Art Therapy Graduate Program Director

Notre Dame of Maryland University (NDMU) in Baltimore is seeking applicants for a full-time, 12-month, tenure-track Faculty member and Graduate Program Director in the Art Therapy department, beginning Summer 2025.

The MA in Art Therapy Graduate Program Director would teach six courses per academic year (2-1-2-1 has been the case). Courses may include but not be exclusive to: History and Theory of Art Therapy, Group Process, and Marital and Family Art Therapy. The Graduate Program Director will also directly engage in and coordinate all matters related to the program's annual ACATE accreditation data management and reporting with an eye to ensuring that the program is well-positioned for a next self-study to begin on or about 2028. 

The Graduate Program Director will work closely with the Department Chair, who also serves as Undergraduate Program Director and Field Coordinator, with regard to graduate student Internship placement, art materials/instructional material needs, and enrollment pipeline efforts. The Graduate Program Director drives recruitment and enrollment efforts for the graduate art therapy program and, working closely with the program's administrative assistant, liaises with Enrollment and Marketing in support of program needs. Further, the Graduate Program Director will engage in vetting and recommending associate faculty for hire to ensure high quality, appropriately credentialed instruction for the graduate program. 

Initially CAAHEP accredited in 2022, the MA in Art Therapy Program at NDMU is a traditional, in-person, 12-month program. It is the only graduate training program in Maryland and as such is deeply committed to orienting students toward traditional and community-based professional practice in the region. Utilizing a fall-entry cohort model, the program takes pride in working closely with students toward their professional practice goals, maintaining cohorts at a maximum of sixteen graduate students. 

At Notre Dame of Maryland University, building on its tradition to educate students who transform their communities and work toward a culture of inclusivity and social responsibility, the mission of the MA in Art Therapy Program is to prepare clinicians who will give back to and meaningfully serve their communities through delivery of culturally attuned, social justice forward, inclusive art therapy practices. 

Notre Dame is a vibrant liberal arts institution with a longstanding commitment to responsibly building and sustaining local and regional community partnerships with whom students may be of meaningful service and with whom. they may learn. With such a charge, faculty across all schools and programs comprising the University provide a high degree of individualized attention to students and work toward continual program development. 

The department seeks to welcome a colleague and program .leader who values the above, as well as values working in a teaching-oriented liberal arts and sciences environment and has a particular interest in both collaborative scholarly and community-based work with students.

Faculty, including Program Directors, are expected to be deeply involved in the life of the University, including advising students. supporting the work of faculty committees and participating in major University events.