Assistant Professor of Quantitative/Computational Psychology The Pennsylvania St

The Department of Psychology at The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, invites applications for a full-time Assistant Professor of Quantitative/Computational Psychology. The position is co-funded by Penn State’s Social Science Research Institute. We seek candidates who use cutting‑edge methods to advance our understanding of complex social, cognitive, and behavioral phenomena–specifically in the areas of Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, or Industrial‑Organizational psychology. Area of methodological expertise is open and could include areas such as, but not limited to, agent‑based models, artificial intelligence, Bayesian models, data visualization, dynamic causal models, dynamic systems models, item response theory, large language models, machine learning, mixture models, multilevel models, multimodal data fusion, network psychometrics, structural equations models, text analytics, and virtual reality. A record of collaboration is desirable. We expect that this person will support new approaches in the social sciences that are aimed at improving individual and collective health & well‑being. Substantial collaboration opportunities exist within the department that align with the department’s cross‑cutting research themes and across campus. Penn State has extensive resources fostering social science research including the Social Science Research Institute which advances interdisciplinary research that addresses critical human and social problems, the Center for Social Data Analytics which supports computationally and/or data intensive social research; the Institute for Computational and Data Sciences which serves as hub for interdisciplinary research focused on emerging scientific and societal issues; and the Social, Life, & Engineering Sciences Imaging Center which provides state‑of‑the‑art neuroimaging facilities and dedicated staff to support neuroimaging research. Responsibilities include maintaining a strong record of publications in top outlets. This position will include resident instruction at the undergraduate and graduate level and normal university service, based on the candidate’s qualifications. Onsight teaching is an essential function of the job. A Ph.D. in Psychology or a related field is required by the appointment date. Candidates for the tenure‑track Assistant Professor of Psychology position must have demonstrated ability as a researcher, scholar, and teacher in a relevant field and have evidence of growth in scholarly achievement. Duties will involve a combination of teaching (undergraduate and graduate), research, and service, based on the candidate’s qualifications. The ideal candidate will have a record of publications in top outlets and have either a history of or potential for external funding. Interested candidates must submit an online application at Penn State’s Job Posting Board, and should upload the following application materials electronically: a letter of interest, CV or resume and concise statements of research and teaching interest’s statements of research and teaching interests.

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