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The Department of Psychology at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky invites applications for a tenure track position at the assistant professor level to begin Fall, 2020. We seek applicants with a strong research program, potential to attract extramural funding, a commitment to excellent mentoring and teaching. Area of research specialization is open. We encourage candidates with a research focus on cognitive development or social cognition. We are eager to further advance the diverse quality of our faculty.   The successful candidate must have a Ph.D. or Ph.D. All But Dissertation (ABD) in Psychology.   Interested applicants should apply online at: http://ukjobs.uky.edu/postings/243776 . Applications must include the following: 1) cover letter, 2) CV, 3) statements of research and teaching interests (upload under Specific Request 1), 4) three representative publications (upload under Specific Request 2), and 5) a statement on inclusivity (upload under Writing Sample). As a department and university, we are strongly committed to creating an inclusive and effective teaching, learning, and working environment for all. In one to two pages, applicants should reflect on their commitments, approaches, and insights related to inclusion, diversity, and equity. In addition, please provide the names and contact information for three references when prompted in the academic profile. This information may be utilized to solicit recommendation letters from your references within the employment system.   Review of applications will begin immediately. Deadline to apply is October 2, 2019.   The University of Kentucky is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages applications from veterans, individuals with disabilities, women, African Americans, and all minorities.

Postdoctoral Fellowship The Richard and Edith Strauss Clinical Fellowship in Communication Sciences & Disorders We are seeking clinician-scientists for this prestigious fellowship to investigate human communication sciences and disorders. Eligibility includes:    > clinical credentials in speech-language Pathology or Audiology or a related field.    > any citizenship    > PhD in communication Sciences & Disorders or related fields is preferred but we will        consider applicants without a doctoral degree who propose a project that is well aligned with the program objectives. Start date: January 2020             The award value is $35K and may be renewed for a second year. A $2500 allowance for research-related expenses (e.g. conference travel) is also included.            The clinical professional will develop and implement a research project in collaboration with one or more faculty within the school. Our objective is support research activities that lead to advances in clinical practice or training or provide new findings that may launch an ongoing clinical research project. Applicants are encouraged to work with SCSD faculty in developing a brief (2-page) proposal that includes the following: Relevant background Specific aims, i.e. research question or hypothesis Brief description of methodology Comment on feasibility of the project – including possible difficulties Expected outcomes (wrt knowledge gained and/or training involved) SCSD faculty who will be involved Comments on the specific roles of the applicant and SCSD faculty who will be involved To apply, please submit a CV and along with your project proposal, and the names and contact information for two referees, by Oct 31 2019 to the Graduate Program Director .

The Stanford Graduate School of Education is seeking applicants for a tenure-track assistant professor position.  Adolescence is a period of uniquely significant change that has effects on behavior, socialization, and society.  We seek applicants who have broad research and teaching interests in youth and adolescence. Foci of research may include, but are not limited to, social, personality, and/or cognitive development, cultural perspectives, and the study of diverse adolescent populations in and out of schools.  We especially welcome applications from researchers who consider implications for educational practice, who look at change over time, and who can interact with colleagues across multiple fields of inquiry. The successful candidate will teach courses in child and adolescent development at the Master’s and Doctoral levels.     The successful candidate will contribute to teaching and advising doctoral and masters students in the GSE.     Applicants are required to provide: a cover letter describing their research agenda and teaching experience curriculum vitae three scholarly publications three letters of reference.   This search is chaired by Professor Bill Damon.   All application materials must be submitted online.  Please submit your application on Interfolio: https://apply.interfolio.com/66881   Application deadline is November 15th, 2019.   Questions pertaining to this position may be directed to Tanya Chamberlain, Faculty Affairs Officer, tanyas@stanford.edu .

The Department of Psychology at the University of British Columbia–Vancouver campus ( psych.ubc.ca ) invites applications for a tenure-track position at the assistant professor level in developmental psychology, which will begin July 1, 2020.  Candidates must hold a PhD before starting the position. We are seeking applicants with strong research records appropriate to a research-oriented doctoral program. We are looking for outstanding candidates in any area of developmental psychology, but we are particularly interested in candidates whose work focuses on language development, including perceptual and conceptual development. Applicants should have research interests that complement existing strengths in the department (psych.ubc.ca/people). We especially  encourage applications from candidates who use diverse methodologies (e.g., behavioural, computational, neuroimaging) and who can contribute to UBC’s Language Sciences Initiative ( languagesciences.ubc.ca ). The successful candidate will be expected to maintain a program of scholarly research that leads to publication; conduct effective undergraduate and graduate teaching and research supervision; and contribute to departmental service. Applications are to be submitted online through the Department of Psychology’s Internal Resources website at: https://psyc.air.arts.ubc.ca/jobid34709/ . Applicants should upload the required documents by the deadline in this order: cover letter, CV, research statement, teaching statement, evidence of teaching effectiveness, and three publications. In their research statement, we encourage applicants to discuss their past and/or planned research approach in the context of ongoing discussion in the sciences about research practices, replicability, and open science. We also ask applicants to include a one-page statement about their experience working with a diverse student body and their contributions or potential contributions to creating/advancing a culture of equity and inclusion. In addition, applicants should arrange to have at least three confidential letters of recommendation submitted via email to ubcpsycjobs@psych.ubc.ca . The deadline for applications is October 1, 2019. The position is subject to final budgetary approval. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.  Equity and diversity are essential to academic excellence. An open and diverse community fosters the inclusion of voices that have been underrepresented or discouraged. We encourage applications from members of groups that have been marginalized on any grounds enumerated under the B.C. Human Rights Code, including sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, racialization, disability, political belief, religion, marital or family status, age, and/or status as a First Nation, Métis, Inuit, or Indigenous person. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.  

GENERAL INFORMATION The Department of Psychology at the College of the Holy Cross is searching to fill two full-time tenure-track appointments to begin in August 2020: one in the area of developmental psychology, the other in the area of animal behavior and cognition.  For the developmental psychology position, we are particularly interested in a colleague who approaches human developmental processes from a sociocultural framework , and could include a teacher/scholar who specializes in the socioemotional development of children, adolescents, adults, or aging populations. For the animal behavior and cognition position, our particular interest is in a colleague who approaches their scholarly work from an evolutionary/comparative framework .  The candidate’s research may focus on the study of small animals or non-human primates, and may provide comparisons to human populations. Scholars who use small animals in their research program will have access to a vivarium, scheduled to be fully renovated during summer 2020, that offers state-of-the-art housing, behavioral testing spaces, and a wet lab.  The successful candidates for either position will be expected to teach intermediate-level courses (including but not limited to those currently in our curriculum; http://holycross.edu/academics/programs/psychology ); advanced courses in their specialty area; and service courses such as Introduction to Psychology , Statistics , or Research Methods . Courses offered by the successful candidate in the animal behavior and cognition position may also serve as electives for the interdisciplinary minor in neuroscience (for examples, visit http://holycross.edu/academics/programs/neuroscience ). This position carries a 3-2 teaching load with a full-salary one-semester research leave prior to tenure review, and generous sabbatical and fellowship leaves for tenured faculty. Tenure-track faculty are eligible for reimbursement of relocation costs and travel support within the College’s published policies. All full-time appointments offer competitive salaries and include full benefits. To learn more about faculty life at the College and the Worcester area, candidates are encouraged to visit http://holycross.edu/join . QUALIFICATIONS Faculty members are expected to demonstrate a commitment to, and excellence in, undergraduate teaching and mentoring in the context of liberal arts education; to maintain an active program of independent research; and to engage students in the research process. A Ph.D. is required.  APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS Please submit a cover letter addressing the position requirements listed above; a curriculum vitae; a statement of teaching aptitude, interests, and philosophy; a statement of research interests; representative reprints (no more than three); graduate and undergraduate transcripts; and three confidential letters of recommendation, at least one of which speaks explicitly to teaching experience. As a Jesuit, undergraduate liberal arts college, the College values dialog among people from diverse perspectives as it is integral to the mission and essential to the excellence of our academic program (see http://holycross.edu/mission ). In your application please highlight how your scholarship, teaching, mentorship and/or service might support the College’s mission and its commitment to diversity and inclusion. For more information, please visit http://www.holycross.edu/diversity . The College of the Holy Cross uses Interfolio to collect all faculty job applications electronically. For the developmental psychology position, submit all application materials to https://apply.interfolio.com/65418 by September 22, 2019 . For the animal behavior and cognition position, submit all application materials to https://apply.interfolio.com/65423 by October 3, 2019 .   Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position has been filled. Initial telephone interviews of selected applicants will take place shortly thereafter. Questions about the either position may be directed to Richard Schmidt, Chair, Department of Psychology, at rschmidt@holycross.edu . EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYMENT STATEMENT The College of the Holy Cross is a highly selective Catholic liberal arts college in the Jesuit tradition. It enrolls about 3,000 students and is located in Worcester, Massachusetts, a medium-sized city 45 miles west of Boston. The College seeks faculty members whose scholarship, teaching, advising, and on- and off-campus service demonstrate commitment to the educational benefits of a richly diverse community. Holy Cross aspires to meet the needs of dual-career couples, in part through its membership in the Higher Education Consortium of Central Massachusetts and the New England Higher Education Recruitment Consortium ( http://www.newenglandherc.org ). The College is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and complies with all Federal and Massachusetts laws concerning equal opportunity and affirmative action in the workplace.

Two tenure-track, 10-month Assistant Professor positions in Research Design and Analysis, beginning August 2020.   Doctorate in Psychology is required. ABD applicants will be considered, but appointment will be at the Instructor rank and all degree requirements must be completed by February 1, 2021. Faculty assigned an instructional workload of six (6) course units per academic year for the first year. Beginning the second year, the workload will be the standard instructional workload of seven (7) course units per academic year. Teach graduate (M.A. level) and undergraduate courses in research methods and statistics as well as courses in one’s area of expertise. Possess and demonstrate commitment to teaching, research and service. Demonstrate research competency as well as evidence of continued growth of one’s research agenda, leading to publications in peer-reviewed journals. Area of research is open, but applications from candidates with expertise in biological, health, and industrial/organizational psychology are encouraged. Mentoring of student research, advising, and participation on department and university committees are also expected. A successful candidate must have the ability to work with a diverse population and be sensitive to the education needs of all students. Review of applications begins October 1 and will continue until the positions are filled. For more information, go to https://www.towson.edu/provost/prospective/assistant-professor-research-design-analysis-cla-3306.html  

Summary The Department of Psychology at Barry University in Miami Shores, Florida invites applications for a full-time, continuing track position of Assistant Professor of Psychology beginning in August 2020.  The Psychology Department offers a BS in psychology with three specializations:  Forensic, Industrial/Organizational, and Child and Adolescent Development. We also offer an MS in Clinical Psychology, with a forensic specialization, taught within a scientist-practitioner model. The curriculum requires a master’s thesis. Essential Functions The applicant should be able to teach undergraduate and graduate courses in research design, statistics in psychology, tests and measurements and upper-level courses in the area of specialization. Additional responsibilities include: academic advising of undergraduate and graduate students, supervision of undergraduate research, supervision of master’s thesis research, departmental service, university service, community service, and sustained scholarship Qualifications/Requirements The position requires a Ph.D. in any area of experimental psychology (a background in forensic or legal psychology is preferred but not required).  Undergraduate and Graduate teaching experience and research experience.   Applicants should submit a letter of interest that includes a statement of their teaching philosophy and a statement of their research history and plans, a curriculum vitae, three letters of recommendation, graduate transcripts, and evidence of teaching effectiveness and scholarly work. Review of applications will continue until the position is filled.

The Department of Psychology at Emory University invites applications for three faculty lines, including a tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor level in developmental science ( https://apply.interfolio.com/64756 ) a tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor level in human cognition ( https://apply.interfolio.com/65505 ), and a lecture-track position in social/cross cultural psychology ( https://apply.interfolio.com/65508 ). Please consult the individual links for details specific to each position. Anticipated start date for all positions is Fall 2020. Ph.D. required. Emory University (Atlanta, GA) is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer. Women, minorities, people with disabilities and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply.

Open Rank (Assistant/Associate/Full Professor) Faculty Position, Developmental Psychology : The Department of Psychology at Yale University invites applications for 1 opening at the rank of assistant, associate, or full professor. We invite applications from those whose research programs fit into any area of developmental psychology, and especially encourage applications from those conducting research that connects to one of the other subfields in the department (i.e., cognitive, social, clinical, neuroscience). Priority will be given to outstanding scholars who will contribute effectively to both the undergraduate and graduate teaching and mentoring programs of the University. Eligible applicants must have a PhD or equivalent degree at the time of hire. Yale University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer.  We especially encourage women, members of minority groups, persons with disabilities, and covered veterans to apply. Applicants are to send a letter of application, curriculum vitae, research and teaching statements, and selected publications to  http://apply.interfolio.com/65724 . Recent PhD's and untenured candidates should also arrange for three letters of recommendation. Review of applications will begin on September 1, 2019 and will continue until the positions are filled. For questions please contact Jessica Hermann, Senior Administrative Assistant, Jessica.hermann@yale.edu .

The Department of Psychology at Carnegie Mellon University is looking to make a tenure-track faculty hire in the area of Developmental Psychology . Candidates should be pursuing programmatic, theory-driven research that contributes to our understanding of developmental mechanisms. We are interested in candidates who will thrive in a collaborative research environment, have strong grounding in theory, use cutting-edge methods, are dedicated to high-quality teaching, and have strong statistical training and quantitative skills. Carnegie Mellon is a highly collaborative and supportive environment for scientists seeking to span disciplines and employ multiple methodologies in their research. Resources available for developmental research include neuroimaging, links to local schools, and access to the Psychology Department’s Children’s School. Carnegie Mellon offers highly competitive salaries and start-up packages in an attractive urban environment frequently rated as one of the most livable in the U.S. We are committed to building a diverse faculty within an increasingly broad university community, and we strongly encourage applications from women, minorities, individuals with disabilities, veterans, and other underrepresented groups. We also work actively to meet the needs of dual-career couples.  To be considered for a position beginning Fall 2020, applications must be received no later than October 1, 2019. To apply to this position, please see http://apply.interfolio.com/64443 Questions may be addressed to gingerp@cmu.edu .   Carnegie Mellon University is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Job Title:  Department of Psychology, CFS Professorial Faculty Job Category:  CFS - Professorial Desired Start Date:  Fall 2020 Posting Close Date:  September 3, 2019 Required Degree:  All positions require a PhD in psychology or a related field by the appointment date. Qualifications:   The Department of Psychology, Brigham Young University, invites applicants of any academic rank to fill full-time (continuing faculty status) professorial-track positions in the Department of Psychology to begin Fall Semester 2020. The selected candidates will demonstrate strong research skills and an active research program with an established record of peer-reviewed publication and scholarly productivity. Successful candidates will also show commitment to excellence in undergraduate and graduate teaching and mentoring. We specifically seek applicants in Development Psychology and Cognitive Psychology for this hiring cycle. Our department values diversity, student mentoring, a collegial culture, and the ideals of open and reproducible research. Review of applicants will begin after the posting closes on 3 September 2019. Duties/Expectations:  Selected candidates are expected to have a well-defined research agenda with professional publications, have the ability to teach upper- and lower-level undergraduate classes and graduate classes, to provide undergraduate and graduate mentoring, and to engage in citizenship responsibilities in the department, college, and university. Please direct any questions to Gary Burlingame, PhD, 1082 KMBL, Department of Psychology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602; email: gary_burlingame@byu.edu. Information required at the time of application:  Please list the contact information for each of three recommenders on the faculty application. At some point during the selection process they may be contacted to submit their letters of reference electronically. Document(s) required at the time of application:   Applicants should apply on-line and upload a cover letter, a current curriculum vitae, research samples, statements of research and teaching interest, and if available evidence of teaching effectiveness. BYU is an equal opportunity employer. Preference is given to qualified candidates who are members in good standing of the affiliated church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.