Friday, January 11, 2013

JOBS: Postdoctoral Fellowship in Aging

POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP IN AGING.  The University of Richmond has an opening for a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in cognitive aging or social-cognitive aging starting August 1, 2013. The fellowship is designed to enhance candidate's scholarship and provide teaching experience for a career in academia. Qualifications include: the Ph.D. in psychology or related area by July 2013; research background in aging (cognitive/social-cognitive preferred); substantive knowledge and expertise in quantitative methods; strong analytic writing skills; lab management experience. The successful candidate will work collaboratively and independently on research with Dr. Jane Berry and will teach an undergraduate course in research design and statistics or in candidate's area of interest. Substantive area in cognitive/social-cognitive aging open, but prefer training in memory, metacognition, self-efficacy, self-evaluation, and/or self-regulation. Applicants will be asked to submit a CV, a research statement, and the names of three references who will receive an automated e-mail asking them to submit their reference letters to this website.  Go to go to  www.urjobs.org, click the blue "Faculty
(Instructional/Research)" button and click on the position listing to view the ad and follow the instructions therein. Review of applications will continue until the position is filled. Send inquiries to jberry@richmond.edu

The University of Richmond is a highly selective private university with approximately 3,000 undergraduates located on a beautiful campus six miles west of downtown Richmond.  It is close to the Atlantic Ocean, the Blue Ridge mountains, and Washington, D.C. The University of Richmond is committed to developing a diverse workforce and student body and to being an inclusive community. We strongly encourage applications from candidates who will contribute to these goals. For more information about our program, please visit http://psychology.richmond.edu.  

 

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Jane M. Berry
MacEldin Dunn Trawick Professorship in Psychology
Department of Psychology
University of Richmond
Richmond VA 23173

jberry@richmond.edu
804.289.8130