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The Reed College Psychology Department seeks applicants for a one-year position in Behavioral Neuroscience to begin August 2023. The selected individual will teach four courses (two each semester), including a core course in behavioral neuroscience with lab, a team-taught introductory psychology course with lab, and two seminars in their area of expertise. The individual will also supervise year-long psychology and neuroscience senior thesis projects and work closely with staff overseeing an animal colony with rats and pigeons. Preference will be given to candidates with a Ph.D. in behavioral neuroscience or a related field, but strong ABD applicants will be considered. We especially welcome applications from candidates with experience teaching undergraduates.   Reed College is a community that values cultural diversity and inclusive educational practices as essential to the excellence of our academic program. In your cover letter, please address how your teaching,...

The MIDUS Affective Neuroscience Project team led by Dr. Stacey M. Schaefer at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Institute on Aging is seeking a postdoctoral scholar to analyze and publish on data from the national longitudinal Midlife in the US study. MIDUS is an NIA-supported study on aging explicitly focused on all the adult years (25-100+) with multiple longitudinal timepoints over the past +20 years. This is an opportunity to become part of a scientific community that is actively engaged with MIDUS and play a key role in analyzing neuroimaging data in relation to affective, psychophysiological, sociodemographic, behavioral, cognitive, biomarker, and environmental data with an emphasis on understanding the factors that are important for emotional wellbeing, brain health, and brain aging.   This fully supported appointment provides a broad, interdisciplinary experience preparing postdoctoral researchers to generate new discoveries of what happens to people,...

Visiting Professor of Psychology   Welcome to Furman University's Career Site!   • IMPORTANT :​ Load all documents in the My Experience area under Resume/CV . This may include your resume/C.V., cover letter, unofficial transcript, teaching philosophy, etc. Please wait for all documents to finish uploading before clicking Next. • If the process times out you will lose your progress, so please ensure you have all necessary documents available before starting. • The drop-down lists only display so many options: please type into a drop-down list to search for your option. For example: in Field of Study, you may need to enter your field name. If you have no field, type "None." • If you have previously applied, make sure your information is current as you can transfer it to another application. • Prior to submitting your application, verify all information for accuracy and ensure you have uploaded all appropriate documents. Once...

The Monell Chemical Senses Center is a nonprofit, basic research institute dedicated to the study of taste, smell, chemesthesis, and appetite. Founded in 1968, the Center is located near the campuses of the University of Pennsylvania and Drexel University in Philadelphia. Research focuses on understanding how the chemical senses function and their importance in everyday life. Dr. Carol M. Christensen, Alumnus Member and Consultant to the Director at Monell, has endowed a full-time postdoctoral position in human chemosensory science (human neuroscience, learning, emotion, decision-making, as well as other human-based research in taste and smell). Positions are currently available for interdisciplinary training and research in our four broad research aims: sensory nutrition, disease diagnosis/treatment, smell/taste loss, and digitizing smells/tastes. Approaches include clinical medicine, chemistry, biochemistry, organismal and molecular biology, animal and human psychophysics,...