Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Postdoc at UT Austin

PLEASE NOTE: For logistical reasons the anticipated start date for this post has been moved to July 30th. We are extending the date by which applications will still be received to July 15th.

The Cognition, Culture, & Development Lab in the Psychology Department at the University of Texas at Austin is seeking a Staff Research Scientist to begin in June 2011. This position will entail conducting research on social learning and the development of reasoning in early childhood. For research-related questions, please contact Cristine Legare (legare@psy.utexas.edu).

For more information about the position: http://www.anthro.ox.ac.uk/latest/vacancies/

Strong candidates will have a PhD in developmental or cognitive psychology (or science) and will have demonstrated their ability to conduct cognitive developmental research. The position will support the implementation of cognitive developmental studies resulting from collaborations between Cristine Legare at UT Austin and Harvey Whitehouse at Oxford University on the development of ritualistic behavior. Responsibilities include participant recruitment, supervision of data collection, data analysis, and implementation of research procedures and protocols. Training staff and student research assistants is also required. Research may take place in the lab and in local schools and science museums.

The position is for two years but may be extended pending sufficient funding. If you are interested in applying and meet the selection criteria, please provide a covering letter, CV and contact details for three persons willing to provide references to katie.grainger@anthro.ox.ac.uk. We will accept applications until the position is filled but would like to complete hiring by July 30th.

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Cristine Legare, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
The University of Texas at Austin
Department of Psychology
1 University Station #A8000
Austin, Texas 78712-0187
Office: SEA 5.216
email: legare@psy.utexas.edu
webpage: http://www.ccdlab.net
ph: (512)232-8044 | fax: (512)471-6175
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Tuesday, May 17, 2011

RA position at Rochester

RESEARCH ASSISTANT FOR NEWPORT/ASLIN LANGUAGE ACQUISITION RESEARCH

A full-time position is available as Research Assistant/Lab Technician in the Dept. of Brain & Cognitive Sciences, to participate in conducting research studies in a laboratory studying language learning by adults, infants, and young children. Duties include contacting and scheduling adult and child subjects, running subjects in laboratory experiments, preparing audio and video stimuli and analyzing data from these experiments, writing up detailed summaries of the design and results of each study for our records, and performing other miscellaneous research tasks in the lab. Interested candidates should send a vita and names of 3 references to Elissa Newport, Department of Brain & Cognitive Sciences, University of Rochester, Rochester NY 14627, email: newport@bcs.rochester.edu. Start date flexible during Summer 2011.

Masters at Bucknell

Please share this message with undergraduates. The M.S. program aims to prepare students for Ph.D. programs. Students who enroll in the program often are looking for additional research experience, time to clarify their professional goals, or are seeking a terminal Masters degree.

Bucknell’s Master’s program in psychology is a full-time, two-year program in general-experimental psychology that leads to the M.S. degree. Our program is small and selective, as we accept 2-3 students per year. Many students who graduate from our program continue on to a Ph.D. In recent years, graduates have enrolled in doctoral programs in many areas of psychology--clinical, cognitive, human development, neuroscience, social, behavioral medicine, and others.

We seek out applicants who are committed to conducting high-quality empirical research and who wish to be active, contributing members of a department community. Our master’s students typically receive a full tuition remission plus a stipend for serving as a TA. For the 2008-2009 academic year, the stipend was $8800. Each semester, students take two courses, conduct research with their advisor, and serve as a Teaching Assistant, typically in our Introductory or Statistics course.

Potential applicants may contact those faculty whose interests seem to offer a good match. With questions about the program, contact the coordinator of the master’s program, Prof. Bill Flack (570-577-1131), wflack@bucknell.edu). The departmental secretary is Ms. Kay Ocker (ocker@bucknell.edu, 570-577-1200).

Thanks
Ruth
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Ruth Tincoff, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
http://www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/rjt023

Department of Psychology
Bucknell University
Lewisburg, PA 17837

Office: 205 O’Leary
phone 570-577-1787
fax 570-577-7007

Lab: 301 & 306 O'Leary
phone 570-577-1828
http://www.bucknell.edu/ChildLanguageResearch

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Postdoc at UDel

Postdoctoral Fellowship

Dr. Roberta M. Golinkoff

UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE

School of Education

Newark, Delaware

We are currently accepting applications for a post-doctoral fellowship on an NIH-funded project focusing on preschoolers’ knowledge of geometric shapes. The project examines the relationship between what children know about shapes and their mathematical knowledge upon school entry. Ideally, the applicant would be an expert in the area of early mathematical or spatial development and have an interest in cognitive development. Applicants would be expected to have strong research training, extensive statistical experience, and a Ph.D. in developmental psychology or a closely related area. Experience in using an eye-tracker would be welcomed, and excellent writing skills are a must. Funding is available for one year with full, excellent benefits.

Responsibilities: Data analysis, writing up results for presentation and publication, literature reviews, designing and assisting in the conduct of follow-up studies, grant writing, and collaborative participation with our research team.

Materials: Please submit a CV, cover letter with statement of research interests, letters of recommendation, and evidence of scholarly publications to Andrew Filipowicz at atfilipo@udel.edu.

RA Position at Queens

Research Assistant Wanted

Drs. Beth Kelley and Daryl Wilson at Queen's University (in Kingston, Ontario, Canada) are looking for a full-time research assistant to begin July 1, 2011 (date somewhat negotiable). We have recently begun a project using adaptive video games to look at the training of attention and executive functioning in children with autism spectrum disorders, ADHD, and fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. Duties would include testing of these children on a neuropsychological battery (training provided), travelling to participant’s homes to implement the training programme on their computers, supervision of undergraduate students, and general lab duties (ordering supplies, scheduling etc.). This is a fabulous opportunity to learn more about research and special populations, as well as gain experience in standardized testing protocols and general management of a research study.


We are looking for someone who is personable, responsible, dependable, has good attention to detail, and has experience and facility working with atypically developing children. The position is a one-year position, with a possibility of renewal. If you are interested, please send your resume/CV and three possible references (including one able to address your clinical skills with children) to Beth Kelley atkelleyb@queensu.ca

Elizabeth Kelley, PhD

Assistant Professor

Department of Psychology

Queen's University

62 Arch St., H351

Kingston, ON K7L 3N6 CANADA

Phone: 613-533-2491

Fax: 613-533-2499

http://psyc.queensu.ca/asdstudies/index.html

Call for Papers - Journal of Cognitive Science

CALL FOR PAPERS

Journal of Cognitive Science

http://j-cs.org.

AIMS & SCOPE

The Journal of Cognitive Science (JCS) is published biannually by the Institute for Cognitive Science at Seoul National University, located in Seoul, Korea. Its main concern is to publish research articles of highest quality and significance within the disciplines of cognitive science, including, but not limited to, philosophy, psychology, linguistics, artificial intelligence, neuroscience, aesthetics, anthropology, and education, insofar as it is deemed to be of interest to those who pursue the study of mind. In particular, we would like to encourage submissions that cross the traditional disciplinary boundaries in themes and methods.

The JCS showcases quality research, improves the exchange of ideas, and illustrates the interdisciplinary work that is the hallmark of the cognitive science field.

Contributions may be in the form of articles, brief reports, reviews, or squibs.

Editor-in-Chief

Chungmin Lee, Seoul National University

Editors

Gualtiero Piccinini, University of Missouri - St. Louis

Naomi Miyake, University of Tokyo

Koiti Hasida, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan

Kyoung-Min Lee, Seoul National University

Editorial Board:

Hojjat Adeli, The Ohio State University

Bruno G. Bara, University of Turin

David Chalmers, Australian National University

Peter Gärdenfors, Lund University, Sweden

Merrill Garrett, University of Arizona

Dedre Gentner, Northwestern University

Etsuko Harada, Hosei University, Japan

Chai-Song Hong, Seoul National University

Jung-Oh Kim, Seoul National University

Kihyeon Kim, Seoul National University

Gary Geunbae Lee, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)

Ping Li, Penn State University

Chen Lin, Chinese Academy of Science

Charles Ling, Western Ontario University, Canada

Tetsuro Matsuzawa, Kyoto University

Reiko Mazuka, Duke University

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Hua Shu, Beijing Normal University

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Paul Thagard, University of Waterloo, Canada

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Alfonso Caramazza, Harvard University

Jean-Pierre DĂ©scles, University of Paris – Sorbonne

Kazuhiko Kakehi, Chukyo University

Jaegwon Kim, Brown University

Geraldine Legendre, Johns Hopkins University

Jay McClelland, Carnegie Mellon University

Paul Smolensky, Johns Hopkins University

Yoo-Hun Suh, Seoul National University

Leonard Talmy, SUNY, Buffalo

Myeong-Han Zoh, Seoul National University

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

All submissions must be in English, written clearly and in sufficient detail so that referees can assess the merits of the work. Papers should be no longer than 10,000 words and should conform to the one of these styles; General Science style or Modified APA style.

1.General Science Style

References

Jackendoff, R. S. 1976, 'Toward an Explanatory Semantic Representation', Linguistic Inquiry 7, 89-150.

Sadock, J. M. 1978, 'On Testing for Conversational Implicature', in P. Cole (ed.), Syntax and Semantics 9: Pragmatics.

2.Modified APA Style

Even if we adopt some form of APA, we need to modify it in such a way that session titles in the paper text are numbered (e.g., 1. Introduction 2. Experiment 1 3. Experiment 2 4. General Discussion). People in other areas than psychology adopt numbering system. Its REFERENCES examples are as follows:

References

Leakey, R., & Lewin, R. (1992). Origins reconsidered: In search of what makes us human. New York: Doubleday.

O’Sullivan, C., & Yeager, C. P. (1989). Communicative context and linguistic competence: The effect of social setting on a chimpanzee’s conversational skill. In R. A. Gardner, B. T. Gardner, & T. E. Van Cantfort (Eds.), Teaching sign language to chimpanzees (pp. 269-279). Albany: SUNY Press.

Authors should send an electronic copy (e.g., MS Word and a .pdf file) (if necessary a hardcopy) to JCS. - Hard copies should be sent to the following address:

(Prof) Chungmin Lee (clee@snu.ac.kr)

Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Cognitive Science

Department of Linguistics (and Cognitive Science Program)

Seoul National University

Seoul, 151-742

Republic of Korea

- All electronic submissions should be sent to j-cs@j-cs.org or clee@snu.ac.kr.

Each submission will be brought to two or three international reviewers. The contents of reviews will be forwarded to the authors, who will then have an opportunity to make revisions if warranted. Smolensky, Caramazza, Gentner and DĂ©scles published their articles in JCS.

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Postdoc position at University of Chicago

The University of Chicago, with support from the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), seeks a postdoctoral researcher to design and implement projects at the intersection of mathematics and education. The postdoctoral researcher will work directly with Sian Beilock and Susan Levine in the Department of Psychology on research aimed at understanding how early elementary school students’ anxiety and attitudes toward math, as well as their teachers’ math anxieties and classroom practices, shape student math achievement.

The postdoctoral researcher will be expected to participate in all aspects of research design, development, and implementation. Responsibilities also include training and supervising of research assistants, data collection and analysis, and grant and manuscript preparation. The postdoctoral researcher will work closely with elementary school administrators and teachers for the purpose of recruiting schools to participate in the research and will also be involved in testing students one-on-one in both the lab and classroom and evaluating teacher practices in the classroom.

A doctoral degree is required in psychology, cognitive science or education with research interests in cognitive psychology, social psychology, or cognitive development. Experience working in both laboratory and school settings and strong project management skills are preferred.

Salary is in accordance with NIH standards. Anticipated start date is July, 2011. Interested candidates should send a CV and a cover letter detailing their background and research interests to:

Sian Beilock, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
University of Chicago
beilock@uchicago.edu

Post-doc at JHU

Outstanding candidates are invited to apply for a postdoctoral fellowship in the Language and Cognition Lab of the Department of Cognitive Science at the Johns Hopkins University. The fellow will work on one or more projects concerning the representation of space and spatial language in normally developing children and adults, as well as individuals with neurological impairment, including people with Williams syndrome. Fellows will be expected to select one or more project in the lab as his/her focus, but will also be expected to provide general support for the lab's many projects. We seek candidates who have broad interdisciplinary training in cognitive science, with a focus on space and/or language, and a strong interest in development, learning and plasticity. Candidates will have access to state-of-the-art computer and eye-tracking equipment, highly accessible subject pool, and imaging facilities, should those be needed. The Department of Cognitive Science provides an intensely energetic and interdisciplinary environment with strong ties to other departments working on issues of mind and brain at Johns Hopkins. Funding is guaranteed for one year, and renewable contingent on review for up to 3 years. Applications will be reviewed immediately and the position will remain open until filled, with a start date of July 1, 2011 or later.

Please send vita, research statement, and three letters of recommendation to:

Dr. Barbara Landau (landau@cogsci.jhu.edu)

Johns Hopkins University

Department of Cognitive Science

3400 North Charles Street

Room #241 Krieger Hall

Baltimore, MD 21218

The Johns Hopkins University is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action employer, Minorities, women, Vietnam-era veterans, disabled veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

If you have any questions or need further information, please let me know. Thank you!

Barbara Fisher

Academic Program Coordinator

JHU/Department of Cognitive Science

3400 North Charles Street

Room #237A Krieger Hall

Baltimore, MD 21218

Telephone: 410-516-5250 Fax: 410-516-8020

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