Assistant Professor of Psychology -- Quantitative Psychology (Health Outcomes) - Tenure Track

Description

As part of a multi-year strategic hiring and growth initiative in Applied Psychological Science, the Department of Psychology in the Dodge Family College of Arts and Sciences at The University of Oklahoma is seeking applications for two tenure-track faculty openings at the rank of Assistant Professor, one in Quantitative Psychology with a focus on Health Outcomes, and one in Industrial Organizational Psychology with a focus on Technology in the Workplace. These positions align with the strategic plans in Psychology and in the Office of the Vice President for Research and Partnerships (https://www.ou.edu/research-norman).

 

The Psychology department offers the PhD in Cognitive, Industrial/Organizational, Applied Social and Developmental, and Quantitative Psychology (Norman campus), and an MA in Organizational Dynamics (Tulsa campus). Additionally, some faculty members also work in one or more integrative, crosscutting specialties: Neuroscience, Personality/Individual Differences and a multidisciplinary degree program in Cellular and Behavioral Neurobiology.

 

 

For the Quantitative Psychology position, the successful candidate will have strong potential for research excellence focused broadly on cutting-edge data analytics or computational modeling, such as machine learning techniques in social and behavioral science, with an emphasis on health outcomes. We are particularly interested in scholars pursuing research in areas that would complement and extend existing quantitative faculty expertise in Psychometrics, dynamical systems, Bayesian statistics, longitudinal modeling, item response theory, and latent variable modeling. We would also welcome new complementary expertise in machine learning and computational modeling. Given the interdisciplinarity of current quantitative faculty, candidates demonstrating multidisciplinary collaboration are preferred. We especially encourage applications from scholars committed to research involving a substantive focus on health and well-being. 

 

About The University of Oklahoma: Established in 1890, The University of Oklahoma is the flagship public research university in the state of Oklahoma (Carnegie Classification R1: highest research activity), with over 30,000 students and more than 2,700 full-time faculty members offering nearly 500 different graduate and undergraduate degree programs on three campuses (Norman, Oklahoma City, and Tulsa).

The University of Oklahoma has one of the oldest comprehensive colleges of fine arts in the Great Plains states, with highly regarded schools of Music, Musical Theatre, Drama, Art and Dance, and programs in opera and sculpture. The OU College of Law is Oklahoma’s premiere law school and The Michael F. Price College is ranked as one of the nation’s top business schools. The OU Health Sciences Center is one of only four comprehensive academic health centers in the nation with seven professional schools, including more than 660 doctors practicing in nearly every adult and child specialty. The University of Oklahoma's Department of Psychology is one of the university’s largest departments by enrollment, with 30 faculty and affiliates serving more than 1,600 diverse and engaged undergraduate majors and minors, and 50 fully funded PhD students. 

 

OU Research & Innovation: The Norman Research campus was named the No.1 research campus in the nation in 2013 by the Association of Research Parks. Adjacent to the beautiful and historic Main campus in Norman, with 277 acres and over 1 million square feet of high-tech facilities located along the Oklahoma Technology Corridor, the research campus hosts the National Weather Center and affiliated organizations. Some of these include the Data Institute for Societal Challenges, the Institute for Community and Society Transformation, the Oklahoma Aerospace and Defense Innovation Institute, the Institute for Resilient Environment and Energy Systems, and the Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, and many others. By synergistically co-locating State and Federal agency research and operational organizations, along with more than a dozen private companies and several University centers and academic programs, the Norman research campus creates a uniquely rich environment for collaboration, innovation, and commercialization. Over the last seven years, OU’s Office of Technology Commercialization has evaluated over 500 innovations, filed for 350 patents, and returned $23 million in royalty/license income and reimbursement back to OU.

 

Local Community & Culture: The city of Norman, Oklahoma, is a perennial contender on “best place to live” rankings with outstanding schools, amenities, a low cost of living, small town charm, a variety of recrea