Two Faculty Positions in Human Development and Quantitative Methodology at University of Maryland, College Park

The Department of Human Development and Quantitative Methodology (HDQM) in the College of Education at the University of Maryland, College Park, is seeking applications for two full-time, tenure-track faculty positions in the Human Development program at the assistant professor level to start August 2024.

The Human Development (HD) program offers both graduate and undergraduate degrees. The graduate program includes two specialization areas, Developmental Science and Educational Psychology. The undergraduate Early Childhood & Early Childhood Special Education (EC/ECSE) is a cross-departmental teacher education program for students who are interested in teaching young children with and without disabilities. The Human Development undergraduate program explores the biological, psychological, sociological, and cultural characteristics of learning and development across the lifespan through small class environments and internship experiences.

Both faculty positions will involve research, teaching, mentorship, and collaboration in the Human Development Graduate program. One position will be aligned with our Human Development Undergraduate Major, and the second position will be aligned with the Early Childhood/Early Childhood Special Education (EC/ECSE) program.

We welcome applicants who conduct research in any area of human development. We are especially interested in scholars whose research includes one or both important areas of study, namely, research that is:

· Centered on the development of infants, children, or families from historically excluded groups (e.g., racial and ethnic groups, immigrants), or in understudied contexts (e.g., rural settings, under-resourced communities), and/or at the intersection of human development and education.

· Focused on or has the potential to be translational and/or lead to the development of intervention studies.

For the position that will be associated with the EC/ECSE program, experience in and/or knowledge of early childhood classrooms/education in the public school setting is especially valued.

For more information, please see the University of Maryland Jobs Portal (http://ejobs.umd.edu) for position 105380. The best consideration date is September 15, 2023.