Announcement: Cattell Sabbatical Awards 2009-2010 Competition

------------------------------------------------------------------------ The James McKeen Cattell Sabbatical Awards ------------------------------------------------------------------------

For over half a century, the James McKeen Cattell Fund has provided support for the science and the application of psychology. The Fund offers a program of supplementary sabbatical awards ("James McKeen Cattell Fund Fellowships"). These awards supplement the regular sabbatical allowance provided by the recipients' home institutions, to allow an extension of leave-time from one to two semesters. Information on the history of the fund, as well as all application materials, requirements for award eligibility, and a list of previous recipients are available at: http://www.cattell.duke.edu/ or http://www.psychologicalscience.org/awards/cattellfund/ The deadline for receipt of applications for sabbaticals commencing in the 2009-2010 academic year is December 1, 2008. We are pleased to announce that the Cattell Sabbatical Award Fund has formed an alliance with the Association for Psychological Science (APS). Cattell Sabbatical Awardees are announced annually at the APS Spring Meeting and a profile of each awardee is published in the APS Observer. APS also has a website announcing the award. Trustees: Peter Ornstein, Managing Trustee Christina L. Williams, Secretary-Treasurer Marcia K. Johnson Scott Maxwell Robert W. Levenson

STUDENTS: Prospective Student Open House Purdue University

Thank you for your help disseminating this invitation to interested students at your university who are interested in graduate study in the future:

The Department of Child Development & Family Studies at Purdue University

invites you to a

PROSPECTIVE GRADUATE STUDENT OPEN HOUSE

When: Friday November 14, 2008

Time: 10:00 am to 3:30 pm

Where: Purdue University West Lafayette Campus

This open house will give you a chance to learn more about cutting edge research in our department to improve the quality of people’s lives such as:

• Families coping with health problems
• Closing the large gap between poor and rich children when they enter school
• Programs to encourage literacy in preschool children
• Young adults’ increasing dependency on their parents
• The effects work- including “extreme” work serving in the military- on families
• Cross cultural differences in family patterns
• Family influences on adolescents’ and young adults’ health risk behaviors
• Personality differences in longevity

You will also hear about funding opportunities for graduate training in CDFS. Graduate students in our department typically receive full funding for their tuition as well as a stipend. After completing their degrees, graduate students in our department also find excellent jobs.

The open house will include an overview of our department and the application process for graduate school, a luncheon with current graduate students, a tour of campus, and opportunities to talk with graduate students and faculty about exciting research and training in the department.

Please RSVP by November 7 and we will send additional details. If you cannot attend our open house, please visit our website and apply to our program:

http://www.cfs.purdue.edu/cdfs/pages/graduate/index.html

If you have questions about the open house or CDFS graduate training, please contact:

Becky Harshman

Graduate Program Secretary

Department of Child Development and Family Studies

Purdue University

1200 West State Street

West Lafayette, IN 47907-2055

Phone: 765-494-2965

Fax: 765-494-0503

Email: harshman@purdue.edu

************************************* Karen L. Fingerman Professor

Head of Graduate Program Child Development & Family Studies 1200 W. State Street Purdue University West Lafayette , IN 47907-2055 Email: karenf@purdue.edu Fax: 765-494-0503 Telephone: 765-496-6378

http://www.cfs.purdue.edu/cdfs/Adult_Development/index.html

************************************************** Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old. -- Franz Kafka

INFO: Re: Action Alert! House Vote on Parity Expected on Monday!!

Date: September 19, 2008

To: SPTA and Division Federal Advocacy Coordinators

APAGS Coordinators

From: Marilyn Richmond, J.D., Assistant Executive Director for Government Relations

American Psychological Association Practice Organization

Cc: Katherine Nordal, Ph.D., Executive Director for Professional Practice

SPTA Executive Directors

SPTA Directors of Professional Affairs

CAPP

Re: House Vote on Parity Expected on Monday

With Congress scheduling to adjourn at the end of next week, action is heating up in Washington around mental health parity. As we reported earlier this week, Senate leaders announced their intention to push forward a bipartisan tax extender package including the historic parity agreement. However, because not all revenue losses in that tax bill are offset, there is determined resistance to passing the bill among House Democrats who do not wish to waive the “pay-as-you-go” rules.

As a result, House leaders have informed us that the parity agreement will be considered on Monday, September 22 as a stand-alone bill, “The Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008”. The bill will be considered on the suspension calendar, which prohibits the offering of any amendments but requires a 2/3 majority for passage. House leaders are launching this second, additional track to avoid parity’s progress being stalled by the controversy on the tax extenders bill. Should we win the House vote, the Senate may take up the free-standing parity bill in the closing hours of the session next week. Your Representative needs to hear from you NOW to support the vote on mental health and addiction parity on September 22.

Targets:

All U.S. Representatives

Action:

Call your Representative NOW

using the toll-free Parity Hotline: 1-866-PARITY-4 (1-866-727-4894)

The Parity Hotline reaches the Capitol Hill Switchboard, which can connect callers to their Representative when specifically requested by name or their ZIP code is provided.

Message:

I am a constituent calling to ask Congressman/woman __________ to vote YES on mental health and addiction parity legislation when it is considered on September 22.

Jeff Cook

Director, Field and State Operations

APA Practice Organization

750 First Street, NE

Washington, DC 20002

(202) 336-5875 (Office)

(202) 336-5797 (Fax)

jcook@apa.org (Email)

INFO: LGBT and Aging in Newsweek

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From: DiGilio, Deborah Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2008 6:13 PM To: WVUGER-L@LISTSERV.WVU.EDU Subject: FW: SAGE in Newsweek.com

FYI.

Deborah DiGilio, MPH Director, Office on Aging American Psychological Association 750 First Street, NE Washington, DC 20002-4242 (202) 336-6135 (202) 336-6040 FAX DDiGilio@apa.org http://www.apa.org/pi/aging

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From: Karen Taylor [mailto:ktaylor@sageusa.org] Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2008 5:48 PM To: Karen Taylor Subject: SAGE in Newsweek.com

Dear Colleagues:

Today, Newsweek.com is presenting a major feature story on LGBT aging issues. The feature is one of Newsweek.com’s top five stories and is currently the lead feature on MSNBC.com. The package includes a lead article and three accompanying videos. The feature is advertised in the issue of Newsweek magazine currently on the stands.

To review the feature, you can use this link: http://www.newsweek.com/id/159509. Or you can go to www.newsweek.com and see the story on the top of the Newsweek homepage (we’re one of the five stories that alternatively flashes on the screen).

Karen Taylor

Director of Advocacy & Training

Services & Advocacy for GLBT Elders (SAGE)

305 Seventh Avenue, 6th Floor

New York, NY 10001

(212) 741-2247 x 237

mark your calendar for SAGE's Fourth National Conference on LGBT Aging

It's About Time: LGBT Aging in a Changing World

sponsored by AARP

October 12-14, 2008

www.sageusa.org/nationalconference

FUNDING: Translating Basic Behavioral and Social Science Discoveries into Interventions to Reduce Obesity

Dear Colleagues: I am pleased to inform you that RFA-HL-08-013, Translating Basic Behavioral and Social Science Discoveries into Interventions to Reduce Obesity: Centers for Behavioral Intervention Development (U01) has just been published in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts:

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HL-08-013.html This FOA solicits cooperative agreement (U01) applications from institutions/organizations that propose to translate findings from basic research on human behavior into more effective clinical, community, and population interventions to reduce obesity and improve obesity-related behaviors. This FOA will support Centers for Behavioral Intervention Development (CBIDs) in which interdisciplinary teams of basic and applied behavioral and social science researchers develop and refine novel interventions based on basic research findings to reduce obesity and alter obesity-related health behaviors (e.g., diet, physical activity).

Applicants to this RFA are strongly encouraged to speak with NIH program staff before submitting their application. Please read the announcement in full before contacting program staff (these persons are listed in Section VII as Scientific/Research Contacts).

We are also exploring the possibility of a web-based Technical Assistance Meeting to aid applicants with the application process. Please stay tuned for information concerning participation in this meeting.

Please share this announcement widely with your colleagues. Susan M. Czajkowski, Ph.D. Program Director Clinical Applications and Prevention Branch Division of Prevention and Population Sciences National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute 6701 Rockledge Drive, Suite 10118, MSC 7936 Bethesda, MD 20892-7936 Telephone: (301) 435-0406 Fax: (301) 480-1773 Email: czajkows@mail.nih.gov

Patricia Clem Kobor Senior Science Policy Analyst Science Government Relations Office American Psychological Association (202) 336-5933 (202) 336-6063-f pkobor@apa.org http://www.apa.org/ppo

FACULTY AND STUDENTS: Graduate Study in Adult Development and Aging at Penn State University.

OPPORTUNITIES FOR GRADUATE STUDY IN ADULT DEVELOPMENT AND AGING AT PENNSTATEUNIVERSITY

Dear Colleagues,

We would like to ask your help in identifying promising students for doctoral study in adult development and aging. The Department of Human Development and Family Studies at PennStateUniversity has a long and distinguished record of doctoral training in adult development and aging. Students can develop specializations in one or more areas, including cognitive development, daily stress and health, family and social relationships in later life, intervention research work and retirement, and methodologies for studying development and change. Adult development and aging program faculty include:

David Almeida - Stress processes, adult development, family factors in mental health, work and family linkages, fatherhood

Dennis Gerstorf - Multivariate approach to study heterogeneity and differential aging, cross-domain interface of cognition, well-being, and health

Melissa Hardy - Work and retirement, public policy, political attitudes, women's issues and aging, older workers

Steven Zarit - Mental health and aging, especially the stress of caregivers, functioning of the oldest old, innovative models of service delivery.

Alan Booth - Divorce and remarriage, blended families, marital quality, hormones and family process, adult child-parent relations.

David Eggebeen – Social demography of children and intergenerational

support over the life course; fatherhood

Peter Molenaar – Single subject time series analysis, optimal guidance of

developmental processes, optimal control of disease processes

Nilam Ram – changes in the psychological processes of emotion,

cognition, and personality, and how they develop over the life span.

Michael Rovine – Structural equation modeling with longitudinal data, time

series models applied to single subjects and small sample designs.

A variety of sources of financial assistance are available for doctoral students. These include research assistantships, teaching assistantships, and fellowships. We have been very successful in funding students throughout their entire time in the Program.

Applications are due January 5, 2009

For more information about admissions procedures, students should contact Mary Jo Spicer, Dept. of Human Development and Family Studies, Henderson S-211, PennStateUniversity, University Park, PA16802. Phone 814-863-8001. E-mail mjs6@psu.edu, or consult the Department's web page at http://www.hhdev.psu.edu/hdfs/grad/index.html

Steven H. Zarit Professor and Head, Department of Human Development and Family Studies Henderson S-211 Penn State University University Park, PA 16802 Phone: 814.865-5260

Steven H. Zarit Professor and Head, Department of Human Development and Family Studies Henderson S-211 Penn State University University Park, PA 16802 Phone: 814.865-5260

Steven H. Zarit Professor and Head, Department of Human Development and Family Studies Henderson S-211 Penn State University University Park, PA 16802 Phone: 814.865-5260

Steven H. Zarit Professor and Head, Department of Human Development and Family Studies Henderson S-211 Penn State University University Park, PA 16802 Phone: 814.865-5260

STUDENTS: Human Development, University of California, Davis

Replies to: Lisa M. Soederberg Miller, lmsmiller@ucdavis.edu

Dear Division 20 Colleagues:

Please let your students know that the University of California at Davis is seeking applicants with interests in adult development and aging for its Ph.D. Program in Human Development. We are particularly interested in students with interests in cognitive or social cognitive aging. Teaching and research assistantships are available in-house. Research assistantships are also available on funded research projects. Additional resources for students at UC Davis include: Alzheimer's Disease Center, Center for Healthy Aging, Center for Neuroscience, Imaging in Dementia and Aging (IDeA) Laboratory, Center for Mind and Brain, as well as affiliated faculty in the Psychology Department. We encourage students to contact Beth Ober, baober@ucdavis.edu, or Lisa Miller, lmsmiller@ucdavis.edu, for more information. Interested students can also visit our web site at: http://humandevelopment.ucdavis.edu <http://humandevelopment.ucdavis.edu/>. Application deadline is January 1.

Thank you for your assistance, -Lisa M. Soederberg Miller

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530-752-3955 (voice) 530-752-5660 (fax) *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*

INFO: CMS caregiver events

FYI, see below.

Deborah DiGilio, MPH Director, Office on Aging American Psychological Association 750 First Street, NE Washington, DC 20002-4242 (202) 336-6135 (202) 336-6040 FAX DDiGilio@apa.org http://www.apa.org/pi/aging

-----Original Message----- From: caregiving-bounces@listserve.com [mailto:caregiving-bounces@listserve.com] On Behalf Of Jordan Tew Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 8:58 AM To: caregiving@listserve.com Subject: [Caregiving] Important caregiver events

There are two very important caregiver events that CMS is hosting the week of September 15. On September 17, CMS will host a satellite broadcast entitled "Innovative Employer Caregiving Programs" that will provide employers, caregivers and human services professionals with information about successful programs for employed caregivers. The broadcast is from 1:00-2:00 pm ET. To register and find out more about the broadcast, go to: http://www.blsmeetings.net/caregivers/

On September 18, CMS will launch the Caregiver initiative with an e-launch at 12:00 pm ET. Following the live webcast, the webpage will go live on medicare.gov. To register for this event and sign up for the newsletter (and please encourage partners and caregivers to register as well), please go to www.medicare.gov/caregivers

Please help us to broaden the community of caring, and share information about both of these broadcasts with partners, members, and those who are caregivers.

_______________________________________________ Caregiving mailing list http://mailman.listserve.com/listmanager/listinfo/caregiving

STUDENTS: Graduate Training in Life-Span Developmental Psychology

Please forward this message to students seeking admission to a doctoral training program in psychology.

The Ph.D. Program in Life-Span Developmental Psychology at West Virginia University anticipates admitting four students to begin graduate work in Fall 2009. Highlights of the life-span developmental program and a list of faculty and their current research projects appear below. Additional information can be found on our website: http//www.wvu.edu/~psychology/.

PROGRAM. WVU's Psychology Department received the "Innovation in Graduate Education Award" from the American Psychological Association in 2005. The award recognizes the junior-colleague model used to train graduate students in research, teaching, and service. We view graduate training as modeling and instruction in a variety of professional skills and roles, only some of which are acquired in the classroom. As junior colleagues, students and faculty collaborate in research, rather than students serving as research assistants assigned to individual faculty members. Students develop individualized plans of study. Contact among faculty and students outside the classroom is frequent and casual. WVU has an illustrious history in life-span development as one of the first programs in this field. Our program continues to provide in-depth training to the next generation of life-span developmental psychologists. Graduates are highly successful in obtaining employment and find positions in academia, government, research institutions, foundations, and applied settings.

RESEARCH TRAINING. Initially, faculty members provide a high degree of structure and guidance that is tailored to the students' entry-level research design and data analysis skills. By the end of training, students have developed a research specialty and can successfully design and execute all stages of a research project (e.g., data collection, analysis, dissemination of findings). Students attend professional conferences and present their research to regional, national, and international audiences. Students also regularly publish their work in scholarly journals and books. The department and college provide funds to support student research and travel to conferences.

TEACHING TRAINING. Graduate students receive structured, supervised, hands-on teaching experience. All students become proficient in a variety of teaching technologies and methods. For those students whose career plans emphasize college teaching, a college teaching specialization is available.

FUNDING. All students receive 4 years of financial support via research or teaching assistantships (3 years if entering with a Master's degree), plus a tuition waiver.

THE LIFE SCIENCES BUILDING. The $57 million award-winning Life Sciences Building houses state-of-the-art research and teaching facilities. Each graduate student has an office and a computer with internet access and the latest software (e.g., SPSS, Word). Graduate students conduct research in faculty members' laboratories, and in off-campus locations (e.g., schools, senior centers).

A COMMITMENT TO STUDYING THE LIFESPAN. West Virginia University is recognized as the birthplace of life-span psychology. Graduate students specialize in life-span processes (e.g., cognitive or social development) and/or in an age period (infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, aging).

WVU & MORGANTOWN. WVU has an enrollment of over 26,000 students and is a Carnegie Research Extensive University. WVU has highly successful Big East sports teams, intramural sports, plays, concerts, lectures, symphony, a $34 million Student Recreation Center, and other leisure activities.

APPLICATION DUE DATE: December 15, 2008.

FACULTY RESEARCH INFORMATION & CONTACT INFORMATION

Katherine Karraker, Ph.D. (Email: Katherine.Karraker@mail.wvu.edu).

Dr. Karraker's research interests are in the general area of infant social relationships. She and her students are currently studying several aspects of the parenting of infants, as well as infant temperament and adults' perceptions of infants. The effects of infant night waking on parents has been one topic of their recent research. They have been interested both in how parenting practices encourage or discourage infant night waking and in how infant night waking can produce depressive symptoms and other problems in parents because of the sleep deprivation the parents experience. The lab group has also focused on individual differences in infants, with a particular interest in temperament. For example, a recent study has examined the developmental course of infants who demonstrate a slow-to-warm-up temperament in infancy. Dr. Karraker and her students also are interested in the factors that influence adults' perceptions of infants. They are studying the impact of infant prematurity, gender, and names on adults' perceptions. Finally, they are also interested in parents' knowledge about infant development in general and parents' knowledge about and expectations for their own infant's behavior and development.

Amy Gentzler, Ph.D. (Email: Amy.Gentzler@mail.wvu.edu). In a current project, Dr. Gentzler is investigating children's emotional responses to negative and positive events and testing whether children show memory biases for earlier emotional reactions. Other projects are mainly in the data analysis or writing stage. With a sample of children at-risk for depression, her team is studying how physiological risk (in terms of heart rate or vagal tone) or maternal responses to children's negative emotions relates to children's development of emotion regulation strategies and depressive symptoms. With college student samples, Dr. Gentzler and her research team have been examining questions relating to emotions and coping, such as how specific emotional reactions predict particular patterns of coping, whether experiencing positive affect amidst a stressful experience is associated with more adaptive outcomes, and whether responses to positive events vary by people's attachment style or gender.

Hawley Montgomery-Downs, Ph.D. (Email: Hawley.Montgomery-Downs@mail.wvu.edu). The sleep research laboratory is accepting incoming graduate student team members. In addition to their individual thesis and dissertation projects, students have the opportunity to work on and receive research stipends through several ongoing studies: A) Postpartum Sleep Deprivation and Fragmentation: Effects on Maternal Functioning" (NIH Grant R21HD053836) explores the effects of sleep deprivation vs. fragmentation on new mothers. This naturalistic study includes continuous actigraphy and physiologic outcome measures from postpartum week 1 through 12. A graduate assistant is assigned to each participant to whom they make weekly home visits to data collection. All students have access to data and are encouraged to contribute new ideas for examining them. B) Environmental Tobacco Smoke Exposure and Pediatric Sleep-Disordered Breathing (SDB): explores the relation between exposure to second hand tobacco smoke and symptoms of SDB among children <6 years. Hair samples are used to objectively examine tobacco exposure. C) Neonatal Follow-up Sleep Schedule and Symptoms Survey: Children born prematurely are at increased risk for SDB. However, the developmental trajectory of snoring and risk symptoms for SDB among these children is unknown. The purpose of this study is to learn more about sleep schedules and symptoms among infants who are born prematurely.

Julie Hicks Patrick, Ph.D. (Email: Julie.Patrick@mail.wvu.edu). Dr. Patrick's research focuses broadly on healthy aging among middle-aged and older adults. As such, research in her lab examines cognitive, psychological and physical well-being. Research projects include examinations of grandparents raising grandchildren, cognitive interventions at mid-life, and health behaviors, including eating disorders. Her work has been published in Psychology and Aging, Journal of Gerontology, and Quality of Life Research. As P.I., Dr. Patrick has held grants from the National Institute on Aging, National Cancer Institute, and the American Psychological Association.

JoNell Strough, Ph.D. (Email: JoNell.Strough@mail.wvu.edu). Dr. Strough conducts research in two areas: collaborative everyday problem solving and gender development. Current problem-solving projects include further analysis of data collected as part of the Pairs Everyday Problem Solving Study (PEPS), funded by the National Institutes on Aging (see Strough, McFall, Flinn, & Schuller in press--Psychology and Aging). Current work is aimed at understanding processes that contribute to effective collaborations among friends. Another project follows up findings indicating that older adults make decisions that are more logical than those of younger adults (Strough, Mehta, McFall & Schuller, 2008—Psychological Science). In collaboration with Dr. Patrick's research team, Dr. Strough's team is examining everyday problem solving as it applies to custodial grandparenting. In her research on gender development, Dr. Strough and her students are investigating: a) causes and consequences of sex segregation across the life span, and b) how gender-typed behaviors vary according to the social context of interactions with friends versus romantic partners.

New Faculty Member to begin Fall 2009. We are currently conducting a national search for a new faculty member to join the life-span developmental area in the Fall of 2009. The specialty area of the faculty member is open. Depending on date of hire, the new faculty member may accept students to begin graduate training in Fall of 2009.

:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: JoNell Strough, Ph.D. Associate Professor & Coordinator, Life-Span Developmental Program Department of Psychology 53 Campus Drive West Virginia University Morgantown, WV 26506-6040 http://www.wvu.edu/~psychology/ phone: (304) 293-2001 x31648 fax: (304) 293-6606 email: JoNell.Strough@mail.wvu.edu Office: 2212 Life Sciences Building ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

JOBS: Washington University in St. Louis - OT and Mental Health

Occupational Therapy - Faculty Position PUBLIC HEALTH - MENTAL HEALTH Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis

The Occupational Therapy Program at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri is seeking applications for an occupational therapy faculty position with a public health and mental health focus. This is a full-time (12-months), tenure-track faculty position that is currently available for qualified applicants. The faculty appointment rank will be at the advanced Assistant Professor or Associate Professor levels, with rank and salary commensurate with experience. The successful applicant will have: an earned doctorate degree (e.g., PhD, DPH, or other); a research program relevant to disability, community health, and/or activity and health, that will contribute to our Program's focus on occupational science and participation; a history of research funding from governmental and/or non-governmental sources; and the professional ability to serve in teaching and mentoring roles with graduate students.

Washington University School of Medicine is one of the top medical schools in the United States, and the Occupational Therapy (OT) Program is currently ranked number one nationwide. The Program has an interdisciplinary faculty that has university-wide collaborations with neurology, medicine, social work, and psychology faculty, among others. The OT Program awards the Master of Science (MSOT) and Doctorate (OTD) Degrees at both the Entry and Post-Professional Levels. The establishment of an interdisciplinary Ph.D. Degree is underway.

Application materials required include: (1) letter of application, (2) copy of curriculum vitae, (3) listing of at least three references [with contact information] who are familiar with your scientific work in Public Health and Mental Health. These three items can be sent electronically to almlir@wusm.wustl.edu. Also, please send "hard copies" of your materials to Dr. Almli via first class or express mail service (C. Robert Almli, Washington University School of Medicine, Program in Occupational Therapy, 4444 Forest Park Avenue, Campus Box 8505, St. Louis, MO 63108). Screening of applicants will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. Visit our Web site: http://www.ot.wustl.edu.

Washington University in St. Louis is an equal opportunity affirmative action employer. We encourage applications from female and male minority candidates.

STUDENTS: Predoctoral Training in Aging: University of Florida

Predoctoral Research Training in the

Psychology of Adult Development and Aging

The University of Florida, through the Department of Psychology & Department of Clinical and Health Psychology currently has a strong group of faculty mentors in the Psychology of Adult Development and Aging. We are funded by an institutional training grant from the National Institute on Aging (NIA). Interested students should apply to our unique program combining solid multidisciplinary research training with strong grounding in psychology.

Key aspects of the program:

· highly collaborative and collegial environment

· regular colloquium and professional development series

· responsible, active, and responsive mentoring by your primary advisor

· regular interaction with a multidisciplinary mentoring team

· gerontology certificate option in addition to Ph.D.

Financial support includes eligibility for:

· year-round NIA research funding and tuition support

· research assistantships through grant-funded faculty

· teaching assistantships with full tuition support in Psychology

· conference and travel awards

· annual awards for student research on aging

The University of Florida is a premier research university located in a community with excellent quality of life. We invite prospective doctoral students to join our energetic and enthusiastic group. The Psychology doctoral program is detailed at http://www.psych.ufl.edu. Available faculty mentors in adult development and aging include:

§ LISE ABRAMS (abrams@ufl.edu) Language production, comprehension, and memory retrieval

• SUSAN BLUCK (bluck@ufl.edu) Social cognition; autobiographical memory, reminiscence, the life story
• MICHAEL MARSISKE (marsiske@ufl.edu) Cognition and everyday competence, natural and intervention-guided change processes in cognition
• CHRISTINA MCCRAE (csmccrae@ufl.edu) Sleep and aging, behavioral insomnia treatments
• ROBIN WEST (rwest@geron.ufl.edu ) Memory training, everyday memory, and memory beliefs

Feel free to email any one of us to hear more about our individual research programs!!

For further information about our NIA Predoctoral Research Training Program, contact:

Michael Marsiske Director, UF Aging Training Program University of Florida, PO Box 100165 HSC, Gainesville, FL 32610-0165

(352) 273-5097 (Phone) (801) 720-5897 (Fax) marsiske@ufl.edu

For program details please visit: www.agenetwork.phhp.ufl.edu

Also visit the website of our partner department:

Clinical and Health Psychology, www.phhp.ufl.edu/chp

Posted by:

Susan Bluck, PhD.

Psychology

University of Florida

P.O. Box 115911

Gainesville, FL 32611-5911

(352) 392-7059 www.psych.ufl.edu/lifestorylab

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JOBS: Iowa State University, Human Computer Interaction

Iowa State University

Human Computer Interaction

Iowa State University invites applications for a tenured or tenure-track faculty position to enhance its growing academic and research program in the field of Human Computer Interaction (HCI). HCI at ISU is an interdepartmental graduate program that has experienced great growth during its five year existence, with over 90 graduate students and 70 faculty members across all colleges. It provides an ideal environment for interdisciplinary collaboration with leaders in the field. To complement existing strengths of the program, candidates with a demonstrated interest and background in the human aspect of HCI, including behavioral science, creativity in design, usability, human factors, or research methods are encouraged to apply. The research component will build on interdisciplinary work already under way in the program and at Iowa State University’s Virtual Reality Applications Center.

Candidates must have outstanding academic credentials and a PhD or terminal degree appropriate to their discipline. Successful applicants must have demonstrated research achievement in an HCI relevant field and are expected to conduct research with national impact and external funding potential. The successful candidate will develop and teach courses that support the HCI graduate program. Senior level candidates must have an outstanding research record in HCI as well as exceptional leadership capabilities. The tenured or tenure-track appointment will be made in one of the academic departments participating in the HCI graduate program. Applicants seeking appointment in the departments of Architecture; Art & Design; Curriculum & Instruction; English; Industrial Engineering; Journalism & Mass Communication; Logistics, Operations, & Management Information Systems; Psychology; or Sociology are particularly encouraged to apply.

Iowa State University, one of the nation’s leading land-grant institutions, is located in Ames, Iowa. Ames is known for its top-quality education, from kindergarten to graduate school and has been ranked within the top 20 places to live in America by several publications. Ames is located 30 miles north of Des Moines and is about 3 hours from Minneapolis and Kansas City.

Further information can be found at http://www.hci.iastate.edu. Applicants should send an electronic letter of application and an attached resume including names and addresses of at least three references to:

Dr. James Oliver, Chair of Search Committee

Human Computer Interaction Graduate Program

search@hci.iastate.edu

Questions can be addressed to James Oliver at oliver@iastate.edu.

Review of applications will begin on November 15, 2008 and will continue until the position is filled. Iowa State University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.

JOBS: Behavioral Neuroscience position at Univ of Massachusetts

THE DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS

- AMHERST invites applications for a tenure track faculty position in BEHAVIORAL

NEUROSCIENCE at the Assistant or Associate Professor level, beginning Fall 2009. We

will consider outstanding applicants in any area of Behavioral Neuroscience, although

researchers in stress and in synaptic plasticity (including neural mechanisms of learning

and memory) are especially encouraged to apply. Applicants must have an excellent

record of research, clear potential to obtain support for an active research program, and

strong teaching skills. The successful applicant will interact with a highly visible group of

neuroendocrinologists working on rodent and primate models, as well as with other

strong groups in the Psychology Department

(http://euryale.sbs.umass.edu/PsychWeb/index.html), Neuroscience and Behavior

Graduate Program (www.umass.edu/neuro) and the Center for Neuroendocrine Studies

(www.umass.edu/cns). Rank and salary are dependent on experience and qualifications.

Applicants should send a vita, a statement of research and teaching interests, reprints of

recent publications, and at least three letters of recommendation to: Behavioral

Neuroscience Search Committee, Department of Psychology, University of

Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003. The search committee will begin reviewing

applications on November 14, 2008, and will continue until the position is filled. Hiring

is contingent upon the availability of funds. The University of Massachusetts is an

Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Women and members of minority

groups are strongly encouraged to apply.

JOBS: Professor and Director of the Gerontology Center, Penn State University

Dear Colleagues,

Please note this opportunity for a senior person to take on a leadership position in Gerontology at Penn State University.

The Department of Human Development and Family Studies (HDFS) and the College of Health and Human Development at The Pennsylvania State University invite applications for a position as Professor and Director of the Gerontology Center. The Department and the Gerontology Center have a long and exceptional record of contributions in substantive areas of research and methodological advances in adult development and aging. We are looking for a senior faculty member to continue this tradition by providing leadership in developing new and innovative programs of research in adult development and aging, as well as for educational programs at the undergraduate and graduate level. This person should have an outstanding record of scholarship in an area of adult development and aging, a strong record of external funding, and the capability to bring together groups of scholars from different disciplines around new research initiatives. As a member of the HDFS Department, this person will also teach and mentor undergraduate and graduate students. An earned doctorate in the behavioral or social sciences is required.

The Department of Human Development and Family Studies (<outbind://http://www.hhdev.psu.edu/HDFS/>http://www.hhdev.psu.edu/HDFS/) focuses on individual development from infancy through old age, on family structure and dynamics, on the impact of social/cultural contexts on development and family functioning, and on the design and evaluation of interventions to promote development. A strong research and training program in developmental and prevention methodology is integrated into the Department's research and education activities. The Department's multidisciplinary faculty includes expertise in developmental, clinical and health psychology, human development and family studies, sociology, demography, education, and methodology.

The Penn State Gerontology Center is located administratively in the College of Health and Human Development and has a University-wide mission to encourage the development of research, education, and outreach in adult development and aging. The primary role of the Director is to identify promising research initiatives and bring together innovative, interdisciplinary teams of faculty from across the University to develop research and training programs. To be successful in this role, it is important that the Director has a strong research portfolio and enjoys collaborating and making collaborations happen. The Director is also responsible for directing educational and outreach programs of the Center.

Review of applications and nominations will begin as early as October 1, 2008 and will continue to be accepted until the position is filled. Send cover letter, curriculum vitae and supporting information (e.g., reprints, preprints, letters from three references) to: Adulthood and Aging Search Committee, 211 Henderson Building South, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802.

Penn State is committed to affirmative action, equal opportunity and the diversity of its workforce.

Steven H. Zarit Professor and Head, Department of Human Development and Family Studies Henderson S-211 Penn State University University Park, PA 16802

Phone: 814.865-5260

JOBS: Loyola College, Clinical/Counseling Psychology

Hello everyone, this is a clinical position, in addition to the Applied/Experimental position at Loyola that was posted earlier.

THE DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY AT LOYOLA COLLEGE IN MARYLAND invites applications for a tenure-track faculty appointment at the Assistant Professor level in the Department of Psychology. The appointment will begin September 2009 in the area of Clinical or Counseling Psychology. Loyola College offers the B.A., M.S., and Psy.D. degrees in psychology. Responsibilities include: teaching undergraduate and graduate core and advanced courses, supervision at the Loyola Clinical Centers, student advising, directing student research projects, serving on university committees, and continuation of personal scholarship/research. Required Qualifications: The successful candidate must possess: (1) an earned doctorate (Ph.D. or Psy.D.) in Clinical or Counseling Psychology; (2) a license or license-eligibility in Maryland; (3) expertise and the ability to teach some of the following types of courses—assessment supervision at the Loyola Clinical Centers, cognitive assessment, clinical personality assessment, an integrative assessment/report writing course, psychodynamic psychotherapy, and research methodology; (4) demonstrated potential for establishing a strong, productive research program (area of interest is open); and (5) an awareness of and interest in the educational mission of Jesuit higher education (e.g., academic excellence, diversity, social justice). Loyola seeks a broad spectrum of candidates, including women and people of color, who understand, respect, and can contribute to the university's mission and values. Salary is competitive. For more information about this position, and to apply, please electronically submit a cover letter, curriculum vita, and a statement of teaching interests and philosophy that explicitly incorporates a clear understanding of the mission of Jesuit higher education, and how one will contribute to this mission, at www.loyola.edu/careers (See the following link for more information about the university's values: www.loyola.edu/about/visionvalues/values.html) Copies of undergraduate and graduate transcripts, and three letters of recommendation, at least one of which comments on teaching abilities, should be sent to: Dr. Sharon Green-Hennessy, Search Committee Chair, Department of Psychology, Loyola College in Maryland, 4501 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21210-2699. All application materials are due October 17th, 2008. Applications received after October 17th, or received via post rather than electronically, may not receive full attention.

David V. Powers, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Psychology Loyola College in Maryland- 410-617-2093 e-mail: dpowers@loyola.edu

Bob G. Knight, Ph.D. The Merle H. Bensinger Professor of Gerontology Professor of Psychology University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA 90089-0191

JOBS: Western Kentucky University, Psychology Department - 3 positions

For all interested parties...

The Department of Psychology at Western Kentucky University invites applications for three entry-level, tenure-track positions to begin August 15, 2009. All positions involve undergraduate and graduate teaching. Preferred qualifications include teaching experience, and evidence of the potential to develop a productive research program that will engage students. WKU is committed to promotion of stewardship and student engagement. *Positions 1 and 2 **are in Clinical Psychology* and require an earned doctorate in clinical psychology from an APA-approved program, broad training, and eligibility for Kentucky license (preference will be given to those who are or can be licensed immediately). The desired area of specialization for *Position 1 is child clinical*; for P*osition 2, the area of specialization is open*. Duties for both positions include supervision of practica, internships, and master's theses. *Position 3, which is in Social Psychology*, requires an earned doctorate and the *area of specialization is open*. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply, including women, minorities, persons with disabilities, and disabled veterans. Applications from dual career couples are also welcome. Review of applications begins _*December 1, 2008*_, and will continue until the positions are filled. Additional information about each position is available at http://edtech.wku.edu/~psych/faculty_positions.htm. Send letter of application, curriculum vita, three letters of recommendation, reprints/preprints, a statement of research and teaching interests, and graduate transcripts to Clinical (or Social) Search Committee, Department of Psychology, Western Kentucky University, 1906 College Heights Boulevard #21030, Bowling Green, KY 42101-1030. Western Kentucky University is an AA/EEO employer.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Andrew Mienaltowski Assistant Professor of Psychology

Lifespan Social Cognition Lab

Western Kentucky University 1906 College Heights Blvd. Tate Page Hall, Room 229 Bowling Green, KY 42101

Phone: (270) 745-2353 Fax: (270) 745-6934 E-mail: andrew.mienaltowski@wku.edu