Postdocs at UCSD and City University London
----- Original Message -----
From: "Vic Ferreira" <ferreira@psy.ucsd.edu>
To: <sentproc@qc.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 11:39 PM
Subject: CUNY2006: Two post doc announcements
> Hi CUNY folks,
>
> Please find two entirely separate post doc announcements below, one
> from us here at UCSD, and the other from City University London.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Vic
>
> Victor Ferreira, Associate Professor
> Department of Psychology 0109
> University of California, San Diego
> La Jolla, CA 92093-0109
> http://lpl.ucsd.edu/
>
>
> Announcement #1:
>
>> CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN LANGUAGE
>> University of California, San Diego
>> Interdisciplinary Training Program in
>> Language, Communication and the Brain
>> Program Director:
>> Marta Kutas, Professor of Cognitive Science
>> Executive Committee:
>> Jeffrey Elman, Professor of Cognitive Science, UCSD, and Co-
>> Director of CRL
>> Marta Kutas, Professor of Cognitive Science, UCSD
>> Maria Polinsky, Professor of Linguistics, UCSD
>> Martin Sereno, Professor of Cognitive Science, UCSD
>> David Swinney, Professor of Psychology, UCSD, and Co-Director of
>> the SDSU-UCSD Joint Doctoral Program in Language & Communicative
>> Disorders (JDP-LCD)
>> Beverly Wulfeck, Professor of Speech, Language, and Hearing
>> Sciences, SDSU, and Co- Director of the JDP-LCD
>>
>>
>> LANGUAGE, COMMUNICATION AND THE BRAIN
>> SUMMARY OF THE TRAINING PROGRAM
>> Our training program emphasizes new technologies and new
>> theoretical frameworks in cognitive science and neuroscience (e.g.
>> advances in neural imaging, electrophysiological and behavioral
>> studies of real-time language processing, computer simulations of
>> language learning and breakdown). The training program integrates
>> the expertise, ideas, populations and technologies that are
>> available in abundance across this community, and places them at
>> the disposal of young scientists interested in the mental and
>> neural mechanisms that underlie language learning, language use and
>> language disorders.
>> FACILITIES
>> Our trainees have access to state-of-the-art experimental
>> facilities in the departments of Cognitive Science, Linguistics,
>> and Psychology and the Center for Research in Language along with
>> its academic program, the Joint Doctoral Program (with San Diego
>> State University) in Language and Communicative Disorders. UCSD
>> has recently completed construction of the new fMRI Center
>> dedicated solely to research.
>> THE SIX COMPONENTS OF TRAINING
>> -Communication Disorders
>> -Psycholinguistics
>> -Neural Network Studies of Language
>> -Multilingual and Comparative Language Studies
>> -Event-Related Potential (ERP)
>> -Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI)
>> Communication Disorders includes the studies of adult aphasia and
>> childhood language disorders; B. Wulfeck
>> Psycholinguistics includes language processing in normal
>> (monolingual and bilingual) populations and in language-disordered
>> populations (adult aphasia, childhood sli) using converging
>> evidence from real-time behavioral, ERP, and fMRI techniques as
>> well as lesion studies; D. Swinney
>> Multilingual & Comparative Language Studies, a new component,
>> emphasizes multilingualism (processing, learning, disorders), loss
>> and relearning of "heritage" languages in immigrant populations,
>> and comparative studies across typologically distinct language
>> groups; M. Polinsky
>> Neural Network Studies of Language emphasizes simulations of
>> language learning and language breakdown under a range of different
>> assumptions about the structure of the system and the context of
>> learning and loss; J. Elman
>> Event-Related Brain Potential Studies (ERP). This neural imaging
>> technique is used to study language comprehension and production in
>> normal children and adults, and in children and adults with
>> neurological impairments and/or behaviorally defined communication
>> disorders and is complementary to the imaging fMRI technique; M.
>> Kutas
>> Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI). This emerging imaging
>> technique is being used by a wide variety of training faculty in
>> numerous studies of higher cognitive processes in humans and other
>> primates; M. Sereno
>> PROGRAM STRUCTURE
>> All pre-doctoral and post-doctoral students specialize in (at
>> least) two of the six areas (a major and a minor), and receive some
>> exposure to all six areas through laboratory rotations, coursework,
>> and activities within the UCSD Center for Research in Language.
>> Courses and laboratory rotations are offered by a larger faculty of
>> scientists at UCSD, San Diego State University and the Salk
>> Institute for Biological Studies. All trainees will meet weekly
>> during the academic year on Tuesdays at 4:00 pm for the CRL seminar
>> series. Trainees will be expected to give a talk on their research
>> at least once during their training program. All trainees will
>> receive instruction in the responsible conduct of research by
>> taking one of the several courses available at UCSD on this subject
>> (e.g. COG SCI 241, Ethics and Academic Survival Skills).
>> The training program pays an annual stipend over 12 months set by
>> the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The stipend levels are
>> $20,772 for pre-doctoral trainees and from $35,568 to $51,036 for
>> post-doctoral trainees (based on NIH 05-06 rates). Pre-doctoral
>> student in-state fees are covered by the training grant. Post-
>> doctoral trainees receive health and dental insurance (including
>> family) coverage. Trainees may receive funding for travel to a
>> scientific conference as part of their training program.
>> APPLICATION INFORMATION
>> We offer 6 pre-doctoral slots and 2 post-doctoral slots annually.
>> Post-doctoral candidates can apply for a second-year traineeship
>> (based on progress) for one additional year. Applicants must be
>> U.S. citizens or permanent residents of the U.S.
>> PRE-DOCTORAL: Students will apply through one of four UCSD
>> departments (Cognitive Science, Linguistics, Psychology, the SDSU/
>> UCSD Joint Doctoral Program in Language and Communicative
>> Disorders), and will meet all requirements for those departments.
>> POST-DOCTORAL: Applications are accepted annually every April 1.
>> Decisions are announced by May 1.
>> Post-doctoral applicants should apply directly to the Center for
>> Research in Language. Interested parties should submit a cover
>> sheet, a statement of interest, three letters of recommendation, a
>> curriculum vitae, and copies of relevant publications to: Center
>> for Research in Language (0526), Fellowship Coordinator, UC San
>> Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0526. Complete
>> application instructions are available on our website at: http://
>> crl.ucsd.edu/pdgs.html
>> There is a payback agreement for post-doctoral trainees who
>> complete only one year of training. This can be discharged by
>> engaging in an equal period of health-related research or research
>> training that averages more than 20 hours per week of a full work
>> year or by engaging in an equal period of health-related teaching
>> that averages more than 20 hours per week of a full work year.
>> DIVERSITY AT CRL
>> At the Center for Research in Language we celebrate our diverse
>> community of faculty, students, staff, and visitors. Cultural
>> diversity enriches our lives and our research programs. We welcome
>> individuals of all languages, races, ethnicities, gender, age,
>> disability, sexual orientation, religion and political beliefs. We
>> also have a large visitor program, hosting visiting scholars at
>> every level (from undergraduate students through senior faculty)
>> from across the US and from many different countries.
>> AFFILIATED FACULTY
>>
>> Farrell Ackerman, Linguistics
>> Mark Appelbaum, Psychology
>> Amalia Arvaniti, Linguistics
>> Eric Bakovic, Linguistics
>> Chris Barker, Linguistics
>> Jessica Barlow, SDSU School of Speech, Language & Hearing Science
>> John Batali, Cognitive Science
>> Ursula Bellugi, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies
>> Rick Buxton, Radiology, Director, fMRI Center
>> Leslie Carver, Psychology
>> Soonja Choi, SDSU Linguistics
>> Kathee Christensen, SDSU School of Speech, Language & Hearing Science
>> Gary Cottrell, Computer Science
>> Seana Coulson, Cognitive Science
>> Eric Courchesne, Neurosciences
>> Gedeon Deak, Cognitive Science
>> Nina Dronkers, Language & Comm. Disorders
>> Karen Emmorey, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies
>> Gilles Fauconnier, Cognitive Science
>> Larry Fenson, SDSU Psychology
>> Vic Ferreira, Psychology
>> Margaret Friend, SDSU Psychology
>> Vera Gutierrez-Clellen, SDSU School of Speech, Language & Hearing
>> Science
>> Edwin Hutchins, Cognitive Science
>> Andy Kehler, Linguistics
>> Robert Kluender, Linguistics
>> Mark Kritchevsky, Neurosciences
>> Ronald Langacker, Linguistics
>> John Moore, Linguistics
>> Ralph-Axel Mueller, SDSU Psychology
>> Marilyn Newhoff, SDSU Psychology
>> Carol Padden, Communication
>> Judy Reilly, SDSU Psychology
>> Don Robin, SDSU School of Speech, Language & Hearing Science
>> Laura Schreibman, Psychology
>> Katerina Semendeferi, Anthropology
>> Joan Stiles, Cognitive Science
>> Lewis Shapiro, SDSU School of Speech, Language & Hearing Science
>> Donna Thal, SDSU School of Speech, Language & Hearing Science
>> Doris Trauner, Pediatrics, Neurosciences
>> Beverly Wulfeck, SDSU School of Speech, Language & Hearing Scienc
>>
>> For an online version of this brochure including application form,
>> please visit:
>>
>> http://crl.ucsd.edu/training/fellowships/tgrantbrochure.html
>
>
>
>
> Announcement #2:
>
>> Post-graduate/Post-doctoral Researchers (2 posts)
>> City University London, UK
>> Department of Language and Communication Science,
>> Bottom of Form
>> Post-graduate/Post-doctoral Researcher (HM/10071)
>> £22.5K - £25.5K pa inc
>> Post-doctoral Researcher (RH/10082)
>> £28.5K - £32K pa inc
>> Fixed term for three years
>> The Deafness, Cognition and Language Research Centre (DCAL) is a
>> major new research centre funded by the Economic and Social
>> Research Council UK. The Centre comprises a series of thematically
>> linked research projects including sign language linguistics,
>> language processing and language development. In a new
>> collaboration between the DCAL, City University and the MPI in
>> Nijmegen we intend to examine the effects of modality and age of
>> acquisition of language on segmentation mechanisms.
>> We are seeking two researchers to work on an ESRC-funded research
>> project investigating language processing in adult deaf signers.
>> The study will use experimental methods to probe how sign language
>> is segmented on-line at the level of phonological structure. In
>> particular we are interested in testing psycholinguistic models
>> (e.g. The Possible Word Constraint) with data from sign language
>> users. With excellent communication skills, you will have the
>> ability to work collaboratively within a team and will be able to
>> work to tight deadlines, with many conflicting priorities.
>> For the Post-graduate/Post-doctoral Researcher, you will be a
>> graduate or postgraduate in linguistics, psychology or related
>> area. With knowledge of sign/English linguistics, you will have the
>> ability to carry out interviews in sign language. You will have
>> signing skills to the equivalent of CACDP Level 2 BSL or above.
>> For the Post-doctoral Researcher, you will have a Ph.D. in
>> Psychology, Linguistics or related area, (or doctoral dissertation
>> submitted for examination), with research experience in psychology,
>> linguistics, or psycholinguistics. You will have experience in
>> experimental design and analysis. Knowledge of a sign language will
>> be an advantage.
>>
>> Benefits include a final-salary pension scheme.
>>
>> For more information and an application form, visit www.city.ac.uk/
>> hr/jobs or write to the Recruitment Team, HR Department, City
>> University, Northampton Square, London EC1V 0HB, quoting the
>> relevant job reference number.
>> Closing date: 31 January 2006.
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> 19th Annual CUNY Conference on Human Sentence Processing
> Conference email: sentproc@gc.cuny.edu
> Conference website: http://qcpages.qc.edu/~efernand/CUNY2006 |
