THREE JOBS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE!

[Roberta Golinkoff]

*THREE POSITIONS *

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*UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE*

*Dr. Roberta M. Golinkoff*

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·      Postdoctoral Fellowship

·      Research Assistant – Recent college graduate

·      Laboratory Coordinator – Recent college graduate**

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*POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP *

Area: Cognitive Development**

Applications for a position are being accepted for a post-doctoral
fellowship on an NIH-funded American Recovery and Reinvestment Act project
focusing on preschoolers’ knowledge of fundamental geometric forms and its
relationship to mathematical knowledge upon school entry.  The position
requires someone with strong research training, statistical expertise, and a
Ph.D. in developmental psychology or a closely related area. Ideally, the
applicant would be an expert in the area of early mathematical or spatial
development and have an interest in young children’s thinking.  Experience
in using an eye-tracker would be welcomed. Funding is available for one year
with full benefits.

Responsibilities:  Data analysis, writing up results for presentation and
publication, literature reviews, designing new studies, some data
collection, and collaborative participation with our research team.

Materials: Please submit a CV, cover letter with statement of research
interests, letters of recommendation, and evidence of scholarly publications
to: Roberta M. Golinkoff, University of Delaware, School of Education,
Willard Hall, Newark, DE 19716. If you are interested in the position,
please immediately email your CV to Aimee Stahl at
UDInfantLab at gmail.com.  Start
date can be as early as March 2010.



*FULL-TIME RESEARCH ASSISTANT*

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Hired as part of the project described above, funding is available for one
year with full benefits. A recent college graduate having majored in
psychology or cognitive science and looking for additional research
experience before going on to graduate school would be ideal. Experience
working with young children is a plus as is a research background.



Responsibilities: Working on all aspects of this longitudinal project
including participant recruitment, data collection, data coding and
analysis, writing conference abstracts and conducting literature
reviews.   Excellent
social skills are essential as the applicant would be testing in schools and
Head Starts, interacting with parents and teachers, and routinely
interacting and cooperating with other members of the research team.

Materials: Please submit a CV and a cover letter, and letters of
recommendation to Aimee Stahl at UDInfantLab at gmail.com.  Start date can be
March 2010.

*FULL-TIME LABORATORY COORDINATOR*



The Infant Language Project at the University of Delaware needs a highly
capable, organized, and well-spoken individual to serve as a full-time
laboratory coordinator. A recent college graduate having majored in
psychology or cognitive science and looking for additional research
experience before going on to graduate school would be ideal; former
laboratory coordinators have gone on to the graduate schools of their
choice.



The laboratory is very active and highly collaborative with a focus on
language acquisition and learning through play. The applicant must be
excellent with young children and their parents as well as being able to
supervise undergraduate research assistants.



Responsibilities: Maintaining participant database, recruitment, all aspects
of research design including data collection, coding, and analysis.
Excellent writing skills are essential as additional duties include writing
grant reports, conducting literature reviews, and collaborating on
manuscripts and conference abstracts and presentations.  The job offers full
benefits and a dynamic working environment since laboratory coordinators are
treated as colleagues.  This position could begin in June, 2010.



Materials: Please submit a CV, cover letter, and letters of recommendation
to the current lab coordinator, Aimee Stahl, at UDInfantLab at gmail.com.


-- 
Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, Ph. D.
H. Rodney Sharp Professor
School of Education and Departments of Psychology and Linguistics and
Cognitive Science
University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716
Office: 302-831-1634; Fax: 302-831-4110
Web page: http://udel.edu/~roberta/
Author of "A Mandate for Playful Learning in Preschool: Presenting the
Evidence" (Oxford)
http://www.mandateforplayfullearning.com/
Please check out our doctoral program at
http://www.udel.edu/education/graduate/index.html
The late Mary Dunn said, "Life is the time we have to learn."

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