The Cognitive Development Laboratory at Indiana University (Linda Smith) is seeking a Project Manager for a study of the development of visual object recognition in infants and young children. This full time one year position, with benefits and a possible one year extension, is ideal for a recent graduate who wants research experience in an active and nationally recognized developmental laboratory --surrounded by outstanding graduate students and post docs --prior to applying to graduate school. Please apply by email, with (1) a resume that summarizes your educational and research background, and skills with respect to those listed below and (2) contact information for two references, to smith4@indiana.edu. Please also copy the application email to cfausey@indiana.edu.
The Essential Skills:
-excellent organization skills ( to keep things running smoothly)
-excellent problem-solving initiative (notice and solve problems before other team members)
-excellent communication skills ("in the loop" )
- highly self-directed
-work well with others, experience coordinating work in teams
-familiarity with word, powerpoint, excel
-comfortable learning new tech skills (e.g., new software; programming)
-experience in a psychology or cognitive science research lab (or related fields, e.g., linguistics, computer science, anthropology)
The Desirable Skills (or skills you would really like to learn):
-experience collecting data from babies and toddlers
-experience with eyetracking data collection and/or analysis
-familiarity with photo, video editing and graphic design software (e.g., Photoshop, Final Cut Pro, Rhino)
-familiarity with statistical analysis & software (e.g., SPSS, R)
Bonus skills (these would be a plus but not required, however a willingness to learn Matlab and R is expected)
-experience programming for the web (e.g., html, java, Mechanical Turk)
-experience programming (e.g., Python, Matlab, R)
Project Responsibilities may include:
-coordinating tasks for a multi-step, long-term project (tracking what has been done & what to do next)
-managing complex database of tags for photo & video data
-coordinating online data collection
-manual coding of behavioral video data (e.g., identifying objects across frames; children's pointing behavior during experiments)
-transcribing recorded speech data
-recruiting research participants to a child development lab
-collecting data from babies & children (including eyetracking)
-data entry
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
GWU Summer Research Internship in Child Social Cognition
Research Assistant Internship in Child Social Cognition:
The Social Cognition Lab of the George Washington University is located in downtown Washington, blocks away from the White House and the National Mall. We are currently searching for dedicated and experienced research interns for the summer of 2012. Our research focuses on the development of mechanisms mediating social and cultural learning. Interested students are encouraged to visit our website for more information (www.subiaul.com).
Research interns will have the opportunity to gain experience in socio-cognitive development by becoming directly involved in multiple levels of research. Tasks include: subject recruitment, data collection, data entry, data analysis and interpretation of results. The ideal candidates would be current undergraduates or recent graduates concentrating in cognitive science, psychology, or a related field. Priority will be given to students with previous experience working in developmental psychology laboratories or more general experiences working with infants and/or pre-school age children. Interns are expected to commit 15-20 hours per week from the end of May until early/mid-August. A $1,000 stipend will be offered to interns.
Interested students are encouraged to send a CV to Brian Schilder (schilder@gwu.edu) before May 15th. Applicants should include all relevant research experience with children as well as the name and contact information of at least one recent supervisor.
The Social Cognition Lab of the George Washington University is located in downtown Washington, blocks away from the White House and the National Mall. We are currently searching for dedicated and experienced research interns for the summer of 2012. Our research focuses on the development of mechanisms mediating social and cultural learning. Interested students are encouraged to visit our website for more information (www.subiaul.com).
Research interns will have the opportunity to gain experience in socio-cognitive development by becoming directly involved in multiple levels of research. Tasks include: subject recruitment, data collection, data entry, data analysis and interpretation of results. The ideal candidates would be current undergraduates or recent graduates concentrating in cognitive science, psychology, or a related field. Priority will be given to students with previous experience working in developmental psychology laboratories or more general experiences working with infants and/or pre-school age children. Interns are expected to commit 15-20 hours per week from the end of May until early/mid-August. A $1,000 stipend will be offered to interns.
Interested students are encouraged to send a CV to Brian Schilder (schilder@gwu.edu) before May 15th. Applicants should include all relevant research experience with children as well as the name and contact information of at least one recent supervisor.
Monday, April 23, 2012
The credit is inside the college (college of arts and sciences), upper level, could count in the major or minor.
See contact information below.
The 2012 Sociological Research Practicum (SRP) on Social Status, Consumption, and Happiness will extend research on cultural consumption to consider consumption more generally. In particular, it will explore how processes of social comparison might vary for people in different social locations (e.g., gender, race, class) and how styles of consumption and processes of social comparison shape life satisfaction.
A team of undergraduate and graduate students will be trained by the Center for Survey Research to conduct national telephone interviews. Topics covered by the interviews include: subjects’ participation in a range of cultural activities, the direction and intensity of social comparison in various domains, life satisfaction and self-assessed health, experience of time, and reasons for, and barriers to, participation in cultural activities.
The SRP will begin immediately after the spring semester and will continue for between 6 and 8 weeks. Depending on the number of credits a student wishes to earn (1 – 6 credits can be earned, if indeed a student wants to do this for academic credit) SRP team members should expect to spend between 10 and 15 hours a week conducting interviews (more as higher level of credits are pursued). The course is a nice change of pace from regular classes because it’s mostly independent work (i.e., conducting the interviews). In addition, it works well for many students’ summer schedules because the interviews are in the evening. Most importantly, it gives students an opportunity to do real research instead of just hearing about it. Students also will have an opportunity to work with these data later in the summer or the following year and use these for other independent studies, papers, and presentations at regional and national meeting if they are interested. Depending on how involved students want to be, they can develop a wide range of skills—among them, interviewing, learning what makes a good survey, transcribing, learning how to analyze closed-ended questions, and learning how to do qualitative analysis of open-ended items—that will be useful in graduate school and in the workplace.
Undergraduates can choose to register for SOC S491 (Undergraduate SRP), SOC S494 (Internship), or SOC S495 (Research and Readings in Sociology). If interested in this possibility, please contact Professor Art Alderson (aralders@indiana.edu) or Kristin Jordan (jordankm@indiana.edu). If wanting to earn academic credit for this internship experience a student will need to sign a SOC S491, SOC S494, or SOC S495 form so please make sure you indicate interest in academic credit when contacting us.
See contact information below.
The 2012 Sociological Research Practicum (SRP) on Social Status, Consumption, and Happiness will extend research on cultural consumption to consider consumption more generally. In particular, it will explore how processes of social comparison might vary for people in different social locations (e.g., gender, race, class) and how styles of consumption and processes of social comparison shape life satisfaction.
A team of undergraduate and graduate students will be trained by the Center for Survey Research to conduct national telephone interviews. Topics covered by the interviews include: subjects’ participation in a range of cultural activities, the direction and intensity of social comparison in various domains, life satisfaction and self-assessed health, experience of time, and reasons for, and barriers to, participation in cultural activities.
The SRP will begin immediately after the spring semester and will continue for between 6 and 8 weeks. Depending on the number of credits a student wishes to earn (1 – 6 credits can be earned, if indeed a student wants to do this for academic credit) SRP team members should expect to spend between 10 and 15 hours a week conducting interviews (more as higher level of credits are pursued). The course is a nice change of pace from regular classes because it’s mostly independent work (i.e., conducting the interviews). In addition, it works well for many students’ summer schedules because the interviews are in the evening. Most importantly, it gives students an opportunity to do real research instead of just hearing about it. Students also will have an opportunity to work with these data later in the summer or the following year and use these for other independent studies, papers, and presentations at regional and national meeting if they are interested. Depending on how involved students want to be, they can develop a wide range of skills—among them, interviewing, learning what makes a good survey, transcribing, learning how to analyze closed-ended questions, and learning how to do qualitative analysis of open-ended items—that will be useful in graduate school and in the workplace.
Undergraduates can choose to register for SOC S491 (Undergraduate SRP), SOC S494 (Internship), or SOC S495 (Research and Readings in Sociology). If interested in this possibility, please contact Professor Art Alderson (aralders@indiana.edu) or Kristin Jordan (jordankm@indiana.edu). If wanting to earn academic credit for this internship experience a student will need to sign a SOC S491, SOC S494, or SOC S495 form so please make sure you indicate interest in academic credit when contacting us.
Night presented by Psychology Club
Tuesday, April 24th at 7:30 pm
PSY226 FREE PIZZA!
Be Aware of the Effects of Autism With Guest Speakers:
Dr. Brian O'Donnell
(Professor in IU Psychology Department)
Dr. Cathy Prat
(Director of the Indiana Resource Center for Autism)
We will be learning about…
--how autism is caused
--what the life of an autistic child is like
--how to become involved in an autism-related health field
Tuesday, April 24th at 7:30 pm
PSY226 FREE PIZZA!
Be Aware of the Effects of Autism With Guest Speakers:
Dr. Brian O'Donnell
(Professor in IU Psychology Department)
Dr. Cathy Prat
(Director of the Indiana Resource Center for Autism)
We will be learning about…
--how autism is caused
--what the life of an autistic child is like
--how to become involved in an autism-related health field
Match Corps: Merrimack Valley is a full-time, 10.5-month urban education math tutoring fellowship in two high schools in the Merrimack Valley. We are hiring 50 smart, idealistic, relentless people to work during the 2012-2013 school year. Each Fellow works during the school day with two students at a time for five periods a day, and will have a personal caseload of 12 students all year long. Fellows not only will drive student achievement by providing individualized instruction, but will also build personal and meaningful relationships with urban students and their families during this pioneer year of service.
Brochure
YouTube Video
www.matcheducation.org
We could really use your assistance in finding some top-notch seniors for our program. Please consider the seniors you know and share this information with them.
If your schedule allows it, I would love to talk for 15 minutes about this groundbreaking fellowship opportunity. Please let me know if you are available.
-Antonio Gutierrez
Antonio J. Gutierrez, Jr.
Director of Business Development and Public Relations Coordinator
Match Tutors
MATCH School Business Office
215 Forest Hills Street
Jamaica Plain, MA, 02130
Office: (857) 203-9662
Fax: (617) 232-2838
Web Site: http://www.matcheducation.org/join-us/match-corps-merrimack-valley
Brochure
YouTube Video
www.matcheducation.org
We could really use your assistance in finding some top-notch seniors for our program. Please consider the seniors you know and share this information with them.
If your schedule allows it, I would love to talk for 15 minutes about this groundbreaking fellowship opportunity. Please let me know if you are available.
-Antonio Gutierrez
Antonio J. Gutierrez, Jr.
Director of Business Development and Public Relations Coordinator
Match Tutors
MATCH School Business Office
215 Forest Hills Street
Jamaica Plain, MA, 02130
Office: (857) 203-9662
Fax: (617) 232-2838
Web Site: http://www.matcheducation.org/join-us/match-corps-merrimack-valley
Friday, April 6, 2012
Research Assistant Position at the University of Chicago
The Development of Social Cognition Lab (dsclab.uchicago.edu) directed by Dr. Katherine Kinzler at the University of Chicago is seeking a full-time research assistant to begin July 1st, 2012.
The research assistant will participate in research related to the development of social cognition. The particular focus of this position will entail coordinating projects investigating social influences on infants’ and children’s food selection. Responsibilities include overseeing research activities, including but not limited to: participant recruitment both in the lab and at schools, undergraduate research assistant supervision, stimuli creation, testing infant and child participants, and coding and analyzing data.
The ideal candidate should be detail-oriented, have excellent communication skills, be able to work independently, and be motivated, creative, and organized. The candidate must be willing to commit two years to the position. This position is particularly appropriate for individuals who are interested in pursuing graduate studies in psychology.
A Bachelor’s degree in psychology or a related field, as well as previous research experience in a developmental psychology laboratory is highly preferred. Applicants should send a cover letter, CV/resume, and names of two references to Kellyanna Foster (kellyanna@uchicago.edu).
The research assistant will participate in research related to the development of social cognition. The particular focus of this position will entail coordinating projects investigating social influences on infants’ and children’s food selection. Responsibilities include overseeing research activities, including but not limited to: participant recruitment both in the lab and at schools, undergraduate research assistant supervision, stimuli creation, testing infant and child participants, and coding and analyzing data.
The ideal candidate should be detail-oriented, have excellent communication skills, be able to work independently, and be motivated, creative, and organized. The candidate must be willing to commit two years to the position. This position is particularly appropriate for individuals who are interested in pursuing graduate studies in psychology.
A Bachelor’s degree in psychology or a related field, as well as previous research experience in a developmental psychology laboratory is highly preferred. Applicants should send a cover letter, CV/resume, and names of two references to Kellyanna Foster (kellyanna@uchicago.edu).
Monday, April 2, 2012
Psych Club April General Member Meeting
Psych Club April General Member Meeting - Interested in getting more involved in Psych Club? Come to our meeting - Tuesday, April 3rd at 7:00pm in room PY226
This meeting will give you a chance to listen to current executive board members to speak about their experience in Psych Club. You will also have the chance to sit in with the committee of your choice (social, service, academic, or PR) and witness firsthand how the committees work to plan events. If you are interested in getting involved on the board next semester, this is a great first step! As always, there will be free pizza provided!
Also, Psych Club will be having an Autism Awareness booth set up in the lobby of the Psychology building on Thursday, April 5th from 12-3 p.m. At the booth, you can purchase candy bars for $1, with proceeds going to benefit Autism Awareness. Look out for the booth on Thursday and stop by for a treat!
Hope to see you soon!
Psych Club
This meeting will give you a chance to listen to current executive board members to speak about their experience in Psych Club. You will also have the chance to sit in with the committee of your choice (social, service, academic, or PR) and witness firsthand how the committees work to plan events. If you are interested in getting involved on the board next semester, this is a great first step! As always, there will be free pizza provided!
Also, Psych Club will be having an Autism Awareness booth set up in the lobby of the Psychology building on Thursday, April 5th from 12-3 p.m. At the booth, you can purchase candy bars for $1, with proceeds going to benefit Autism Awareness. Look out for the booth on Thursday and stop by for a treat!
Hope to see you soon!
Psych Club
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