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Research Scientist 3 The NJ Department of Children and Families (DCF), Office of Research Evaluation and Reporting (RER) has an opportunity for a Research Scientist 3 to conduct or participate in research projects or developed programs in a specified professional field.   RESPONSIBILITIES:    This position will provide technical and administrative support for RER’s research and evaluation-related projects. Anticipated tasks of this position include: * Support the design and implementation of monitoring and evaluation projects across the Department using qualitative and quantitative methods. * Assist in the coordination and management of monitoring and evaluation teams consisting of both research and programmatic staff. * Review, summarize, and communicate findings from relevant scientific and national literature related to research, monitoring and evaluation projects. * Participate in the design of monitoring protocols and evaluation plans....

Post-Doctoral Fellow Position Available in Affective Science The Department of Psychological Sciences at Kent State University invites applications for 1 post-doctoral research position. The successful candidates will become part of a multi-disciplinary investigation to understand affective and behavioral predictors of emotion-related psychiatric disorders, including depression, anxiety and stress disorders. The Post-Doctoral Fellow will work as part of several NIMH funded projects investigating the role of emotion in-flexibility in risk for affective disease. The project team is led by Dr. Karin Coifman and extends across two hospital recruiting sites, allowing for opportunities for collaboration and additional data collection within surgery, psychiatry, emergency and trauma medicine, in addition to collaborations with KSU faculty in health, social psychology, neuropsychology and clinical science.  Dr. Coifman’s lab relies on a rich mix of methodology from in-lab...

The full-time postdoctoral fellow will participate in the coordination of a large-scale community-engaged project titled the “ The Northwestern-Evanston Education Research Alliance (NEERA): Designing for Equity and Excellence in Education ”. The project aims to deepen a research-practice partnership promoting racial and socioeconomic equity across schools in a diverse K-12 school district through a variety of coordinated initiatives. These initiatives are developed by a collaborative team of invested researchers and educational practitioners. NEERA uses diverse methodologies (e.g., experimental quantitative methods, semi-structured interviewing) to investigate how educators and broader learning environments can best support the well-being, identity development, and academic outcomes of students from historically marginalized backgrounds. The postdoctoral fellow will support coordination of all aspects of the project—including participating in study design and data collection,...

The Learning Research and Development Center (LRDC) at the University of Pittsburgh is accepting applications for two Postdoctoral Fellowships in youth development and learning across multiple ecological contexts with an emphasis on diversity, opportunity, and equity . The initial appointment will be two years with the possibility of renewal for a third year. The position involves work on several multi-method longitudinal studies exploring how sociocultural and psychological factors influence youth of color’s identity development, academic learning, and socioemotional well-being during middle childhood and adolescence. In particular, the fellow will work on multi-jurisdictional, longitudinal datasets collected before and during the COVID-19 pandemic to examine the individual, interpersonal, and contextual factors that mitigate or worsen the impact of school disruptions on youth’s academic adjustment and mental health, especially for those from historically marginalized and...

Assistant Professor, Psychological Sciences and Counseling - Psychology Program (Tenure-Track )   Department Psychological Sciences and Counseling   Work Schedule Typically Monday through Friday, including some evenings, and the possibility of some weekend days.   Major Work Characteristics/Summary of Position The Youngstown State University Department of Psychological Sciences and Counseling seeks candidates for an Assistant Professor position for the psychology program (to begin August 2022). The position is a 9-month, tenure-track appointment. The successful candidate is expected to teach undergraduate psychology courses, provide service at various levels, and engage in scholarship that leads to peer-reviewed publications and presentations. Plans, organizes, teaches, and provides feedback to promote and direct student success. Responds to students in a timely manner. Communicates with students, departments, and university officials via...

General Information:   Drs. Laura Glynn and Elysia Davis, at Departments of Psychology in Crean College of Health and Behavioral Sciences at Chapman University and the University of Denver, respectively, invite applications for a postdoctoral fellow position funded by a NIMH Conte Center ( https://contecenter.uci.edu/ ) titled: Fragmented early-life experiences, aberrant circuit maturation, and emotional vulnerabilities. Fellows may be funded and supported for up to 2 years, pending performance and grant support. Position is located at Chapman University and involves close collaboration with both PIs. This position is available June 1, 2022, although the start date is flexible. Chapman University is a nationally ranked institution offering traditional undergraduate and graduate programs in the heart of Orange County, one of Southern California’s most diverse and vibrant regions. The university achieved R2 status in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher...

Drs. Peter Franzen PhD and Tina Goldstein PhD in the Department of Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Hospital at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine seek a postdoctoral fellow to collaborate on several large, longitudinal NIMH- and foundation-funded studies examining adolescent mood disorder, suicide risk, and underlying mechanisms, with a specific focus on sleep and neural mechanisms. Our program of research aims to apply this knowledge to inform prevention and intervention. Opportunities abound to collaborate on ongoing studies within a world-class Department of Psychiatry. The postdoctoral fellow will have the opportunity to be involved with multiple projects and datasets, and participate in data analysis, manuscript and grant preparation. Fellows will receive personalized mentoring toward their career goals. Our multidisciplinary research team also includes statisticians, neuroscientists, data scientists and physicians with expertise in longitudinal data analysis,...

The Department of Psychology at Princeton University invites applications for 1-2 Postdoctoral Researcher Associates or more senior researchers, to begin in Summer or Fall of 2022. We are seeking motivated and productive researchers with doctoral degrees in psychology or a related field, to be completed by the position's start date. Associates will work with Dr. Rebecca Carey and Dr. Nicole Shelton on research broadly examining inequality, social interactions, and relationships. They will assist in designing and executing a longitudinal, dyadic study on intergroup relationships. Additionally, associates will work with each PI on individual projects, including the influence of social class on relationships, the relationship between intergroup interactions and health, and interventions for intergroup friendship development. Responsibilities will include establishing and managing collaborative, multisite research projects; conducting advanced statistical analysis on complex data...

Position Description The Psychology Department at Yale University is looking to hire a lecturer with an initial 1-year appointment beginning Sept. 1, 2022. The goal of this position is to teach history of psychology with a focus on racism and colonial power embedded in psychology and the psychological sciences more broadly.  We envision that these courses will allow graduate and undergraduate students to not only learn about, but also think critically about the racist, sexist, and classist past and present of psychology and the ways in which such systems of power interact with their own research practices. Applicants with background and expertise in history of science or history of psychology and/or psychiatry are encouraged to apply to this position. The teaching expectation is normally 4 courses per academic year, plus service to the program including curriculum development and supervision of teaching fellows. The expectation is that the successful applicant would teach two...

We are seeking a full-time research technician for an NIH-funded R01 project supervised by Drs. Tammy English and Renee Thompson (Co-PIs) and Todd Braver (Co-I) in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis. The project (R01AG070139) examines the role of motivation and depressive psychopathology in age-related changes in emotion and emotion regulation across adulthood. It utilizes a multi-method approach that includes neuroimaging, experience sampling, clinical interviews, behavioral measures, and psychophysiological assessment. This position will expose the individual to a wide array of theories and methods in affective science, neuroscience, and clinical psychology, providing a unique opportunity to develop research skills and engage in professional development with a large, collaborative team. It would be a good fit for a hard-working, detail-oriented, and highly motivated bachelors-level researcher who is aiming to gain...

The Department of Psychology at Arizona State University invites applications for a Postdoctoral Research Scholar to join the Arizona Twin Project (ATP) under the supervision of Drs. Mary Davis, Leah Doane, and Kathryn Lemery-Chalfant. The postdoctoral research scholar will join a large and cohesive team managing the longitudinal ATP that spans from infancy through adolescence. The diverse ATP is focused on longitudinal modeling of risk (e.g., HPA axis, immune function, epigenetics, emotional dysregulation, family, neighborhood) and resilience processes (e.g., social relationships) for mental and physical health outcomes (e.g., internalizing and externalizing psychopathology, sleep, and pain). Primary duties include data management, data analysis, and writing empirical research papers. Strong professional development is provided (e.g., ethics, diversity-equity-inclusion, grant writing, faculty job applications). The ideal candidate will have experience conducting research with...

Renewable Term Faculty Position – Lecturer (Requisition #220153) General Education Course: Gateway to Belonging at OU Description University College at the University of Oklahoma invites applications for renewable term faculty for the new general education course “Gateway to Belonging at OU” (GBO). The course is focused on building cultural fluency, understanding our collective experiences and histories, and building an inclusive community. This new course is one of a suite of courses that meet the General Education Core V requirement: First Year Experience. A first-year experience course is required for all incoming first-year and transfer students. This uniform course, that is taught by a team of instructors, will help students gain an understanding of the wide range of perspectives, values, and experiences they and others have, building an intercultural awareness and appreciation of difference that will allow them to interact more effectively with...