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Department of Psychology, University of Manitoba Quantitative Methods, Assistant Professor - Position #32880   The Department of Psychology at the University of Manitoba invites applications for a full-time Probationary (Tenure-track) Assistant Professor in the area of Quantitative Methods. The appointment has an anticipated start date of July 1, 2024. Salary will be commensurate with experience and qualifications. Responsibilities The successful candidate will be expected to develop an internationally competitive research program, attract external funding, teach undergraduate courses in quantitative methods as well as in one other major subject area, teach graduate courses in quantitative methods, supervise graduate and undergraduate research, and contribute to departmental and wider university service. Alternative delivery modes of teaching (e.g., online instruction) may be available. These duties are normally allocated as 40% research, 40%...

The Psycholinguistics Laboratory at the University of Alabama, directed by Dr. Luca Campanelli, is seeking applications for two part-time research assistant positions. The starting date is flexible, although a sooner start is preferred. The number of hours per week is negotiable but is expected to be between 10 and 15 hours. The location is flexible: either Tuscaloosa, Alabama, or fully remote. Compensation will be determined based on the candidate's experience. The ideal candidate is a Master's or PhD student with some background knowledge and research interests in one or more of the following areas: Natural language processing and AI/computational models of language processing that are grounded in the principles of human language and cognition; Interplay between memory and prediction functions in language processing; Theoretical and computational models of memory; Individual differences in language processing. Depending on the project, responsibilities may...

The Georgetown Lab for Relational Cognition invites applications for a postdoctoral position focused on NSF- and foundation-funded projects related to creative cognition. The post-doc will help to lead projects that use computational methods to model and foster creative thinking abilities, and that employ neuromodulation (TMS, tES) in combination with neuroimaging toward enhancing creativity and executive function. There will be ample opportunity, dependent on the post-doc’s level of interest, to engage with many other ongoing projects in the lab related to learning in real-world educational contexts, reasoning, and human character strengths and virtues. Applicants should hold a Ph.D. or anticipate a Ph.D. by spring of 2024. The projected start date for the position is spring or summer of 2024, but other starting times are possible. Applications will be considered on a rolling basis until the position is filled. Favorable consideration will be given to applicants with a...

The Georgetown Laboratory for Relational Cognition , directed by Adam Green, anticipates hiring a research coordinator. The position will focus on an NSF-funded study of concept development and reasoning in real-world high school education, and will also involve contributions to lab-based studies on cognitive and neural mechanisms of creativity. Responsibilities will include outreach to students and families as well as teachers and school administrators. Depending on level of interest, the research coordinator will have substantial opportunity to engage with all aspects of the project, including collection and analysis of behavioral and brain-imaging data. This project seeks to contribute to bridging the gap between the real-world classroom and the cognitive neuroscience laboratory. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled. The preferred start date is Summer 2024. Please follow the instructions at the provided link to apply for the...

Postdoctoral Fellow Opening   The Cognition and Affect Regulation Lab , directed by Dr. Jonathan Stange in the Department of Psychology at the University of Southern California (USC), is seeking a neuroimaging-focused postdoctoral fellow to begin in spring or summer 2024 (flexible start date, earlier is possible). This position will be funded by an NIH R01 and offers competitive salary and benefits.   Our lab seeks to identify cognitive and affective processes that are involved in the regulation of negative affect, in an effort to understand vulnerability factors for mood disorders and suicide. This work involves laboratory-based measures of brain activity (using fMRI), autonomic nervous system functioning (electrocardiogram and respiration), and behavior (executive functioning tasks and questionnaires). In addition, to understand behavior outside of the lab in the real world, we utilize ambulatory assessment to measure fluctuations in autonomic functioning...

Assistant Professor of Psychology   Department of Psychology/College of Letters & Sciences   For complete job announcement and application procedures, click on:   https://jobs.montana.edu/postings/38708   Equal Opportunity Employer, Veterans/Disabled   General Statement The Department of Psychology at Montana State University (MSU) invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor in Psychological Science with research specialty focusing on Teen Suicide Prevention. Successful candidates will have a consistent record of peer-reviewed publications related to suicide prevention. The department has eleven Psychological Science faculty at MSU with strong research in the department’s four cross-cutting themes: attention, memory, and thought; equity, diversity, and disparities; health, resilience, and well-being; and motivation and emotion. The successful candidate must have a Ph.D. in Psychology or related field by start date, will...

The School of Interdisciplinary Forensics at Arizona State University (ASU) invites applications for a postdoctoral scholar position in Psychology. We are interested in candidates with training in any area of psychology with interest in conducting socially impactful research on issues of race, racial justice, and/or racial disparities in the legal system, broadly defined. The postdoctoral scholar will work alongside Dr. Jessica Salerno and Dr. Laura Smalarz to design and conduct socially impactful empirical research, analyze data, draft manuscripts, present at academic conferences, and supervise a team of graduate and undergraduate students with interests in issues of race, racial justice, and racial disparities in the legal system. All postdoctoral fellowship positions are for one year. Options for an additional one or two years of funding and/or a transition to a tenure track position may be offered, depending on each fellow’s progress and training needs. Faculty tenure...

The Equity in Early Education Postdoctoral (E3) Fellowship Program trains the next generation of scholars to conduct research toward equitable, impactful, and sustainable early childhood care and education systems. Why the E3 fellowship program?   To reduce racial and economic inequalities in early childhood, the next generation of scholars will need to collaborate with communities and educational partners to co-produce a base of interdisciplinary scientific evidence.  This program is funded by the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (IES) , grant number R305B220018, and housed at the Stanford Center on Early Childhood.  The program is designed to train fellows to conduct work that is equity-focused —centering systemic equity as an outcome  interdisciplinary —examining individual development in the context of structural racial and economic inequality using a variety of theoretical and empirical approaches  responsive...

The Department of Psychology at The University of Toledo seeks a tenure-track faculty member in experimental or clinical psychology whose research explores youth mental health issues. While the specific area of youth mental health research is open, scholarship from the social/personality, developmental, or clinical psychology subfields are preferred. The department currently has several strong programs of research that examine parental and youth factors influencing childhood anxiety, maltreatment, affect, memory, suggestibility (particularly in forensic situations), social comparison, attitudes/beliefs, decision making, and body image and eating patterns. Applicants must have a doctoral degree in psychology, strong record of research productivity and evidence of current or potential future external funding. Responsibilities include mentoring, supervision and teaching of undergraduate and doctoral students, developing an independent program of research, collaborating with faculty...

DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY, OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY is inviting applications for an Open Rank , full-time, tenure track position in Clinical Psychology beginning August 2024, with an area of specialization in Child Clinical. Candidates must have received their doctoral degree from an APA or PCSAS accredited clinical psychology program and have completed an APA-approved (or equivalent) clinical psychology internship. Candidates will be expected to have a strong background in and dedication to scholarly activity, excellent teaching and mentoring, and to interact well with colleagues and students. They must also demonstrate the capacity to maintain a high-quality research program leading to scholarly productivity in the form of professional publications, presentations, and grantsmanship. Competitive salary and start-up funds are available. Candidates will be expected to serve as a research mentor for doctoral students, to supervise undergraduate research, to teach from a...

The Department of Psychology at Southern Methodist University invites applications for a tenure-track Associate or Full Professor position in Psychological Clinical Science (Position No. 6336) to begin in August 2024. We are searching for a candidate with an outstanding research record, as well as a strong interest in a leadership position in our Ph.D. program in clinical science (e.g., Director of Clinical Training). Our doctoral program in clinical science is a member of the Academy of Psychological Clinical Science and accredited by the American Psychological Association. For additional information about our doctoral program and the department, please visit our website https://www.smu.edu/dedman/academics/departments/psychology The specific area of research is open, as long as it is within psychological clinical science. Substantive research areas of particular interest include: (1) nosology/classification, etiology, measurement, prevention, and/or treatment of...