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Dr. Nicole Zarrett is accepting applications for a full-time Postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Psychology at the University of South Carolina. The fellow will work with the PI and her multidisciplinary team of collaborators on a large NIH-funded randomized control trial “Connect through PLAY” (Connect), a staff-based intervention that works with afterschool programs across the state of South Carolina to promote healthy behaviors among adolescents and program staff within underserved communities. The Fellow will provide analytic and methodological oversight for on-going projects, contribute to the planning and execution of data analyses, prepare and submit manuscripts, write grant proposals, and develop an independent program of research related to child/adolescent and/or adult health promotion. Candidates with a research interest/focus in health behavior and physical and mental health disparities research (adult and youth), community-based research, motivational and...

Description: Dr. Sarah Schnitker at Baylor University invites applications for a postdoctoral research associate position in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience. The post-holder will work on a variety of projects across five main areas of emphasis: understanding the mechanisms of virtues, virtue and religious development, virtue development in sport, virtues and technology, and religion and virtuous intergroup engagement. The post-holder will hold a leadership position for a major research initiative focused on spiritual/religious, moral, and psychological developmental factors that promote thriving in adolescents (“Character Strength Interventions in Adolescents: Engaging Scholars and Practitioners to Promote Virtue Development,” $2.6 million, John Templeton Foundation). This one-year, temporary position begins June 1, 2021, with strong potential for extension.  We will begin to review applications on April 26, 2021. Responsibilities: Under the supervision of Dr....