Postdoctoral position, Language Training Program: Integrating Acquisition and Adult Performance, at U Wisconsin-Madison Maryellen MacDonald <mcmacdonald@wisc.edu> wrote on 03/22/2006 01:13:30
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> Postdoctoral Position in Language. The Department of Psychology at
> the University of Wisconsin-Madison is soliciting applications for a
> postdoctoral position in their NIH-funded Language Training
> Program: Integrating Acquisition and Adult Performance. The Program
> emphasizes integration of child language acquisition through adult
> language comprehension and production, in all cases encompassing
> both typical and atypical performance. The successful candidate will
> benefit from our cohesive group of faculty whose interests span
> language processes from speech perception to discourse, and from
> infancy through adult performance to cognitive aging. Applicants
> should have developed research interests in one or more areas of
> acquisition or adult comprehension or production, and they should
> want to extend their expertise into allied areas of language
> processing as part of their postdoctoral training. More information
> about language research and training faculty can be found at http:
> //psych.wisc.edu/gradstudies/language.html. Questions about faculty
> research may be directed to relevant program faculty.
> Administrative questions about the training grant can be directed to
> Maryellen C. MacDonald, mcmacdonald@wisc.edu.
>
> The position is for one year, with renewal for a second year
> possible. Salary and benefits are set by NIH guidelines.
> Provisions of the training program limit funding to US citizens and
> permanent residents.
>
> Applicants should send a CV, several reprints or preprints, and a
> statement of research interests. This statement should indicate two
> or more Language Training Program faculty members as likely
> mentors. The statement should also describe the candidate's goals
> for research and training during a postdoctoral position, including
> directions in which the candidate would like to expand his/her
> expertise into additional areas of language research, consistent
> with the mission of the training program. Applicants should also
> provide names of three recommenders and arrange for letters of
> recommendation to be sent separately. Application materials should
> be sent to Language Postdoctoral Position, c/o Ms. Leslie May,
> Department of Psychology, 1202 West Johnson St., University of
> Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706-1696. For fullest
> consideration, all materials should be received by April 20, 2006,
> however we will consider applications until the position is filled.
> The appointment date is flexible but must be before April 30, 2007.
> UW-Madison is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.
> Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.
>
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