POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP IN "COGNITIVE AGING IN A SOCIAL CONTEXT" AT BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY
The Psychology Department at Brandeis expects to have one postdoctoral training opportunity in cognitive aging in a social context, beginning September 2007. The position is for one or two years, pending funding. We currently have 7 core faculty from the social-developmental and cognitive neuroscience programs, who are funded and work collaboratively on issues related to adult development and aging. We especially encourage applicants interested in the interface between social/personality and cognitive aspects of adulthood and aging. Although postdoctoral trainees would work primarily with one or two faculty members, opportunities exist for interaction with other members of faculty conducting aging research at Brandeis.
The primary faculty are:
Arthur Wingfield- Director (Ph.D., Oxford University): effects of age-related changes in hearing and cognitive function in older adulthood, and their impact on language comprehension and memory;
Margie Lachman- Co-director (Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University): personality and the self in midlife and later life in relation to cognitive functioning and physical health;
Angela Gutchess (Ph.D., University of Michigan): influence of age and culture on memory and social cognition;
Derek Isaacowitz (Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania): emotion in adulthood and old age and the interplay of cognitive processes, particularly attention, and emotion throughout the adult life-span;
Robert Sekuler (Ph.D., Brown University): vision, visual attention, and visual memory in adulthood and old age;
Patricia Tun (Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology): cognitive changes in midlife and late adulthood; effects of age and hearing ability on comprehension and memory for spoken language;
Leslie Zebrowitz (Ph.D., Yale University): age stereotypes, including the influence of nonverbal physical qualities (facial appearance, voice, gait) and the social and psychological consequences.
Applications should include a letter describing research interests and career goals, curriculum vitae, reprints, and three letters of recommendation. For more information contact Arthur Wingfield (Wingfield@brandeis.edu) or Margie Lachman (Lachman@brandeis.edu). Please submit materials by email to one of the above or send a hard copy to Aging Postdoctoral Search, Department of Psychology, Brandeis University, MS 062, Waltham, MA 02454-9110. Review of materials will begin February 15, 2007 and applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Brandeis encourages applications from minorities and women.
-- Derek M. Isaacowitz, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Psychology Brandeis University MS 062 Waltham, MA 02454-9110 Phone: (781) 736-3308 Fax: (781) 736-3291 http://people.brandeis.edu/~dmi/
