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The University of Montana-Missoula is the state's largest university, with a student enrollment of over 13,000. The town boasts small-town charm with big-city sophistication - and amenities. Particularly attractive to outdoor enthusiasts, Missoula offers abundant wilderness and recreational areas in all directions. Opportunities for camping, fishing, hiking, biking, bird-watching, skiing, hunting, and rafting abound. Among its accolades, the city has been named one of the 100 Best Communities for Young People by America's Promise - The Alliance for Youth. In its article, "50 Best Places to Live", Men's Journal ranked Missoula first for cities with populations under 100,000, fourth place among best adventure towns, and sixth overall in the nation (April, 2005).
The University of Montana is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from qualified minorities, Vietnam era veterans, and women. This material is available in an alternate format upon request. Qualified candidates may request veterans' preference in accordance with state law.
The University of Montana recently has adopted policy that may be of interest to faculty candidates for employment. Please see:
http://www.umt.edu/policies/hr/Spousal Partner Accommodation.htm
http://www.umt.edu/hrs/2003PPP/SpousalProcedure.doc
http://www.umt.edu/Policies/academic/work_life.htm
A Note on Diversity:
As a department, we remain committed to fostering and embracing diversity. In service of this commitment, we recently drafted a diversity plan, which will ensure that our scholarly climate will continue to be characterized by multiple worldviews and perspectives. Among other varied professional interests, faculty members in the Psychology Department at The University of Montana have developed exciting and progressive educational and research programs that examine and foster diversity.
Educational programs: Under the supervision of Drs. Swaney & Szalda-Petree, departmental programs including the Mental Health Career Opportunities Program and Indians into Psychology aim to increase and improve undergraduate and graduate psychology education among ethnic minority and disadvantaged students. The department has also prioritized the education of American Indian doctoral level psychologists. Moreover, Dr. Koester was instrumental in the creation of the University’s Intercultural Youth & Family Development Program. This program fosters students’ helping skills and work with children, families, and communities that represent diverse cultures; program requirements typically require students to complete an internship with the Peace Corps.
Research interests: Members of the faculty and their talented graduate students maintain and promote active research programs that examine a variety of diversity issues. Among other projects and targets of inquiry, the department boasts active research into the effects of intimate partner violence on women and families. Our commitment to diversity issues is also reflected in several faculty members' past and ongoing research programs on ethnic and sexual orientation stereotyping/prejudice. We are also quite excited to count among our colleagues those who are national leaders in the field of rural disabilities, rural health, and rural ethics. Faculty and students also examine issues such as health, treatment seeking, and perceived barriers to care for alcohol/drug abuse among sexual minorities. The department co-sponsors the Childhood Trauma Center, which received recent notification of upcoming SAMHSA funding to develop and distribute evidence-based trauma treatments for American Indian/Alaska Native children. Finally, considering developmental issues that bear on diversity, faculty maintain active research in hearing disabilities and aging across the life span.
Local and Family Resource Information
We realize that we can never include all of the possible local information available or of interest. However, we would like to make available a sample of local school information below:
www.mcps.k12.mt.us (public)
www.sjs.k12.mt.us (parochial)
www.clarkforkschool.org (private)
www.missoulainternationalschool.org (private - language immersion in spanish)
www.sussexschool.org (private)
Sample Family Programs in the Missoula area include:
www.missoulaoutdoors.com/
www.montananaturalist.org/
www.wildlifefilms.org/
www.mctinc.org/
www.learnplayimagine.org/
www.ymcamissoula.org/
www.missoulaartmuseum.org/
University webpages:
www.umt.edu/president/
www.umt.edu/provost/
www.cas.umt.edu/casweb/
www.pace.dbs.umt.edu/
www.umt.edu/diversity/programs_aisdc.htm
www.umt.edu/diversity/org_alliance.htm
http://www.umt.edu/Policies/academic/work_life.htm
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