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St. Mary's University invites applications for a tenure-track position in the Department of Psychology at the Assistant Professor level beginning Fall 2024. Candidates for the position must have a PhD or PsyD in Psychology, preferably in clinical psychology, counseling psychology, or related psychological discipline with a strong commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and community engagement.  The department has a strong empirical focus that permeates the major and seeks a practitioner with similar focus and training. Doctoral degree must be from an accredited institution and must be completed at time of employment; ABD candidates will be considered. The Department of Psychology offers the B.A. in Psychology and a graduate certificate in Dual Credit Teaching. The department, one of the largest undergraduate majors in the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, is committed to excellence in teaching and scholarship and is actively involved in mentoring and...

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...

The post-doctoral positions (2x) will assist with research on smartphone technology usage, prospective memory functioning, and Alzheimer’s disease in Michael Scullin's laboratory at Baylor University and Jared Benge's laboratory at University of Texas in Austin .  These positions involve a significant amount of patient-facing time for study participant recruitment and conduction of research visits. The post-docs will also be involved in grant organization and reporting, community outreach, data analysis, and data presentation/dissemination, and will collaborate with clinical scientists at UT Austin Dell Medical School and Baylor Scott & White Healthcare. Required: •   A doctoral degree (PhD or PsyD) is required in either psychology, rehabilitation, speech and language sciences, or related disciplines.  •   Candidates must possess strong interpersonal and communication skills. Application link:...

The research coordinator position will assist with research on smartphone technology usage, prospective memory functioning, and Alzheimer’s disease in Michael Scullin's laboratory at Baylor University.  This position involves a significant amount of patient-facing time for study participant data collection. The research coordinator will also be involved in project organization, community outreach, and data presentation, and will collaborate with clinical scientists at UT Austin Dell Medical School and Baylor Scott & White Healthcare. A bachelor's degree is required. Interested applicants should email the PI ( michael_scullin@baylor.edu ) with a CV/resume, brief letter of interest, and list of three reference contacts.

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...

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 Alaska Fairbanks invites applicants for a tripartite (teaching/research/service) tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor level with an anticipated start date of August 2024. We have a particular need for candidates with experience in teaching both in-class and online courses with multicultural proficiency and an ability to teach across multiple areas of psychology. Expertise in statistics, research methods, and behavioral or mental health psychology (i.e., clinical, counseling, or related) required. If you’re interested, apply here! This position entails the typical tripartite responsibilities of teaching, research and service. Teaching in our program involves both traditional in-person courses as well as highly interactive online courses. Faculty in our department teach across several disciplines within psychology and need multicultural proficiency. For this position, we are looking for someone with expertise in...