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Full-time Research Specialist Position at the Princeton Social Neuroscience Lab   The Princeton Social Neuroscience Lab seeks a full-time research specialist to begin Summer 2023. The lab uses functional neuroimaging, behavioral techniques, and machine learning to study social interaction, social cognition, and spontaneous thought. The successful candidate will assist with all aspects of research, including (1) developing materials and programming experiments, (2) recruiting and testing human subjects, (3) analyzing behavioral, web scraped, and fMRI data , and (4) miscellaneous research support (e.g., literature searches, IRB management, manuscript and grant preparation, general lab duties).    Essential qualifications: - Bachelor's degree in Psychology, Cognitive Science, Neuroscience, Computer Science, Statistics, Engineering, Math, or related fields - Programming, statistical, and/or web development experience (e.g., Python, R,...

Post-Doctoral Fellowship: Kent State University Student Life Study The Department of Psychological Sciences at Kent State University invites applications for a post-doctoral research position. The successful candidate will become part of a multi-disciplinary investigation to prospectively examine health and well-being in a new cohort of >10,000 young adults. Led by Drs. Karin Coifman and John Gunstad, the team of investigators will track mental, physical, academic, and social outcomes and deliver novel interventions using smart technology. The Post-Doctoral Fellow will help coordinate the KSU Student Life Study and have an opportunity to assist with other existing data collection efforts ,  related manuscript preparation, grant development, and develop new their own lines of inquiry based on current findings.   They will work with integrated research program and enhance skills necessary for a successful research career.  Opportunities exist for supervised clinical...

Associate Director of Research and Evaluation The Susan Hirt Hagen Center for Community Outreach, Research, and Evaluation (CORE) at Penn State Behrend is seeking an experienced candidate to serve as the full-time Associate Director of Research and Evaluation. Primary responsibilities for this position will include oversight and implementation of activities within the Research and Evaluation arm of CORE, including quantitative and qualitative data collection and analyses, development of quantitative and qualitative experimental designs, project and database management, extensive grant writing, evaluation report writing, and survey/assessment development. The successful candidate will possess training and experience in both quantitative and qualitative experimental methods, and strong data analysis skills using SPSS (required), MPlus and/or R (preferred), and at least one qualitative analysis program (e.g., NVivo). Ability to conduct qualitative focus groups is also preferred....

Description The Department of Psychology at Denison seeks applicants for a three-year Visiting Assistant Professor position beginning August 2023. We are looking to hire a social or cultural psychologist with a specialization in race, ethnicity and/or diversity science. The teaching load is 6 courses per academic year. The successful candidate will teach a range of courses including Cultural Psychology, Social Psychology, an intermediate level research course, electives within the psychology curriculum that engage with issues of diversity and inclusion (e.g. Psychology of Diversity), an upper-level seminar in the candidate’s area of specialty, and Introductory Psychology (which includes a significant laboratory component).  We seek individuals who are committed to a liberal arts education and helping undergraduate students to understand and appreciate psychological science and its applications. Working closely with students is a primary responsibility...

Stony Brook University seeks a full-time postdoctoral fellow to conduct research with Drs. Roman Kotov (Departments of Psychiatry and Psychology) and H. Andrew Schwartz (Department of Computer Science). Duration and start time are negotiable.   We are seeking a postdoctoral fellow for a position on a study to develop artificial intelligence (AI)-based tools for assessment of PTSD and related psychopathology. It aims to recruit 1,000 participants with clinical PTSD symptoms to complete daily video diary and standard symptom assessments for 3 months. These data are unprecedent in mental health research, allowing investigation of hypotheses that were previous untestable. AI models will be trained using language, speech, and facial expressions to detect and predict PTSD symptoms. The resulting models will be validated against standard clinical measures. This study is associated with the World Well-Being Project, a consortium to advance measurement and understanding of mental...

Graduate Student and Post-doctoral Fellow Research Fellowships Research Fellowships: Graduate Student Research Fellowships are available with the U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences (ARI).   Location: Students will work according to a hybrid system of remote and office locations. Starting in Summer 2023, most work will be performed in ARI’s office at Fort Belvoir, VA. As such, priority will be given to candidates who reside in the Washington DC area.           Wage: The hourly wage ranges from $18.00 to $32.00 and is determined by the graduate student’s academic standing and program of study. Graduate students interested in these fellowships will be expected to work up to but no more than 20-30 hours per week and have the option of working 40 hours per week during summer.           Research Support: The Foundational Science Research Unit (FSRU) conducts applied research on team effectiveness and houses ARI's Basic...

Position:   Full-time Location:   Remote Organization:   Curio Reports to:   Chief Science Officer Purpose ‍ Curio invites applicants who are academically trained who want to transition to industry for a postdoctoral fellowship under the supervision of Dr. Jennifer Huberty, Fractional Chief Science Officer. The trainee will work with Curio Science establishing evidence for business priorities.‍ What you’ll do The primary responsibility will be to help implement a randomized controlled trial, develop research questions and study design, analyze data for and write manuscripts and assist in grant writing. The trainee will also serve as a scientific writer and conduit to communicating scientific evidence to our customers (e.g., blogs, social media posts, newsletters) which includes keeping abreast of research and advancements in psychedelic science and developing story ideas and press releases. The position is a   one-year...

    Black Youth/Young Adult Mental Health, Clinical or Clinical Developmental Psychology, Faculty of Health The Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health at York University invites highly qualified candidates to apply for a professorial stream tenure-track appointment in Black Youth/Young Adult Mental Health at the Assistant Professor level, to commence July 1, 2023. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. All York University positions are subject to budgetary approval. This position is open to qualified individuals who self-identify as Black peoples of African Descent (for example Africans and African heritage people from the Caribbean, Americas, Europe). Recognizing the underrepresentation of Black faculty, this opportunity supports the University’s Affirmative Action program and has been developed based on the special program provisions of the Ontario Human Rights Code. To receive full consideration, candidates should complete and...

As of the 1 August 2024 or by agreement, we are looking for a   Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychology (open rank) In this role, you will generally be responsible for the field of Child and Adolescent Psychology at the newly created Faculty of Behavioural Sciences and Psychology. The study program in psychology will begin with the first year’s bachelor program in the fall semester of 2024 and will thereafter be built up successively. You will teach the undergraduate course in Developmental Psychology and gradually take on other courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels. You will actively participate in the further design and detailed planning of the curriculum, especially in the planned Master's specialization in Child and Adolescent Psychology, where you will assume primary responsibility. You will develop an innovative research program with international outreach and—in cooperation with the Professor of Clinical Psychology—actively assist in...

As of the 1 August 2024 or by agreement, we are looking for a   Professor of Clinical Psychology (open rank) In this role, you will generally be responsible for the field of Clinical Psychology at the newly created Faculty of Behavioural Sciences and Psychology. The study program in psychology will begin with the first year’s bachelor program in the fall semester of 2024 and will thereafter be built up successively. You will teach the undergraduate course in Clinical Psychology and gradually take on other courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels. You will actively participate in the further design and detailed planning of the curriculum. You will develop an innovative research program with international outreach, and—in cooperation with the Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychology—actively assist in establishing a psychological consulting center. You will further help in establishing a doctoral program. The professorship can be taken up at the level of...

As of the 1 August 2024 or by agreement, we are looking for a Professor of Psychology and Law (open rank) In this role, you will generally be responsible for the field of Psychology and Law at the newly created Faculty of Behavioral Sciences and Psychology. The study program in psychology will begin with the first year’s bachelor program in the fall semester of 2024 and will thereafter be built up successively. Depending on your professional background, you will teach the lectures in social psychology, personality psychology, or cognitive psychology at the bachelor's level, and gradually take on other courses at the bachelor's and master's levels. You will actively participate in the further design and detailed planning of the curriculum, especially in the planned Master's specialization in Psychology and Law, where you will assume primary responsibility. Further, you will develop an innovative research program with international outreach and help in establishing a...

Dr. Andrea Vial is hiring a Post-Doctoral Associate to join the Social Roles and Beliefs Lab at New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD). The Post-Doctoral Associate will be expected to work on a range of projects focused on the psychology of gender segregation, including topics such as such as gender stereotyping, bias, and prejudice; self-stereotyping and identity threat; and gender identification and in-group bias. For more information about the lab’s research please see www.socialroleslab.com . In addition to contributing to research led by the PI, Post-Doctoral Associates at the Social Roles and Beliefs Lab are encouraged to start and lead new projects on related topics.   The start date is flexible, but ideally no later than September 1, 2023. The position is for two years , renewable up to five years based on performance. The terms of employment are highly competitive and will include housing and travel subsidies. This position is not located in the United...

The successful candidate will conduct research in social cognition applying mathematical modeling to understand judgments and decisions in the realms of stereotyping and prejudice. The successful candidate will work on and contribute to scientific publications in leading journals of the field. The successful candidate will join a team doing research in various fields, including social cognition, memory, reasoning and thinking, often using mathematical models to leverage conclusions about latent factors underlying behavior in these domains. The position is financed by a research grant for a social-cognitive project and is limited to the project duration of three years (36 months). The position permits the candidate to further develop her/his scientific career by contributing to the social-cognitive project and by working on the candidate’s own research projects. Guidance of undergraduate and (post-) graduate students will contribute to career and skills development. The...

The Department of Psychology at Northwestern University invites applications for a full-time, benefits-eligible, faculty appointment as Assistant Professor of Instruction, beginning September 1, 2023. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. This is a teaching-track position that offers good prospects of job security and promotion, contingent upon continuing excellence in job performance. Duties include teaching six quarter-long undergraduate courses per academic year. We welcome applications from stellar teachers, especially those with proven ability to teach a range of lower- and upper-division courses in psychology. We particularly welcome applicants who can teach courses in the following area(s): Research Methods in Psychology, Introduction to Personality Psychology, Cultural Psychology, and applied clinical psychology. Details regarding promotion and reappointment for teaching-track positions are available online at...

The social psychology faculty at New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) are inviting applications for three, two-year Post-Doctoral Associate positions in the area of social and political psychology to start September 2023 (starting date negotiable).The postdoctoral associate will work on quantitative research projects focusing on areas related to gender (e.g., gender roles, masculinity / femininity, gender identity), sexuality, and/or the antecedents and consequences of inequality, prejudice, or discrimination, broadly defined. The postdoctoral associate will work under the supervision of either   Jaime Napier   or   P.J. Henry . A number of skills are considered plusses but by no means are all required. Experience working with archival data sets and/or large survey data sets (e.g., ANES, GSS, WVS), and with interdisciplinary research (e.g., sociology, gender studies, political science, human development) is a plus. Strong quantitative skills are important, including expertise...

Post-doctoral Research Associate in Emerging Adult Mental Health and Neurocognition Candidates are being considered for a full-time postdoctoral position to work on a NIMH funded multi-site study lead by Dr. Roselinde Kaiser in the Department of Psychology & Neuroscience at the University of Colorado Boulder and Dr. Hannah Snyder in the Department of Psychology at Brandeis University. The postdoc will work jointly with both PIs and will have the option of working either from CU Boulder or Brandeis (Boston metro area) based on their geographic preference. The position is renewable for up to four years on the current grant (depending on performance), the possibility of further renewal depending on funding availability. The person who fills this position will become part of a team working on a longitudinal study with emerging adult college students that investigates neurocognitive risk and resilience for internalizing psychopathology. The study takes a longitudinal,...

Yale University: Postdoctoral Research Fellow The Yale Program on Climate Change Communication ( http://climatecommunication.yale.edu ) invites applications for a full-time Postdoctoral Research Fellow to contribute to our ongoing experimental research on the public's climate change knowledge, risk perceptions, policy preferences, and behavior. The program conducts scientific surveys and message experiments at the national, international, and global scales, as well as with specific communities and organizations. The program also includes several projects that engage the public in climate change science and solutions. Salary: $60,000/year Responsibilities ·      Conduct scientific research to advance the theory and practice of effective climate change communication, and the psychological, cultural, political, and social factors influencing public awareness, risk perceptions, policy preferences and behavior. ·      Contribute to...