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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,...

The Psychology Department at Furman University announces a one-year position at the rank of Visiting Assistant Professor to begin August, 2021, with the potential for renewal. Qualified candidates must be able to teach Introduction to Psychology, Research Methods and Statistics, and an intermediate-level course in their area of training and expertise. Special consideration will be given to candidates who can teach one of our existing intermediate-level courses such as social psychology, industrial/organizational psychology, adulthood and aging, or psychology of gender . The teaching load is five courses per year divided over two semesters. A Ph.D. by appointment date and teaching experience are required.  The successful candidate will have the ability to work with historically underrepresented students, including students of color, and be committed to assisting the university in its continuing efforts to become a model of inclusive excellence. Founded in 1826, Furman...

Candidates are being considered for a 1-year NIMH-funded postdoctoral position in the laboratory of Dr. Alex Shackman in the Department of Psychology at the University of Maryland at College Park ( http://shackmanlab.org/ ). For U.S. citizens residing in North America, we are open to this being a largely remote (‘tele-work’) position.    The focus of this position will be to support on-going analytic and manuscript projects focused on the neurobiology of fear and anxiety and its role in the development and maintenance of anxiety disorders, depression, substance abuse, and psychosis. A secondary focus will be linking variation in circuit function to thoughts, feelings, and behavior in the clinic and real-world, indexed via semi-structured interviews and smartphone-based ecological momentary assessment (EMA). In most cases, data have already been collected. There will be opportunities to become involved in other projects, develop new analytic strategies, and develop mentored...