Shire Jobs

Reference #: REQ_0000062240 APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: CURRENT PENN STATE EMPLOYEE (faculty, staff, technical service, or student), please login to Workday to complete the internal application process. Please do not apply here, apply internally through Workday.

CURRENT PENN STATE STUDENT (not employed previously at the university) and seeking employment with Penn State, please login to Workday to complete the student application process. Please do not apply here, apply internally through Workday.

If you are NOT a current employee or student, please click "Apply" and complete the application process for external applicants.

JOB DESCRIPTION AND POSITION REQUIREMENTS: The Penn State Department of Human Development and Family Studies, located in the College of Health and Human Development, is actively seeking applications for a senior-level, tenure-track, or tenured faculty position in quantitative developmental methods. We are looking for an innovative researcher with expertise in the study of psychological and media processes as they change across the life span and from moment-to-moment. The selected candidate will play a leadership role in advancing scholarship in quantitative developmental methodology and data science within the Department, College, and University. Particular attention will be given to applicants whose major area(s) of research focus includes: the development of novel methods to study multi-timescale processes (e.g., models of within-person change and variability in human development and family processes across the lifespan); data-intensive methods; studying individual differences across different contexts; computational models of human dynamics; and the use of advanced longitudinal methodologies and intensive data streams, including mobile sensor data, social media, and smartphone technologies. Responsibilities also include teaching undergraduate and graduate level courses as well as directing theses/dissertations.

Key Qualifications of the Candidate:

The successful candidate will have an earned doctorate in quantitative, developmental, behavioral, social science, or related field prior to beginning at Penn State.

The candidate must have a clear program of research, a strong publication record, and evidence of or potential for receiving extramural funding, commensurate with rank.

The candidate must show evidence of appropriate teaching and mentorship, commensurate with rank.

Human Development and Family Studies (HDFS) Rated #1 in a recent survey of HDFS doctoral programs in North America, Penn State HDFS administers graduate, undergraduate, and research programs in its core, signature areas of individual development, family science, prevention/intervention, and developmental methods. HDFS is a dynamic, multidisciplinary, and collaborative department committed to excellence, innovation, and impact in understanding and improving the lives of individuals and families in diverse contexts. The successful faculty member will have opportunities to collaborate with the Department's superb group of quantitative/developmental (QuantDev) research methodologists with expertise in intensive longitudinal data analysis and within-person/within-family methods that assess, analyze, and interpret daily and real-time information about ongoing individual-environment interactions.

Centers and Training Grants in the College of Health and Human Development and Penn State Research Institutes The College of Health and Human Development provides excellent opportunities for research collaboration, mentoring, and scholarship. The College houses the Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center (https://www.prevention.psu.edu/), the Center for Healthy Aging (https://healthyaging.psu.edu/), the Center for Childhood Obesity (https://hhd.psu.edu/ccor), and the NICHD-funded P50 Capstone Center (the Translational Center for Child Maltreatment Studies), In addition, the College is home to three T32 training gra ts, including the NICHD-funded T32 Fellowship Training Program in Child Maltreatment Science, the NIA-funded T32 Pathways to Healthy Aging training program, and the NIDA-funded Prevention and Methods Training program. In addition, HDFS has extensive links with other key College and University Centers of Excellence, networks, and Institutes that provide research infrastructure and extensive collaboration opportunities. These include the Child Study Center (https://csc.la.psu.edu/), the Population Research Institute (http://www.pop.psu.edu), the Penn State Addiction Center for Translation (https://research.med.psu.edu/addiction/), Penn State's Administrative Data Accelerator http://www.accelerator.psu.edu, and the Social, Life and Engineering Sciences Imaging Center https://www.imaging.psu.edu. The successful faculty hire will also have access to research infrastructure in Penn State's cross-university research institutes, including the Social Science Research Institute https://ssri.psu.edu/, the Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute http://ctsi.psu.edu/, the Huck Institutes of Life Sciences https://www.huck.psu.edu/, the Institute for Computational and Data Science https://www.icds.psu.edu/, the Penn State Cancer Institute https://cancer.psu.edu/, and the Penn State Neuroscience Institute https://hmc.pennstatehealth.org/neuroscience-institute.

Institutional Statement on Diversity: The Pennsylvania State University is committed to and accountable for advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in all of its forms. We embrace individual uniqueness, foster a culture of inclusion that supports both broad and specific diversity initiatives, leverage the educational and institutional benefits of diversity, and engage all individuals to help them thrive. We value inclusion as a core strength and an essential element of our public service mission. In HHD, enriching the lives of others is our mission. We believe in the power of human capacity for growth and live that mission by meeting challenges, both big and small, with excitement and energy every day. To learn more about Penn State University's commitment to diversity and inclusion see the University's Statement on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (https://raise.psu.edu/diversity-equity-and-inclusion/). We invite you to come grow with us.

Our campuses are located on the original homelands of the Erie, Haudenosaunee (Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, Mohawk, and Tuscarora), Lenape (Delaware Nation, Delaware Tribe, Stockbridge-Munsee), Monongahela, Shawnee (Absentee, Eastern, and Oklahoma), Susquehannock, and Wahzhazhe (Osage) Nations.As a land grant institution, we acknowledge and honor the traditional caretakers of these lands and strive to understand and model their responsible stewardship. We also acknowledge the longer history of these lands and our place in that history. Penn State is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer, and is committed to providing employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

Application Submissions Candidates should complete an online application at https://hr.psu.edu/careers and upload: a) a cover letter (1 page), b) a CV, c) a statement of research interests (2-3 pages), d) a statement of teaching interests and experiences (1-2 pages), e) a statement of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (1-2 pages), f) a list of names and contact information of three professional references (who will provide letters of recommendation upon request), and g) up to three selected publications or preprints. System limitations allow for a total of 5 documents (5mb per document) as part of your application. Please com