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Faculty in the Department of Psychology and the Department of Communicative Disorders at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are soliciting applications for a postdoctoral position in their NIH-funded Language Training Program: Acquisition and Adult Performance. The Program emphasizes the continuum of language acquisition to the adult state, including both language comprehension and production and both typical and atypical performance. The participating Psychology faculty are Martha Alibali, Morton Ann Gernsbacher, Maryellen MacDonald, Tim Rogers, Jenny Saffran, and Mark Seidenberg; participating faculty in Communicative Disorders are Jan Edwards and Susan Ellis Weismer. More information about language research and training faculty can be found at http://psych.wisc.edu/gradstudies/NewLanguage.html (for the six Psychology faculty) and at http://www.comdis.wisc.edu/research.htm (for Drs. Edwards and Ellis Weismer).

The successful candidate will benefit from our cohesive group of faculty whose interests span language processes from speech perception to discourse, typical and atypical performance, and from infancy through adulthood. Applicants should have developed research interests in one or more areas of language acquisition, adult comprehension, or adult production.   They should be open to expanding their understanding of the relationship between acquisition and adult performance, though there is no requirement to conduct research in multiple age groups.

The position is for one year, with renewal for a second year pending satisfactory performance.  Salary and benefits are set by NIH guidelines.   Provisions of the training program limit funding to US citizens and permanent residents (green card holders).  The candidate must have completed the Ph.D. before beginning the position.  Ideally the position will begin in the Fall of 2012, but starting dates up to April 30, 2013 are permitted.

Applicants should send a CV, several reprints or preprints, and a statement of research interests.  This statement should indicate a Language Training Program faculty member who would serve as a primary mentor, and optionally indicate additional training faculty to serve as a secondary mentor(s).  The statement should also describe the candidate's goals for research and training during a postdoctoral position, including potential directions in which the candidate would like continue ongoing research and/or to expand his/her expertise into additional areas of language research, consistent with the goals of the training program. Applicants should also provide names of three recommenders and arrange for letters of recommendation to be sent separately. Applicant quality and fit with program faculty research are the primary criteria.  Application materials and inquiries about the training program should be sent to languagepostdocs@mailplus.wisc.edu.  Inquiries about faculty research can be directed to individual faculty.  For fullest consideration, all materials should be received by April 30, 2012, however we will consider applications until the position is filled. UW-Madison is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.  Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.    

 

Department of Cognitive, Perceptual and Brain Sciences, Division of Psychology and Language Sciences

Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Multimodal Communication

This post is full time (1.0 FTE) and is funded by HEFCE on an open-ended basis. The salary for this post will be according to the non-clinical academic payscale (including London weighting of £2806) as follows: Lecturer Grade 7: £35,557 - £38,594 per annum or Grade 8: £39,668 - £46,822 per annum, Senior Lecturer Grade 9: £50,902 - £55,362 per annum

For further details about the vacancies and how to apply on line please go to http://www.ucl.ac.uk/hr/jobs/ and search on Reference Number 1222394.

UCL particularly welcomes female applicants and those from an ethnic minority, as they are currently under-represented within UCL at these levels

Closing date: 30 January, 2012 at 5pm

Interviews will be held in February 2012

Informal enquiries can be made to Prof Gabriella Vigliocco
(g.vigliocco@ucl.ac.uk <mailto:g.vigliocco@ucl.ac.uk>)

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The Department of Experimental Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Ghent University, is offering two post-doctoral positions, with an earliest possible start date of 1 February 2012. Appointments are for a fixed term of three years (potentially renewable).

See:

http://www.ugent.be/nl/nieuwsagenda/vacatures/aap/ for the Dutch-language version of the announcements.

Post 1 (Reference: PP02 2012/02/01): motor cognition

We expect successful candidates to conduct research in the domain of action representation (motor cognition) and praxis, including disorders and treatment following brain damage. We expect the candidates to make a contribution to teaching, but the research component of the post is minimally 70%. Proficiency in the Dutch language is not essential.

Please contact Guy Vingerhoets (guy.vingerhoets@ugent.be +32 9 331 3351) for informal enquiries.

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- You hold the title of Doctor.  You need to have defended before you can start the post;

- You have conducted behavioral and/or neuroscientific research on cognitive processes;

-Experience with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), and/or event-related potentials (ERP) is considered an asset;

- You have published in widely distributed, international peer-reviewed journals that are relevant to the field;

- You have presented your work at international conferences that are relevant to the field;

- You are able and willing to participate in the department's teaching program

Post 2 (Reference: PP02 2012/02/2): cognitive experimental psychology / cognitive neuroscience

We expect successful candidates to conduct research in the domain of cognitive experimental psychology and/or cognitive neuroscience, ideally within one or more of the department's current interests (e.g., Psycholinguistics, Cognitive Control, Executive Functions, Working Memory, Numerical Cognition, Computational Modeling;

see http://expsy.ugent.be/research/). We expect the candidates to make a contribution to teaching, but the research component of the post is minimally 70%. Proficiency in the Dutch language is not essential. This post can be filled in on part-

time basis.

Please contact Robert Hartsuiker (robert.hartsuiker@ugent.be +32 9 264 6436) for informal enquiries.

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- You hold the title of Doctor. You need to have defended before you can start the post;

- You have conducted behavioral and/or neuroscientific research on cognitive processes;

-Experience with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and/or event-related potentials (ERP) is considered an asset;

- You have published in widely distributed, international peer-reviewed journals that are relevant to the field;

- You have presented your work at international conferences that are relevant to the field;

- You are able and willing to participate in the department's teaching program

Deadline: Applications need to be in by 14 December 2011. Please quote the relevant reference number and indicate in your cover letter for which of the posts you are applying; send in separate applications if you wish to apply for both posts.

Please send your application, including your CV and a copy of your PhD diploma (or proof of your defense date) by registered post ("aangetekende brief") to:

Directie Personeel en Organisatie

Universiteit Gent

Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 25

9000 Gent

Belgium

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Robert J. Hartsuiker
Professor of Psychology
Department of Experimental Psychology
Ghent University
Henri Dunantlaan 2
9000 Ghent, Belgium

Phone: +32 (0)9 264 6436
Fax: +32 (0)9 264 6436
robert.hartsuiker@ugent.be

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Postdoctoral Research Associate Position at the University of Oxford, UK

We are looking for a motivated postdoc to work on a project entitled "Infant vocabulary measures as predictors of reading skills in later childhood" funded by The Nuffield Foundation. The position is for 30 months and is to start as soon as possible after April 1, 2012. Further details are attached and details of how to apply are at: https://www.recruit.ox.ac.uk/pls/hrisliverecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.display_form

This posting added on Nov. 29, 2011

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ASSISTANT PROFESSOR POSITION IN SYNTAX
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY

Pending budgetary approval, the Department of Linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley has been authorized to make an appointment in syntax at the rank of assistant professor (tenure-track). Salary will be commensurate with experience; the Ph.D. is required by July 1, 2012, the starting date of the appointment. Duties will include undergraduate and graduate advising and teaching (four courses per year, in syntax and other areas of linguistics), supervision of student research, and development of a successful and original research program.

Applicants should have a broad intellectual engagement with the field of linguistics, a theoretically informed research specialization in syntax, and demonstrated excellence in teaching. The ideal candidate's interests and experience will intersect with existing research at Berkeley, and will include either a strong language area specialization or expertise in an allied field such as formal semantics, typology or corpus linguistics.

The Department welcomes applications from those whose research, teaching, or service has prepared them to contribute to its commitment to diversity and inclusion in higher education.

Applications should include curricula vitae, representative work, and evidence of excellence in teaching. Applicants should arrange for three letters of recommendation to be sent. Please refer your referees to the University’s statement on confidentiality, found at http://apo.chance.berkeley.edu/evalltr.html

Please upload applications and supporting materials at the following address:

http://ls-ourunit.berkeley.edu:80/sReg.php?i=586

Applications must be received by November 15, 2011. The search committee will interview candidates at the LSA annual meeting in Portland, OR, January 5-8, 2012. Questions can be sent by email to syntax@berkeley.edu.

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