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The Department of Psychology at Mercyhurst University (Erie, PA) invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position in Developmental Psychology.  Preference will be given to applicants that focus on cognitive development, but other areas of expertise will be reviewed as well.  Standard contracts at the university run 9 months (August 15-May 15) with 24 credit-hours (4 class) per semester load.  Courses to be taught include: Developmental Psychology: Childhood, Developmental Psychology: Adolescence, and Advanced Topics in Developmental Psychology, plus the potential for offerings in areas such as lifespan, gerontology, psychopathology or the candidate’s area of expertise.  Course taught in the service of the department may include: Introduction to Psychology, Research Design and Statistical Analysis, Memory and Cognition.  Other departmental and college duties include student advising, recruitment, and academic committees.   A Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology,...

Ivy Tech Community College prepares Indiana residents to learn, live, and work in a diverse and globally competitive environment by delivering professional, technical, transfer, and lifelong education. Through its affordable, open-access education and training programs, the College enhances the development of Indiana’s citizens and communities and strengthens its economy. Ivy Tech Community College is the state's largest public postsecondary institution and the nation's largest singly accredited statewide community college system.   Assists the chief representative for the region's Social and Behavioral Science department; teaches a minimum of nine credit hours of Psychology in each regular academic term; fully supports the College's mission and strategic plan. In addition to assisting the department chair with administrative tasks, the Psychology program chair will oversee the Psychology curriculum, including the Psychology TSAP degree program. Finally, this position will...

Seeking a postdoctoral research scholar with prior research and mental health training to work on a mobile health and depression study. The position will start in late Spring or Summer 2021 at the Center for Healthy Minds, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Simon B. Goldberg, Heather C. Abercrombie and Richard J. Davidson are recruiting a motivated and creative postdoctoral scholar for a project evaluating a mobile health intervention for depression. The intervention is based in contemplative practices and designed to improve well-being and reduce depression. The study will evaluate intervention-related behavioral changes. In addition, affective computing methods will be used in the development of novel “passive” measures of the plasticity of well-being that can be derived from natural speech. Drs. Goldberg and Abercrombie are licensed psychologists and will provide clinical supervision for mental health assessments within the study. The Center for Healthy Minds (CHM) offers an...