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JOB DESCRIPTION AND POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

The Department of Human Development and Family Studies (HDFS), located in the College of Health and Human Development (HHD), at The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) University Park invites applications for the position of Department Head.

About the Department

The HDFS department’s mission is to promote the health and well-being of individuals, families, and communities through the integration of research, teaching, and outreach. Consistently ranked a top HDFS program in North America, the Department is internationally renowned for its long history of interdisciplinary scholarship that has applied rigorous empirical methods to explore important developmental and social issues (Kamp Dush 2017, Reifman 2019). HDFS faculty are at the forefront of their respective fields in lifespan developmental science, family science, prevention/intervention science, quantitative developmental methods, and compassion and flourishing studies. This makes the department central to the College’s mission and positions it well to continue to play an important role in advancing human health.

HDFS’s 39 faculty and 8 staff oversee an in-residence undergraduate degree at University Park, as well as online through World Campus, with more than 350 undergraduate majors, as well as a thriving in-residence graduate program with approximately 60 doctoral students, and are preparing to offer a professional Master of Social Work (MSW) degree through the World Campus.

About the College

HDFS is one of eight academic units in the college, which focuses on providing interdisciplinary programs sharing a common goal of enriching the lives of others. We continually examine contemporary issues facing people in today’s changing times and develop cutting-edge solutions for addressing them. Our impact extends from our classrooms across communities and industries and around the globe.

The College of HHD is home to approximately 4,200 undergraduates and 350 graduate students at the University Park campus. HHD also serves nearly 1,000 additional students through Penn State’s nationally recognized online World Campus and collaborates on educational programming with several of Penn State’s other twenty-three physical campus locations throughout the Commonwealth. With annual extramural funding in the $70-$80 million range, HHD is one