Post-Doc Positions in Language and Literacy at Georgia State

[Mary Ann Romski]

Dear Colleagues: Below is an announcement regarding post-doc positions available at Georgia State
 
Two-Year Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in Language and Literacy with
Special Populations The Center for Research on Atypical Development and
Learning (CRADL), in coordination with the Department of Psychology and
the Department of Educational Psychology & Special Education, at Georgia
State University, Atlanta, have postdoctoral positions available for
Fall 2009 in their Institute of Education Sciences (IES) Post-Doctoral
Research Training in Language and Literacy with Special Populations
Program.  The goal of the training program is to offer individualized
research experiences within the context of interdisciplinary research
teams. Program faculty members have projects designed to empirically
validate educational interventions that promote language or literacy
development in special populations: children, adolescents, and adults at
risk for, or with, identified disabilities.  Faculty members represent
the disciplines of psychology, special education, and communication
disorders.  The two-year fellowship will provide trainees with intensive
training in designing field-based intervention research with special
populations (both group and single-subject designs), analysis of
existing data bases using advanced statistical techniques (e.g., HLM),
and in professional development, including grant writing, and
professional presentations and publication.  Fellows will NOT serve as
project directors and will have the opportunity to pursue their own
research interests within the context of the ongoing research projects.
 

Detailed information about program faculty and their research projects
is available at the Center for Research in Atypical Development webpage
http://www2.gsu.edu/~wwwaty/ies.html  
Recent Ph.Ds from special education, communication disorders, language
and literacy education, psychology, and other related fields are
encouraged to apply. Salary, set by IES guidelines, is $50,000 a year
with full health benefits. Provisions of the training program limit
funding to US citizens and permanent residents. 
 
Applicants should send a CV, copies of publications, transcript, and a
statement of research interests consistent with the goals of the
training program. This statement should discuss the direction in which
the candidate would like to extend their own research and training,
including interest in particular research project(s) available in this
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 via email to the
co-Training Directors, Dr. Rose Sevcik and Dr. Amy Lederberg with
Language & Literacy Postdoctoral Positions in the subject line.
Transcripts can be sent to Drs. Rose Sevcik, Department of Psychology,
Box 5010, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30302. 
 
Review of applications will be ongoing and continue until the positions
are filled. Georgia State University is an Affirmative Action/Equal
Opportunity Employer.  Questions? Contact Program Co-Directors Drs. Rose
A. Sevcik or Amy Lederberg at rsevcik at gsu.edu or alederberg at gsu.edu.  
 
 
 
 


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