JOBS: Post Doctoral Fellowships in Senior Health

Post Doctoral Positions in Senior Health

Scott & White and Texas A&M Health Science Center seek applications for 2011/2012 class of postdoctoral fellows.  Fellows will work with collaborators from Scott & White Healthcare, Texas A&M School of Rural Public Health, and Central Texas Aging & Disability Resource Center to establish the multi-institutional, multi-disciplinary Community Research Center for Senior Health.  The mission of the NIH-funded Community Research Center for Senior Health is to engage individuals and their communities in programs that improve Senior health and wellbeing.

Responsibilities:
Fellows will be expected to contribute in scientific study of factors that influence senior health using multi-layered, system-wide interventions and multidimensional outcome measures.  Fellows will be expected to develop specific areas of specialized research and translation activities in the areas of health aging, caregiving, chronic disease management, and community-based interventions.  Supervision will be provided by the Center's leadership team of Alan B. Stevens, PhD and Marcia Ory, PhD, MPH.

Requirements:
Successful applicants will have completed a PhD or similar graduate degree in behavioral or social sciences, public health, nursing, social work, or a related field by Fall 2011. Applicants should have experience in 1) Project development and primary data collection, 2) Research training and experience with older adults, and 3) Work with community and healthcare organizations

How to apply:
Please send following items to Dr. Alan Stevens at astevens@swmail.sw.org:
1) Current CV, 2) Writing sample, 3) List of up to 3 references,  4) 3 to 5 page personal statement, including personal background, research interests, special skills, and areas of desired development

For additional information contact:

Alan B. Stevens, PhD   
Professor, Dept of Internal Medicine
Director, Center for Applied Health Research
Scott & White Healthcare
2401 South 31st Street
Temple, TX 76508
(254) 724-5085
AStevens@swmail.sw.org

 

Marcia Ory, PhD, MPH
Professor, Social and Behavioral Health,
Director, Program on Healthy Aging,
School of Rural Public Health
1266 TAMU
College Station, TX
(979) 458-1373
MOry@srph.tamhsc.edu

CONFERENCES: APA submission deadline December 1

 

Lynn Snow and I, as co-chairs of the Division 20 program committee for APA 2011, encourage you to submit papers and posters for the upcoming convention next August 4-7 in Washington, DC. Please go to the APA website for specific submission instructions. Our theme for division 20 for this convention is "Bridging science with practice in enhancing the well-being of older adults."

 

The deadline is midnight est, tomorrow, December 1st.

 

 

Paula E. Hartman-Stein, Ph.D.

Clinical Psychologist

Center for Healthy Aging

265 W. Main Street, Suite 102

Kent, Ohio 44240

Phone: 330-678-9210

 

NEW email: paula@centerforhealthyaging.com

www.centerforhealthyaging.com

JOBS: Postdoctoral Fellowships in Aging at Washington Univeristy in St. Louis

 

POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS IN AGING, Washington University in St. Louis, Psychology Department.  One position is open immediately, and the second position is available after May 1, 2011.  Fellowships, sponsored by the National Institute on Aging, are for 1 to 3 years and are designed to train psychologists for academic and research careers in the psychology of aging.  Fellows carry out their own research under the supervision of a faculty preceptor.  Current faculty interests related to aging include cognition, memory, attention, visual perception, hearing, social cognition, clinical psychology, neuropsychology, neuroimaging, and Alzheimer’s disease.  Prior training in aging is not required.  Fellows must be citizens, noncitizen nationals, or permanent residents of the United States.  Send curriculum vitae and three letters of reference to David A. Balota, Ph.D., Department of Psychology (Box 1125), Washington University, One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO  63130 or to dbalota@artsci.wustl.edu, via e-mail.  FAX:  314-935-7588.  Email:  .  Initial review will begin immediately.  Washington University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.  Employment eligibility verification required on hire.

STUDENTS: National Science Foundation doctoral funding at Oregon State University

NSF-funded doctoral training in aging:  Oregon State University has been awarded a five-year IGERT (Interdisciplinary Graduate Education and Research Training) grant for interdisciplinary training in aging sciences.  The program is designed to address key themes of: 1) understanding mechanisms of aging from molecular to societal levels; and 2) engineering social and built environments to optimize aging. Students will participate in research training in two out of four research cores established in the Oregon State University Center for Healthy Aging Research: 1) Diet and Genetic Factors; 2) Musculoskeletal Factors; 3) Psychosocial Factors; and 4) Gerontechnology and will earn an interdisciplinary minor in Aging Sciences in addition to a Ph.D. in a disciplinary department.  Faculty leading this program are Karen Hooker, Carolyn Aldwin, Tory Hagen, Ron Metoyer and Michael Pavol, along with 40 faculty members who are associated with the Center for Healthy Aging Research.

 

NSF stipends of $30,000 per year are available along with tuition support, health insurance, and funds for research and travel.  Students from underrepresented groups are strongly encouraged to apply.  Students must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents.  For more information go to:  http://www.hhs.oregonstate.edu/igert/

or email Program Coordinator, Anne Hatley at Anne.Hatley@oregonstate.edu

 

 

Karen Hooker, Ph.D.

Director, Center for Healthy Aging Research

Professor, Human Development and Family Sciences

321 Milam Hall

Oregon State University

Corvallis, OR 97331

541.737.4336/1076 (fax)

hookerk@oregonstate.edu

http://www.hhs.oregonstate.edu/healthyaging

 

 

 

INFO: Apportionment ballots

The Council Representative apportionment ballots were mailed out on Nov. 1. If you haven't received yours, please notify Garnett Coad (gcoad@apa.org) to request a replacement. 

When you vote please remember the slogan "10 for 20 in 2010!" We need as many of your votes (all 10 if possible) to ensure that we continue to keep seats for our two Council Reps. 
Also there is a by-law amendment vote included with the ballots. If you have any questions about this, please contact me.

Thanks for your support!

Best,

Susan

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Susan Krauss Whitbourne, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology and Director, Office of National Scholarship Advisement
611 Tobin Hall
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst MA 01003
413-545-4306 (O)
413-545-0996 (F)
http://www.psych.umass.edu/people/susanwhitbourne
http://www.searchforfulfillment.com/
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/fulfillment-any-age

CONFERENCES: Fredda Blanchard-Fields Memorial Conference, March 2011

The School of Psychology of the Georgia Institute of Technology is pleased to announce that a conference in memory of Fredda Blanchard-Fields will take place at Georgia Tech on March 11-12, 2011. The conference will feature invited talks by speakers in Fredda's domains of research expertise, including adult development of social cognition, emotion regulation, and everyday problem solving. Talks by experts in the field, including Fredda's current and former graduate students and postdocs, will frame her research accomplishments in the broader context of the field, its current status, and future directions. A preliminary conference program is available at http://www.psychology.gatech.edu/fredda/conference.php.

Registration for the conference is free of charge, but will be limited to a specific maximum, so individuals intending to attend should register in the near future. Please go to http://www.psychology.gatech.edu/fredda/index.php to register for the conference. The hotel registration must be made directly through the Georgia Tech Conference Center and Hotel, http://www.gatechhotel.com/. Inquiries about the conference may be sent by email to christopher.hertzog@psych.gatech.edu. Please do not respond by replying to this email.

Christopher Hertzog
Professor of Psychology
Georgia Institute of Technology

INFO: PsycCRITIQUES Blog

I am writing on behalf of Danny Wedding, PhD, Editor, PsycCRITIQUES: Contemporary Psychology-APA Review of Books. APA has developed a PsycCRITIQUES blog that makes it possible for interested psychologists around the world to read selected book and film reviews and comment on the issues raised in those reviews.  We think the following probe would interest those in Division 20.
    
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Tuesday, November 02, 2010
Older Workers in a New Economic Age

Tracey Ryan, reviewer of Dirk Hofäcker's Older Workers in a Globalizing World: An International Comparison of Retirement and Late-Career Patterns in Western Industrialized Countries, commends the multidisciplinary approach of the book. Written largely from a sociological and economic perspective, the book deals with the complex problems pertaining to older workers. For example, as Ryan summarizes, with the added dilemmas involved in an increasingly global employment market, national and political boundaries are less important to employers than in the past. She states, summarizing Hofäcker:

Technological change happens so quickly in this intensely competitive environment that many older—especially male—workers are seen as inflexible, outdated, and burdensome to employers. Paradoxically, the labor unions and "welfare" systems primarily based on seniority, designed to protect many of these older workers, backfire in this new economic age.

One solution offered in the book is to reduce institutional ageism at all levels of society, from educational systems to retirement systems.

What are possible approaches to reducing institutional ageism within major societal systems, like education and retirement? How have older workers, in particular, been affected by the global economic recession? What can psychology offer to the discourse about current problems facing older workers in the labor market?

Read the Review

Undervalued, Outdated, and Over the Hill? The Fate of Aging Workers
By Tracey Ellen Ryan
      PsycCRITIQUES, 2010 Vol 55(38)

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You can review the blog and make comments at http://psyccritiquesblog.apa.org/books/ (click on the red comments button at the bottom of the probe). 

JOBS: Faculty Position in Clinical Geropsychology at the University of Alabama

Hello colleagues,

   The Search Committee wanted to send this announcement a final time as we begin to review applications.  Please encourage those you know to apply for this position.

    Forrest Scogin  

 

 

The Department of Psychology at The University of Alabama has an opening for a tenure-track faculty position at the assistant professor level in Clinical Geropsychology starting August 16, 2011; funding has been approved for this position. The Clinical Geropsychology concentration has two faculty lines and two affiliated psychologists with current research interests in psychological treatments for older adults; interventions to help older adults and their families with medical decisions, family communication, and transitions to assisted living facilities; nursing home organizational change and management practices and quality of care; and interventions targeting diverse elders in both urban and rural settings. The Center for Mental Health and Aging provides opportunities for university-wide collaboration. More information about the department can be found at: psychology.ua.edu

 

Responsibilities include undergraduate and graduate teaching, research mentoring, development of an independent research program leading to external funding and publications, and providing service to the University community and professional organizations.  Candidates should be eligible for Alabama licensure and be able to provide clinical supervision.

 

Candidates should be graduates of an APA or CPA-accredited clinical psychology program, have completed an APA-accredited internship, should be eligible for Alabama licensure, and should be able to provide clinical supervision. Candidates should possess a Ph.D. in psychology and demonstrate potential to attract external funding.

 

We are particularly interested in clinical geropsychologists specializing in neuropsychology or other areas of study that complement the Clinical Geropsychology Program. 

 

The University of Alabama, founded in 1831, is the flagship campus of a three campus system. The University is located in Tuscaloosa, a city of 100,000 that was named an All America City by the National Civic League.

 

To apply, go to http://facultyjobs.ua.edu and complete the online application.  Attach a letter of application outlining qualifications, research interests, teaching philosophy, evidence of teaching effectiveness, and potential fit with the department. Additionally, applications should include a current vita, selected reprints, and 3-4 letters of recommendation. Application review will begin on November 1 and will continue until the position is filled.

 

All materials should be submitted online, except letters of recommendation.  These should be mailed to Forrest Scogin, Chair, Clinical Geropsychology Search Committee, Department of Psychology, The University of Alabama, Box 870348, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0348. For additional information, please contact Forrest Scogin (205-348-1924);   fscogin@as.ua.edu.

 

The University of Alabama is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and actively seeks diversity among its employees. Minority and women candidates are especially encouraged to apply.

 

 

Forrest Scogin, Ph.D.

Professor of Psychology

Department of Psychology

University of Alabama

Tuscaloosa, AL  35487-0348

205.348.1924

http://psychology.ua.edu/people/faculty/fscogin/fac.html

 

 

INFO: Please help Division 20 increase its membership for 2010-2011!

Dear members of the APA Division 20 List-Serv,

As we begin a new APA membership year, and we are hoping to match or exceed our total membership from last year!  If you have not renewed your membership, please consider doing so or joining as a new member!  As a long-time member of the Division myself, membership has allowed me to enjoy the multitude of professional benefits of Division 20 including job opportunities, faculty development, research training, and networking contacts that will help me throughout my career.

Please visit the APA Division 20 membership page (http://apadiv20.phhp.ufl.edu/join.htm) and fill out an application to join as a new member or a renewed member.  The membership page also provides a wealth detail of why membership in Division 20 is such a great professional opportunity.

In response to the need to create flexible membership options and encourage more robust participation in Division 20, we are excited to announce two new membership categories for new or current members:

1.  Professional affiliates are persons who, due to their proficiency in areas related to the mission of the Division, can contribute to the Division's objectives but do not hold membership in the American Psychological
Association.

2.  International affiliates are also proficient in areas related to the mission of the Division and can contribute to the Division's objectives, but reside in a country outside of the United States.  International affiliates
do not have to hold membership in the American Psychological Association to join Division 20.

Dues for both Professional and International Affiliates are the same as Divisional dues for full members (e.g., $44 per year), and confer many of the same benefits as Full Members, including subscriptions to Adult Development & Aging News as well as Psychology and Aging.  However, to reiterate: one does not have to join APA itself in order to be an Affiliate of Division 20!

To join as a Professional or International Affiliate, please go to http://memforms.apa.org/apa/cli/divapp/.  If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me at the email or numbers below.

If you are a member, you will note on the APA Division 20 membership page that we have designed new brochures.  If you would like some brochures to post in your office or share with colleagues, please let me know and I would be happy to mail you some.  Please spread the word and encourage your colleagues to join.

If you have any questions, or if there is anything I can do to help facilitate your membership in APA Division 20, please do not hesitate to contact me!

Sincerely,

Joe Gaugler
Membership Chair
APA Division 20

 

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Joseph E. Gaugler, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, McKnight Presidential Fellow
Center on Aging, School of Nursing
Coordinator of Research Initiatives, Center for Gerontological Nursing
University of Minnesota
6-153 Weaver-Densford Hall, 1331
308 Harvard Street S.E.
Minneapolis, MN  55455
Phone: 612-626-2485
Cell Phone: 651-605-5611
Fax: 612-625-7180
Email: gaug0015@umn.edu
http://www.nursing.umn.edu/FacultyStaffandPreceptors/GauglerJoseph/home.html
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INFO: COMMENTS TO BE SOUGHT ON REVISED STANDARDS FOR EDUCATIONAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING

 

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COMMENTS TO BE SOUGHT ON REVISED STANDARDS FOR EDUCATIONAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING

The Joint Committee for the Revision of the Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing is anticipating release of a revised draft of the 1999 Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing (AERA, APA, NCME) during the week of January 10, 2011.  The revised draft Standards will be posted at http://www.teststandards.net.  An on-line template will allow individuals and organizations to review and comment on the draft document.  All comments and recommendations concerning the draft Standards must be submitted to the Joint Committee through this website, and will be due by April 20, 2011.  Please share this announcement with organizations and groups interested in professional and scientific issues concerning testing and assessment.

 

 

 

 

Sarah Jordan Director, Division Services Office Governance Affairs American Psychological Association 750 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20002-4242 Tel: (202) 336-6022|  Fax: (202) 218-3599 email: sjordan@apa.org | www.apa.org
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INFO: 2010 President-elect election results

From Keith Cooke, kcooke@apa.org
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From: Coad, Garnett
Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2010 1:15 PM
To: Authorized Users Only
Subject: 2010 President-elect election results

As you know the 2010 President-elect election was launched on September 15.  The election closed Monday, November 1.  Our election firm, Intelliscan, Inc. has tallied the results, the Election Committee has certified the election and the candidates have been informed of the outcome.  On behalf of the Election Committee, the Election Office is pleased to announce that Suzanne Bennett Johnson, PhD, has been elected the 2011 APA President-elect.  Dr. Bennett Johnson will begin her term as President-elect on January 1, 2011 and January 1, 2012 as President.  Please join our office in congratulating Dr. Bennett Johnson

Following are the number of votes each candidate received in the order of finish and below is Dr. Bennett Johnson’s biographical statement.  The tally sheet will be made available upon request.

Suzanne Bennett Johnson, PhD            7662 votes

Donald N. Bersoff, PhD, JD                      5264 votes

Paul L. Craig, PhD                              3459 votes

Robert “Bob” H. Woody, PhD, ScD, JD     2553 votes

Armand R. Cerbone, PhD                  1563 votes

Election Office

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Suzanne Bennett Johnson, PhD

Biographical Statement

Suzanne Bennett Johnson, Ph.D., ABPP, is an APA Fellow and Distinguished Research Professor at Florida State University (FSU) College of Medicine.  She received her B.A. in psychology from Cornell University and her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from SUNY at Stony Brook.  She was Director of the Center for Pediatric and Family Studies at the University of Florida Health Science Center until 2002, when she became the chair of the Department of Medical Humanities and Social Sciences at FSU College of Medicine, the first new medical school to be established in 25 years.  For more see SBJforAPA.com

Science.  With 30+ years of research funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), her work has focused on medical regimen adherence, childhood diabetes, pediatric obesity, and the psychological impact of genetic screening on children and families.  She received awards for her research contributions from the Society of Pediatric Psychology, the Association of Medical School Psychologists, and the American Diabetes Association.

Practice.  A licensed psychologist and ABPP, for 30+ years, she saw children and families in a pediatric diabetes clinic, as part of an integrated multidisciplinary care team.  She worked with the American Diabetes Association to develop standards for the psychological care of patients with diabetes and worked with the APA Practice Directorate to establish the Health and Behavior CPT codes, permitting psychological services to be reimbursed as part of the medical benefit.

Education. She has chaired 56 completed master’s theses and doctoral dissertations and has been instrumental in developing an innovative, integrated biopsychosocial curriculum for FSU’s new College of Medicine.  She received awards for her mentorship from both the McKnight Foundation and APA’s Division 54 (Pediatric Psychology).

International.   As Co- Chair of the psychosocial studies committee of a NIH’s The Environmental Determinants of Diabetes in the Young (TEDDY) study, she is responsible for all psychological components of this international study.  The National Academy of Science’s report on International Collaborations in Social and Behavioral Research was a product of her work as Chair of the US National Committee for the International Union of Psychological Science.  She is currently a member of the International Union of Science’s Planning Group on Health and Well-being in the Changing Urban Environment.

Leadership and Service to Psychology.  She served as President of the Society of Pediatric Psychology (now Division 54), President of Division 38 (Health Psychology) and was an APA Council Representative from a State (Florida) and a Division (38).  She chaired APA’s Board of Professional Affairs and its Board of Scientific Affairs and is currently a member of APA’s Board of Directors.  Her leadership and service has been acknowledged by awards from the Florida Psychological Association, Division 38 (Health Psychology) and the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation.

Health Policy/Advocacy.  Serving as a Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellow for Senator Hillary Clinton, she helped developed Senator Clinton’s response to the mental health needs of New York City children after 9/11.  The Lifespan Respite Care Act, which Dr. Johnson wrote during her fellowship, became law in 2006.

JOBS: Assistant Professor in Statistical Analysis and Research Design

Assistant Professor in Statistical Analysis and Research Design

The College of Education at Lehigh University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the area of statistical analysis and research design, beginning August 2011. The faculty member will be housed within one of our six graduate degree programs: Counseling Psychology, School Psychology, Special Education, Educational Leadership, Comparative and International Education, and Teaching, Learning, and Technology, matching the candidate’s research expertise and interests with the program area. We are seeking candidates with a strong background in quantitative research methods with particular emphasis on statistical data analysis. Qualified candidates will have an earned doctorate and will have expertise in quantitative research methodology and analyses; preferred qualifications include at least two years of experience post-doctorate, experience teaching college-level statistical methods courses, and expertise in categorical data analysis and/or multilevel models. We are seeking individuals who demonstrate the potential for excellence in their scholarship, their teaching of statistics and research methods courses, and their mentorship. Faculty members are expected to serve as mentors for students throughout the College and collaborate with our faculty and research centers. The successful candidate will teach graduate-level courses in introductory and advanced statistics as well as in research design. The individual selected will be given an excellent startup incentive to develop his/her research agenda as well as a competitive compensation package for the nine-month academic year, with optional summer employment. Lehigh University also offers excellent benefits, including domestic partner benefits. Review of applications will begin on January 1, 2011 and will continue until the position is filled. Applicants should submit electronically a letter of application, a current vitae, selected publications, and three letters of recommendation to quantsearch@lehigh.edu. Inquiries can be directed to the search committee chairperson: Grace Caskie, Ph.D., Associate Professor, College of Education, Lehigh University, 111 Research Drive, Bethlehem, PA 18015; (610) 758-6094 or (610) 758-3256; e-mail: caskie@lehigh.edu. General information about Lehigh University can be found at: http://www.lehigh.edu, and specific information about the College of Education can be found at: http://www.lehigh.edu/education/facultysearches. Lehigh University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, committed to recruiting and retaining women and minorities.

  ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Grace I. L. Caskie, Ph.D. Associate Professor 111 Research Drive College of Education Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA 18015 610-758-6094 

STUDENTS: Basic Psychological Science Grant

Below you'll find a description of a new graduate research funding opportunity, sponsored by APA's graduate division (APAGS). Please pass along to the graduate students in your labs and departments! 

Michael Scullin

Science Committee Chair,

American Psychological Association of Graduate Students

Basic Psychological Science Research Grant

The Basic Psychological Science Research Grant provides support for graduate students conducting psychological science research studies.  The intent is to fund psychology graduate students in science oriented fields. Students in fields with a practice component (e.g. clinical, counseling, and school) are not eligible. Students in the following fields are eligible: Cognitive, Cognitive Neuroscience, Computational, Developmental, Experimental or Comparative, Industrial/Organizational, Neuropsychology, Neuroscience, Perception and Psychophysics, Personality and Individual Differences, Psycholinguistics, Physiological, Quantitative, Social.

Funds for this $1000 scholarship must be used to support the proposed research. This grant may be used for thesis, dissertation, or other research.  The deadline for this grant is Friday, December 3, 2010.

How to Apply:

1. Title page that includes name of the scholarship for which you are applying, contact information for applicant (name, mailing address, phone number, email), university, area of research, expected graduation date, APA Membership number, and full name/email of your research mentor for your project.
2. A cover letter (not to exceed two pages, single spaced) that includes background information about the applicant, the dissertation, why the applicant believes s/he should be awarded the scholarship (e.g. relevance of the project to the grant), and the applicant's future educational and professional goals.
3. An abbreviated curriculum vitae (not to exceed two pages, single spaced).
4. An abbreviated research proposal (not to exceed three pages, single spaced) that includes specific aims, background and significance, proposed research methodology, implications of proposed research, and detailed budget.
5. Letter of recommendation (not to exceed two pages, single spaced) supporting your application that addresses your qualifications, how your project will benefit the discipline, and the likelihood that your research will help you meet your future educational and professional goals.

All materials must be submitted for an application to be considered. Any applications that exceed the page limits (e.g. over two pages in a vita, over 3 pages in a proposal, over two pages for a letter of recommendation) will not be scored.

If you are not an APAGS member at the time of submission, you may send a copy of the receipt you get when you join APAGS/APA electronically as proof of membership.

You may submit materials electronically at apags@apa.org or by mail.

For mail submissions, please send to:

Basic Psychological Science Research Grant 
American Psychological Association of Graduate Students 
750 First St. NE 
Washington, DC 20002-4242

STUDENTS: Graduate Study in Lifespan Development at NC State University

Dear Division 20 Colleagues:

We are seeking qualified applicants for our graduate program in Lifespan Developmental Psychology at North Carolina State University, and we would appreciate your assistance in bringing our program to the attention of potential students. The program as well as the Department of Psychology has an active and growing group of faculty who are interested in adult development and aging, with particular strengths in the examination of the intersection between emotion, social cognition, and everyday cognitive functioning. Additional interests center on the use of technology to improve lives and promote cognitive health. Students in the program obtain a strong grounding in theory, research, and methodology in Lifespan Development, and are supported through graduate research and teaching assistantships.

The Lifespan Development program is one of the constituent members of the Center for Developmental Science, and it maintains an affiliation with the UNC-system-wide Institute on Aging.

Interested students are encouraged to find out more about our program at: http://psychology.chass.ncsu.edu/index.php

NCSU is located in Raleigh, which is consistently rated as one of the best places to live in the US:
http://www.raleighnc.gov/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_2_306_202_0_43/http%3B/pt03/DIG_Web_Content/category/Resident/Raleigh_At_A_Glance/About_Raleigh/Cat-2CA-2007423-142554-Raleigh_Recognition__Rec.html

For more information, please contact the program coordinator (Tom Hess­919-515-1729; thomas_hess@ncsu.edu) or any of the program faculty.

Primary program faculty and interests:

Jason C. Allaire: older adults' cognitive and everyday functioning; cognitive variability; cognitive training, health and cognition.  (jason_allaire@ncsu.edu)
 Lynne E. Baker-Ward: cognitive development in childhood; development of autobiographical memory and narrative competence; children's testimony in legal settings.  (lynne_baker_ward@ncsu.edu)
 Daniel Grühn: socio-emotional development in adulthood and aging; emotional reactivity, memory and emotions, psychophysiological assessment, and health. (Daniel_Gruehn@ncsu.edu)
Amy G. Halberstadt: socio-emotional development; family experience and expression of emotion; parental beliefs about children's emotions; children's impact on parents; children's affective social competence; gender-role influences on social and emotional development through the lifespan.  (amy_halberstadt@ncsu.edu)
 Thomas M. Hess: social cognition in adulthood; memory and aging in context, including stereotype threat and affective influences; decision making and aging.  (thomas_hess@ncsu.edu)
 Shevaun D. Neupert: daily stressors and their associations with affect, physical health, and memory across the adult lifespan; psychosocial and socio-demographic differences in reactivity to stressors; statistical techniques and methods for examining change and intra-individual variability. (shevaun_neupert@ncsu.edu)

Affiliated faculty with interests in aging:

Christopher B. Mayhorn: aging; applied cognition; human-computer interaction.  (chris_mayhorn@ncsu.edu)
Anne Collins McLaughlin: age-related differences in learning; training for older adults; cognitive ergonomics. (anne_mclaughlin@ncsu.edu)

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Thomas M. Hess
Professor

Department of Psychology
754 Poe Hall
North Carolina State University
Box 7650
Raleigh, NC  27695-7650

Office Phone: (919) 515-1729
Fax: (919) 515-1716
Email: thomas_hess@ncsu.edu

Adult Development Lab Homepage:
http://www.ncsu.edu/psychology/graduate/conc/develop/adultdevelopment/index.php

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JOBS: Apply to be an APA Executive Branch Science Fellow

Apply to be an APA Executive Branch Science Fellow

Looking to infuse your research and teaching with more policy relevance?  Seeking an opportunity to work at the intersections of psychological science and public policy?  Come spend a year in Washington, DC through the American Psychological Association's 2011-2012 Executive Branch Science Fellowship program, and get a fresh look at our science through the lens of a federal agency such as the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Department of Education, or the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.  APA's Science Government Relations Office is now accepting applications for our annual fellowship program, run in conjunction with the American Association for the Advancement of Science.  Fellows must have a doctorate in psychology or a related field, be American citizens and members of APA, and show a strong interest in applying psychological knowledge to national research and policy issues.  For !
more information on the fellowship program and application instructions, visit the APA website: http://www.apa.org/about/gr/fellows/science-fellowship.pdf or contact Dr. Heather O'Beirne Kelly at hkelly@apa.org.  Applications are due on January 7, 2011.

CONFERENCES: Dallas ACC Conference on the Cognitive Neuroscience of Aging and Memory

Colleagues:

The Center for Vital Longevity at the University of Texas at Dallas is sponsoring the Dallas ACC Conference focus on the theme of the cognitive neuroscience of aging and memory. The conference will be held at the Las Colinas Four Seasons Hotel on February 12-I 14, 2011. We have a superlative group of speakers and invite you to register for the conference and/or submit a poster. Registration is limited to 200 people so please register early.  Mick Rugg and I are conference co-organizers ad  look forward to seeing you in Dallas.

The conference registration site is vitallongevity.utdallas.edu

Best,

Denise

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Denise C. Park, Ph.D., Director

Distinguished University Chair in Behavioral and Brain Sciences 
University Regents' Research Scholar

Center for Vital Longevity

The University of Texas at Dallas
1600 Viceroy Drive
Dallas, TX  75235

Web Address: http://vitallongevity.utdallas.edu

(972) 883-3255 (Phone)
(972) 883-3250 (Fax)
(214) 470-8673 (Cell phone)