POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP AVAILABLE AT BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY
The Psychology Department at Brandeis has a postdoctoral opportunity
in our training program, "Cognitive Aging in a Social Context,"
beginning anytime between October 2007 and January 2008. The position
is for one or two years.
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
core faculty members, opportunities exist for interaction with other
members of the faculty conducting aging research at Brandeis and in
the Greater Boston area.
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; the role of strategy use,
anxiety, and stress as mediators;
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 immediately and applications will be accepted until the
position is filled. Brandeis encourages applications from minorities and women.
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Margie E. Lachman, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
Department of Psychology
MS 062 Brandeis University
P.O. Box 549110
415 South Street
Waltham, MA 02454-9110
Phone: 781-736-3300 or 781-736-3255
Fax: 781-736-3291
Email: Lachman@Brandeis.edu
Website: http://www.brandeis.edu/projects/lifespan
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