Cognitive Neuroscience Faculty Research Assistant - The University of Maryland Center for Advanced Study of Language (CASL)

The University of Maryland Center for Advanced Study of Language (CASL) is seeking a faculty research assistant (FRA) to join its Cognitive Neuroscience Team. The FRA will assist with all aspects of behavioral and neuroimaging studies examining language cognition and analysis. The FRA will be involved with several multi-modal Cognitive Neuroscience studies, and should be prepared to assist with data collection and data analysis using Electroencephalography (EEG), functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI), functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS), and Magneto-encephalography (MEG). Duties include preparation of IRB protocols, experimental stimulus materials, study design, and testing procedures such as data collection, analysis, and documentation of results. The FRA will also provide research administrative support, including preparing progress reports, quarterly reviews and scheduling meetings.

Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree required (Master’s preferred) with a concentration in Cognitive Neuroscience or a related field, such as Psychology, Cognitive Science, Second Language Acquisition, or Neuroscience. Previous research experience, especially with one or more neuroimaging techniques, and Matlab programming is a plus. Candidates must be willing to be trained to perform all requisite duties of the position. Cognitive Neuroscience at CASL is team-oriented and highly collaborative; candidates must demonstrate an ability to work in such a setting. The successful candidate will ideally utilize the FRA position at CASL to develop a career path that centrally involves the use of insights and methods from Cognitive Neuroscience, Cognitive Psychology, and Psycholinguistics.
Candidates must hold U.S. citizenship and be willing to obtain the appropriate security clearance.

CASL, established in 2003, is the nation’s 10th university-affiliated research center. Its mission is to conduct state-of-the-science research that results in improved performance on language tasks relevant to the work of government language professionals. Our research focuses on improving knowledge of less commonly taught languages; enhancing the acquisition and maintenance of foreign language capability by government professionals; advancing the capacity to use foreign language skills in a government professions; and improving the quality of human language technology.
Application: For earliest consideration, apply online by going to https://jobs.umd.edu and clicking on “Faculty.” You will need to create an account and submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae/resume, and up to three (3) references and writing samples. The position will remain open until a suitable candidate is selected. The University of Maryland is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. Questions about this position should be sent by e-mail to jobquestions@casl.umd.edu.

Postdoctoral position at Department of Psychology at York University, Toronto, Canada

The research in this lab examines the effect of bilingualism and musical training on cognitive and linguistic abilities across the lifespan. Research methods include behavioral and neuroimaging techniques. The lab has a 64-channel BioSemi ERP system on site. We are a large and active lab with many opportunities for collaboration. The research is funded by grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).

Candidates must have:
• Ph.D in psychology or a related field
• Demonstrated research ability
• Knowledge of imaging techniques (especially ERP) an asset
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work independently and with others

Responsibilities include:
• Creation and design of experiments within this research program
• Supervision of research assistants and research students
• Participation in and contribution to ongoing experiments in the lab
• Opportunities available for teaching

Deadline for applications is January 15th 2011. Interested applicants should forward a CV, statement of interest, and two letters of reference to:
Dr. Ellen Bialystok
Distinguished Research Professor
Department of Psychology
York University
4700 Keele Street
Toronto, Ontario
Canada M3J 1P3
(416) 736-2100 Ext 66109
ellenb@yorku.ca

Cognitive Development Lab
Department of Psychology
York University
http://www.yorku.ca/coglab

Call for Papers and Posters: X Symposium of PSYCHOLINGUISTICS

Call for Papers and Posters

X Symposium of PSYCHOLINGUISTICS

Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language.
Donostia-San Sebastián
Spain

April 13th – 16th 2011
http://www.bcbl.eu/events/psycholinguistics/


Keynote Speakers:
Riitta Salmelin. Low temperature laboratory. Helsinki, Finland.
David Poeppel. New York University. New York, USA.
Jamie I. D. Campbell. University of Saskatchewan. Saskatoon. Canada.
Sharon Thompson-Schill. University of Pennsylvania, USA.


Submissions:

We welcome submissions of abstracts for oral or poster presentations on topics related to Psycholinguistics.

We accept contributions from all over the world. Priority for oral presentations will be given to those contributions describing research done in Romance languages (Spanish, Catalan, Galician, Portuguese, French, Italian, etc.) as first or as second languages, and also for research done with the Basque language.

There is a clear and enduring bias to build models of language processing based on data collected in English alone. The Symposium will aim to contribute to the growing amount of psycholinguistic data collected in other languages, with the larger goal of moving towards a comprehensive theory of language processing that is built on data from as many languages as possible.


Abstracts can now be submitted electronically, and must be submitted by the deadline of December 15th, 2010. They will be reviewed anonymously by expert reviewers, and authors will be notified with decisions by January 15th, 2011.


***IMPORTANT DATES***
Abstract submission deadline: December 15th, 2010
Notification of abstract acceptance: January 15th, 2011
Early registration deadline: February 1st, 2011
Online registration deadline: March 15th, 2011
Conference dates: April 13th - 16th, 2011

I look forward to seeing your scientific contributions at the “X symposium of Psycholinguistics.”

The organizing committee

Lectureship positions in Psychology at Bangor Univerity

BANGOR UNIVERSITY

SCHOOL OF PSYCHOLOGY
APPOINTMENTS IN PSYCHOLOGY

Senior Lectureship Grade: £45,155-£52,347 p.a.
Lectureships Grade: £29,853-£43,840 p.a.

We are seeking to make up to four Lecturer or Senior Lecturer appointments in our School of Psychology, one of the UK’s leading Psychology Departments. The School has an outstanding record of success and was ranked 7th in the UK in research power in the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise, and 6th for teaching satisfaction in the 2010 National Student Survey.

We particularly seek candidates with interests in cognitive neuroscience (including computational neuroscience), social neuroscience, language, clinical or health psychology, ageing, behaviour change, or developmental psychology. We especially welcome applications from early career researchers. We plan to make several appointments of candidates with experience in using MRI, though we also seek quality applicants with experience in other techniques.

Our purpose-designed psychology building houses the Wolfson Centre for Clinical and Cognitive Neuroscience, which has excellent facilities for fMRI, ERP and MRI guided TMS. The School has well-developed systems for accessing special populations, and has excellent links with the National Health Services through the local University Health Board (which is responsible for delivering NHS services throughout North Wales).

The University is located in an area of outstanding natural beauty, situated on the North Wales coast between the mountains of Snowdonia and the sea, making it one of the most attractive university cities in the UK. The University is also launching a £35 million Arts and Innovation Centre (Pontio) that has already generated numerous synchronies with Psychology.

Application forms and further particulars should be obtained by contacting Human Resources, Bangor University, College Road, Bangor LL57 2AS
tel: +44 (0)1248 382926/388132; e-mail: personnel@bangor.ac.uk;
web: http://www.bangor.ac.uk/corporate/vacancies/home.php

Please quote the appropriate reference number when applying. Closing date for applications: Thursday 6th January 2011. Interviews will be held in mid to late February 2011

For information about these positions please e-mail: psyrecruit@bangor.ac.uk and see the Psychology web site: www.bangor.ac.uk/psychology

Committed To Equal Opportunities

Dr. François Grosjean, Ph.D., Emeritus Professor of psycholinguistics at the University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, has started a new blog on bilingualism in Psychology Today:

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/life-bilingual

Please visit and distribute widely.

Postdoctoral Position at NYU Abu Dhabi Neuroscience of Language Laboratory

A 4-year, potentially renewable post-doctoral position in the cognitive neuroscience of language is available for the NYU Abu Dhabi Neuroscience of Language Laboratory starting in summer 2011. The researcher will be working in the NYU Neuroscience of Language Lab under the direction of Dr. Alec Marantz, Dr. Liina Pylkkanen, and Dr. David Poeppel. The researcher will have had experience with evoked response experiments using either MEG or EEG, but preferably both. The main responsibility of the researcher will be to explore the appropriate ways to utilize participant populations of varied linguistic and educational backgrounds to address questions about linguistic universals and language specific effects. Working with Arabic and East Asian speakers requires nuanced understanding of the linguistic situation on the ground as well as a search for necessary corpus resources and area experts on the languages and language-particular psycholinguistics. A researcher with cross-linguistic experimental experience would be ideal for the job, and someone from either the Gulf area or India would be especially suited for this project.

To apply, please send a copy of your CV and a brief statement of research interests and goals to linguistics.neurolab@nyu.edu.

For more information about the NYU Neuroscience of Lanugage Lab, please see
http://www.psych.nyu.edu/meglab/nellab/

RESEARCH FACULTY POSITIONS at the BCBL- Basque Center on Cognition Brain and Language

The Basque Center on Cognition Brain and Language (San Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain) offers SENIOR research staff positions in several areas: language acquisition, production, multilingualism, neurodegeneration of language, language and learning disorders, neurocognition of language and advanced methods for cognitive neuroscience.
The Center promotes a rich research environment without teaching obligations. It provides access to the most advanced behavioral and neuroimaging techniques, including 3 Tesla MRI, a whole-head MEG system, four ERP labs, a TMS lab, an eyetracking lab, and several well-equipped behavioral labs. There are excellent technical support staff and research personnel (PhD and postdoctoral students). The senior positions are permanent appointments.

We are looking for cognitive neuroscientists or experimental psychologists with a background in psycholinguistics and/or neighboring cognitive neuroscience areas, and physicists and/or engineers with fMRI expertise. Individuals interested in undertaking research in the fields described in www.bcbl.eu (research) should apply through the Ikerbasque web page (www.ikerbasque.net).

Deadline September 30th

Candidates should have a strong publication track record.
For more information, please contact the Director of BCBL, Manuel Carreiras:
m.carreiras@bcbl.eu

Language and Literacy Positions at Georgia State University

Georgia State University (www.gsu.edu) invites applications for up to two anticipated tenure-track Open Rank (Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor) faculty positions to contribute to its funded initiative: Research on the Challenges of Acquiring Language and Literacy. These anticipated positions are part of a major new initiative to enhance existing strengths in language and literacy at Georgia State. The focus of this initiative is research with children and adults, with or without disabilities, who face challenges in acquiring language and literacy. In this university-funded initiative, more than 40 faculty members from 10 departments in the Colleges of Arts & Sciences and Education come together to engage in interdisciplinary research.

We encourage applicants whose program of research addresses basic or applied,
conceptual or methodological issues concerning challenges in the acquisition of language and literacy with particular interest in quantitative methodology applied to intervention research or language disorders and/or reading disabilities.
Applicants must have a Ph.D. degree in one of the disciplines, including, but not limited to, communication disorders, psychology, educational psychology, or special education.

Appointment will be made to a department in accordance to the individual’s degree and
area of expertise. Successful applicants will be individuals who are prepared to take
advantage of the interdisciplinary collaborative research opportunities available within the Language & Literacy Program, have a strong record of programmatic research, obtain external grant support, and have a commitment to and experience in the instruction of undergraduate and graduate students. We are particularly interested in applicants whose research programs compliment other faculty within this initiative (www.researchlanglit.gsu.edu).

Inquiries may be made to Dr. Rose Sevcik (rsevcik@gsu.edu) or Dr. Paul Alberto
(palberto@gsu.edu). Submit curriculum vitae, a brief statement of professional goals and research interests, evidence related to teaching interests and effectiveness, and the names and three letters of reference either electronically to Keneé Stephens at kstephens@gsu.edu, with the subject line “Language & Literacy Faculty Search”, or by mail to Attn. Ms. Keneé Stephens, Georgia State University, Language & Literacy
Initiative, P.O. Box 5010, Atlanta, GA 30302-5010, USA. The review of applications
will begin September 1, 2010 and will continue until positions are filled contingent on available funding.

An offer of employment will be conditional on background verification. Georgia State
University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Institution. Women and minorities are especially encouraged to apply.

Postdoctoral and graduate RA positions University of Oxford

We are advertising two jobs (one graduate research assistant and one
postdoctoral researcher) in the Speech and Brain Research Group
((http://www.fmrib.ox.ac.uk/speech-and-brain) at the University of
Oxford - Department of Experimental Psychology and FMRIB Centre.
The research will investigate interactions between auditory and motor
areas in the brain during speech perception and production. The
project will employ a variety of techniques either separately or in
combination; these include behavioural measures, TMS, MEG and
functional MRI.

Both positions are funded from 1 January 2011 for two years in the
first instance with the possibility of renewal.

Initial scientific enquiries about the post or the project may be
directed to Dr Kate Watkins (email: kate.watkins@psy.ox.ac.uk) or Dr
Riikka Mottonen (email: riikka.mottonen@psy.ox.ac.uk).

Further particulars, including instructions on applying for these
posts and a copy of the application form, are available from the
Administration Offices (email: applications@psy.ox.ac.uk) or can be
accessed on the departmental website at http://www.psy.ox.ac.uk/.
The closing date for applications is 12 noon on 8 October 2010.
Please quote reference number CQ/10/013 (postdoc) CQ/10/014
(graduate) on all correspondence. Interviews are scheduled for the
end of October 2010.

Research staff positions at the MPI for Psycholinguistics: Department Neurobiology of Language

The Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics (Nijmegen, the Netherlands) is offering three research staff positions in the field of Neurobiology of Language.

Research at our institute is done in a very inspiring research environment, without teaching obligations; furthermore, considerable technical support is available, as well as access to state of the art research and neuroimaging facilities (see www.donders.ru.nl), including MRI at 1.5, 3 and 7 Tesla, a whole-head MEG system, three ERP labs, a TMS lab, a Virtual Reality Lab, and multiple behavioural labs. The positions will become available between now and next summer. Dependent on the level of experience of the candidate, the term of appointment is 3 or 5 years.

We are looking for experimental scientists with a background in psycholinguistics, experimental psychology and/or neuroscience, who are interested in undertaking research in our department. A solid experimental background and experience with state of the art imaging methods is recommended. Candidates should have a strong publication track record. A track record in supervising PhD students would be welcomed. The focus of your research should fit into the overall research portfolio of the department, as described on our website (www.mpi.nl) under the projects Unification and Language in Action.

Applications should include:
(i) a CV;
(ii) a list of publications;
(iii) the names of two referees who would be willing to write letters of recommendation;
(iv) examples of published work;
(v) a cover letter describing research interests;

For information about the position, please contact Peter Hagoort (peha@mpi.nl).

Send applications to:
Ina Grevel (Secretary to Prof. dr. Peter Hagoort)
Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics
Postbus 310
6500 AH Nijmegen
The Netherlands

fax: 31-24-3521213
e-mail: ina.grevel@mpi.nl
www: http://www.mpi.nl/research-groups/neurobiology-of-language-group

Deadline for receipt of applications: October 15, 2010.