
Assistant Professor @UFPsychology, PhD in HDFS at #UTAustin. Alumni #UMNpsych. Postdoc #sesp_nu. Interested in positive adolescent development
Gainesville, FL
Joined March 2019
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Shanting Chen, PhD retweeted
This month, we are pleased to introduce Dr. Shanting Chen (she/her), Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Florida.@Shanting6 asiancaucus.srcd.org/2025/11…
Excited to work on this NIH funded project!
psych.ufl.edu/featured/2025/…
Shanting Chen, PhD retweeted
🚨🚨 New tenure-track job posting! 🚨🚨
The University of Florida is hiring an Assistant Professor in Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience, with an open research focus.
Job ad here: explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/j…
Here's some info about why you should apply to this job! 1/
Shanting Chen, PhD retweeted
🚨 TT job alert! The University of Florida is hiring an Assistant Professor in Social Psychology; open to ALL AREAS within social psych.
Review begins 10/10.
Job ad here: explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/j…
I'm co-chair of the search committee and happy to answer questions! 🧵
Shanting Chen, PhD retweeted
Interested in the development of vision and the brain in the first years of life? The @bcdlab is expecting to hire a postdoc and a lab coordinator/tech in the coming months! Send me an email if interested and I’ll make sure to send you the job postings once open!
My colleague is looking for a project coordinator for an-NIH funded project!
See details below: explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/j…
Shanting Chen, PhD retweeted
🚨 Job alert: The Department of Sociology at the University of Toronto is hiring an Assistant Professor in the Sociology of Race and Ethnicity.
jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto…
I'll be at ASA and would be happy to chat with interested candidates. Please share widely!
Shanting Chen, PhD retweeted
With all that is going on at NSF, it’s important for me to describe how important NSF has been for my career and the careers of my trainees over the years. This funding is so important for so many reasons.
Shanting Chen, PhD retweeted
Dr. Santa J. Ono, currently president of the University of Michigan, has been unanimously recommended by UF’s Presidential Search Committee for consideration by the Board of Trustees as the sole finalist to become the university’s 14th president.
news.ufl.edu/2025/05/announc…
Shanting Chen, PhD retweeted
Check out our recent work published on JRA! 🎉We found that a high-quality parent-adolescent relationship sets a good "channel" for parenting effort to transit through, while a low-quality relationship does not or functions oppositely. Full article ➡️ onlinelibrary-wiley-com.ezpr…
Excited to share that our paper is officially published in SSM-Population Health! ✨
This project holds a special place in my heart—it’s the first study I led using Add Health data (with many more to come!).
authors.elsevier.com/sd/arti…
Shanting Chen, PhD retweeted
I'm Hiring: Postdoc at Warwick
Join me to delve into the study of Scientific Prize. Successful candidate will work closely with me at Warwick, and will have the opportunity to collaborate with leading scientists at Northwestern, Cornell and many more.
warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/c…
🚨 New publication in JAACAP with amazing collaborators @AmandaElton5 & Catalina Lopez!
We found racial discrimination alters brain connectivity in minority youth—accelerating maturation and impacting mental health, especially in girls. Read the paper:
authors.elsevier.com/sd/arti…
New publication!
We used latent profile analyses and found families with high vs. low levels of hair cortisol.
Not surprising, in both groups, fathers have higher hair cortisol than mothers and child.
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
Shanting Chen, PhD retweeted
Brief reminder that folks in Leuven have written an open, free handbook on #EcologicalMomentaryAssessment you can download here:
kuleuven.be/samenwerking/rea…

















