and will be encouraged to engage with coaches in professional dialogue regarding services available, services rendered (when appropriate), current needs/issues, and psychoeducation when appropriate.
4. Attend weekly specialty supervision meetings with a CPS senior staff person.
5. Provide at least two outreach activities to the MSU Bobcat Athletics Department.

1. Understand and utilize a Wellness Model as a guide for providing outreach services on a university campus.
2. Develop and implement passive and active outreach programming to meet the developmental needs of college students, including but not limited to academic support (time management, study skills); personal development (relationships, communication, sexuality), multiculturalism (Safe Zone training, diversity awareness), physical health (stress management, relaxation), and mental health (understanding depression, test anxiety, eating disorders, coping), etc.
3. Potentially participate on the Students of Concern and Behavioral Intervention teams to understand how universities identify students of concern and mange risk.
4. Provide mental health consultation to parents, faculty, and staff regarding at-risk students or students of concern.
5. Serve as a liaison with chosen populations, including men/women, International students, Native American students, LGBTQ students, student athletes, Veterans, Family & Graduate Housing students, Residence Life, students with disabilities, non-traditional students, etc.
6. Further develop and implement suicide awareness and prevention programming.
7. Engage in campus-wide efforts to promote mental health awareness, decrease stigma around mental health issues, and increase awareness/ utilization of services, including working with the campus chapter of Active Minds.
8. Participate in Diversity Seminar to facilitate self-awareness and knowledge of multicultural issues in order to provide culturally sensitive services to various groups within the categories of gender, ethnicity, nationality, SES, religion/spirituality, sexual orientation, physical and developmental ability, etc.
9. Interface with multiple campus offices and agencies to understand the importance of networking and collaboration to meet the shared goals of student success and understand how campus mental health agencies contribute to recruitment, retention, and academic success.

1. Gain further knowledge about men’s gender-role socialization and its impact on personality. development/psychological functioning. This knowledge is informed by current research on men’s issues in psychology/sociology, comes from a pro-feminist stance, and resembles/adheres to APA’s Division 51: The Society for the Psychological Study of Men & Masculinity.
2. Apply this knowledge to the development/implementation of preventive services and clinical practice (individual, group, and couples therapy).
3. Receive/provide training in sexual assault prevention programming. MSU has a strong men’s peer education program that trains men to provide programming on rape, sexual assault, stalking, and dating violence prevention. This program follows Katz’s bystander intervention model of prevention.
4. Participate (as a student or co-instructor) in the Study of Men & Masculinity course. This undergraduate and graduate-level course is taught in the spring semester and the fellow can participate at the appropriate level.
5. Provide training and supervision to other students/clinicians around men’s development issues in a clinical context. This will depend on the fellow’s level of experience, agency needs, etc.
6. Develop consultation/liaison relationships with special populations of men on campus, including Vetarans, LGBTQ students, student athletes, fraternities, men’s residence halls, etc.
7. Participate in Diversity Seminar to explore the interaction of gender with other forms of identity, including ethnicity, nationality, SES, religion/spirituality, sexual orientation, physical and developmental ability, etc.

1. Clinical experience working in a university counseling center.
2. APA accredited pre-doctoral internship.
3. Pre-doctoral internship completed in a university counseling center.
4. Specialized interest area in diversity, student-athletes, outreach, or men’s development.
5. Clinical experience working with couples, crisis intervention, and providing outreach and consultation to a university population.

• (1) In your cover letter please address required and preferred qualifications. In addition, please outline your goals for training, the specialty track you plan to pursue, previous experience related to your selected track, and why you selected this track.
• (2) Current curriculum vitae.
• (3) Three letters of recommendation, at least two of which must be directly related to the candidate’s clinical style, ability, and expertise.
• (4) A letter from the doctoral advisor attesting to the anticipated completion date of the doctoral degree.
• (5) A 30 minute audio recording (no video) of a non-scripted role-play with a client; or alternatively, a 30 minute audio recording of an actual session with a client. If you opt for the latter, you must get permission from your director of training, ensure you are HIPPA compliant, and submit a letter with your application that reviews these procedures you followed with your client and confirm that a release was signed by the client. Audio recordings may be sent along with application materials via email or may be sent separately through regular mail.

An application packet addressing all of the above listed items is highly encouraged. Missing materials and/or information may not be requested and may result in your application not being considered for the position.

Electronic submissions in PDF format are preferred, and must have the applicant's signature on the letter of application. For electronic submittals, please indicate "Applicant - Search #13121-3" in the subject line of the email.

• Submit materials to:
• Melissa Schaak, Search Secretary
• MSU Counseling and Psychological Services
• Montana State University
• PO Box 173180
• Bozeman MT 59717-3180
• (406)994-4531
• melissa.schaak@montana.edu

  In order to receive Veterans Preference during the application review process, it is highly recommended that the required forms are included at the time you submit your application materials. Click here for the forms and information regarding Veterans Preference. Important note: Your preference form is submitted to a different location than your application materials. A DD214 is not a required document.