University of Connecticut, Department of Human Development & Family Studies

Department of Human Development

& Family Studies

Faculty Positions

The Department of Human Development & Family Studies at the University of Connecticut invites applications for tenure-track positions at the Assistant or Associate Professor levels for Fall 2008. We anticipate being able to hire at least one individual and possibly two individuals.  Examples of the research focus for the position(s) include, but are not limited to, adult development and aging, early childhood education, family interaction processes, family policy, life-span development, and parenthood/parenting, and prevention. Applicants must be able to teach one or more of the following core undergraduate courses: Close Relationships; Individual & Family Development; Diversity Issues; Research Methods; Human Development: Infancy through Adolescence; Human Development: Adulthood and Aging; Family Interaction Processes.

Minimum requirements: Ph.D. in Human Development & Family Studies or other relevant discipline; commitment to undergraduate and graduate teaching and a record or promise of outstanding scholarship. 

Salary and Rank commensurate with qualifications and experience.  Expected start date is August 2008.

Send cover letter, curriculum vitae, and representative publications, and arrange three letters of reference be sent, to: HDFS Faculty Search Committee, Search #s 2008018, 2008019. University of Connecticut, Department of Human Development & Family Studies, 348 Mansfield Road, Unit 2058, Storrs, CT 06269-2058.  Screening of applicants will begin September 17, 2007, and continue until the positions are filled.  Applications will not be accepted after January 15, 2008. Applications can be submitted either electronically to Lainie.Hiller@uconn.edu or via the mailing address above.  Please reference the Search #s.

For information about the Department, see http://familystudies.uconn.edu/  The University of Connecticut is the state's flagship institution of higher learning; UConn is currently renewing, rebuilding, and enhancing its campuses through an unprecedented $2.3 billion, 20-year state investment in the Universitys infrastructure.  The University actively solicits applications from minorities, women and people with disabilities.