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  About the Unit:   The Urban Education Institute (UEI) at the University of Chicago is an internationally and nationally renowned institute with the aim of promoting field-based research on youth development and learning in formal and informal settings. UEI conducts rigorous applied research, trains researchers and practitioners, operates a preK-12 public school, and provides research-based tools and resources to schools in 62 major cities across 34 states.   Position Summary:   We invite applications for two Postdoctoral Scholar positions in the area of youth development and learning across multiple ecological contexts with an emphasis on diversity, opportunity, and equity.   The initial appointment will be one year with the possibility of renewal for up to two years. The position involves work on several multi-method, large-scale longitudinal studies exploring how sociocultural and psychological factors influence youth’s identity development, academic...

The Reed College Psychology Department seeks applicants for a one-year position in Behavioral Neuroscience to begin August 2023. The selected individual will teach four courses (two each semester), including a core course in behavioral neuroscience with lab, a team-taught introductory psychology course with lab, and two seminars in their area of expertise. The individual will also supervise year-long psychology and neuroscience senior thesis projects and work closely with staff overseeing an animal colony with rats and pigeons. Preference will be given to candidates with a Ph.D. in behavioral neuroscience or a related field, but strong ABD applicants will be considered. We especially welcome applications from candidates with experience teaching undergraduates.   Reed College is a community that values cultural diversity and inclusive educational practices as essential to the excellence of our academic program. In your cover letter, please address how your teaching,...

The MIDUS Affective Neuroscience Project team led by Dr. Stacey M. Schaefer at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Institute on Aging is seeking a postdoctoral scholar to analyze and publish on data from the national longitudinal Midlife in the US study. MIDUS is an NIA-supported study on aging explicitly focused on all the adult years (25-100+) with multiple longitudinal timepoints over the past +20 years. This is an opportunity to become part of a scientific community that is actively engaged with MIDUS and play a key role in analyzing neuroimaging data in relation to affective, psychophysiological, sociodemographic, behavioral, cognitive, biomarker, and environmental data with an emphasis on understanding the factors that are important for emotional wellbeing, brain health, and brain aging.   This fully supported appointment provides a broad, interdisciplinary experience preparing postdoctoral researchers to generate new discoveries of what happens to people,...

The Monell Chemical Senses Center is a nonprofit, basic research institute dedicated to the study of taste, smell, chemesthesis, and appetite. Founded in 1968, the Center is located near the campuses of the University of Pennsylvania and Drexel University in Philadelphia. Research focuses on understanding how the chemical senses function and their importance in everyday life. Dr. Carol M. Christensen, Alumnus Member and Consultant to the Director at Monell, has endowed a full-time postdoctoral position in human chemosensory science (human neuroscience, learning, emotion, decision-making, as well as other human-based research in taste and smell). Positions are currently available for interdisciplinary training and research in our four broad research aims: sensory nutrition, disease diagnosis/treatment, smell/taste loss, and digitizing smells/tastes. Approaches include clinical medicine, chemistry, biochemistry, organismal and molecular biology, animal and human psychophysics,...

Tenure-track Assistant Professor - Psychology Job no: 496338 Work type: Full Time Permanent - Faculty Location: Charleston Categories: Humanities, Office of the Provost Payscale: Unclassified The Department of Psychology at The Citadel invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Psychology (specialization is open, preference given to Experimental Psychology) to begin in August 2023. The successful candidate is expected to actively engage undergraduate students in their research program. Located in historic Charleston, South Carolina, The Citadel has been ranked for the past 8 years (by U.S. News and World Report) as the top public college in the South among master's-granting institutions. The Citadel's Psychology Department has long been recognized for supporting and advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion. Candidates that can speak to and add to this mission are strongly encouraged to apply. Position Responsibilities The position will primarily...

The Department of Psychology at the University of Alaska Fairbanks invites applicants for a tripartite (teaching/research/service) tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor level with an anticipated start date of August 2023. We have a particular need for candidates with experience in teaching both in-class and online courses with multicultural proficiency and an ability to teach across multiple areas of psychology. Expertise in health psychology, community psychology, cultural psychology, and/or social psychology - and statistics and research methods - is required. If you’re interested, apply here! Duties: Service: provide service to psychology department, college, university, and community; serve on committees focused on department curriculum as well as development and maintenance of online classes and program; attend department, college and university functions; participate in academic and professional associations. Research: develop and pursue a program...

The Department of Psychology at the University of Alaska Fairbanks invites applicants for a tripartite (teaching/research/service) tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor level with an anticipated start date of August 2023. We have a particular need for candidates with experience in teaching both in-class and online courses with multicultural proficiency and an ability to teach across multiple areas of psychology. Expertise in statistics and research methods are required with preference given to those with training in behavioral or mental health psychology (i.e., clinical, counseling, or related). If you’re interested, apply here! Duties: Service: provide service to psychology department, college, university, and community; serve on committees focused on department curriculum as well as development and maintenance of online classes and program; attend department, college and university functions; participate in academic and professional associations....