Assistant Professor of Practice & Program Director in Applied Data Analytics

The University of Texas at Austin • Austin, TX

21d • Remote

About The Position

The Department of Educational Psychology (EDP) in the College of Education at The University of Texas at Austin seeks applications for a full-time professional-track Program Director for a new Option III Master’s program in Educational Psychology with a specialization in Applied Data Analytics. This innovative professional master’s program is designed to serve working professionals and prepare graduates to use data to inform decision-making across education, health, policy, and related applied contexts through a flexible, online format. This is a non-tenure track position. The Program Director will provide academic and administrative leadership for the program and play a central role in its launch, growth, and long-term success. This position offers a distinctive opportunity to shape and lead a high-impact professional graduate program at a flagship R1 institution. UT's Department of Educational Psychology has robust graduate programs and is currently ranked #6 among the Best Educational Psychology Programs rated by U.S. News & World Report. The department advances knowledge about the human experience at the intersection of education and psychology through research, teaching, and practice. It provides an interdisciplinary and contemporary approach to learning and development and seeks to enhance the quality of the human experience through rigorous educational and psychological research, and effective translation of findings to policy and practice.

Requirements

• Ph.D. in Data Science, Data Analytics, Quantitative Methods, Quantitative Psychology, Statistics, Applied Statistics, or a closely related field earned by January 1, 2027
• Demonstrated expertise in applied quantitative methods, data analytics, or related domains.
• Experience with or strong potential for graduate-level instruction and/or professional training in quantitative or data-focused areas.
• Experience with or strong potential for leadership, program coordination, or administrative experience in academic or professional settings.
• Strong organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and operational leadership for the Option III Master’s program.
• Oversee curriculum implementation and continuous refinement in collaboration with departmental faculty and college leadership.
• Recruit, advise, and support graduate students, including working professionals and non-traditional learners.
• Coordinate course scheduling, instructional staffing, and instructional quality for online courses.
• Lead program assessment, reporting, and continuous improvement efforts.
• Support marketing, outreach, and enrollment management in collaboration with the College and Graduate School.
• Teach graduate-level courses in the Master’s program, including one or more of the following: Fundamentals of Probability and Statistics; Data Analytics: Fundamentals and Ethics; Data Wrangling and Preprocessing; Data Visualization; Regression Methods; Machine Learning for Applied Research; Applications in Data Mining; Social Network Analysis in Applied Research; Longitudinal Data Analytics; and Fundamentals of Text Analytics.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree