<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Dear Colleagues:</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Please see the ad below for two faculty positions (1 assistant; 1 associate or full) at UCSD Cognitive Science. We are looking for applicants with developmental interests and research, but we are a very diverse department and do not have strong preconceptions about who the successful candidates will be. Thus, developmental psychologists with outstanding research records will be carefully considered, as will outstanding neuroscientists with developmental interests, computer modelers with developmental approaches, etc.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">PLEASE post this ad widely and bring it to the attention of promising colleagues, students, post-docs, etc. We encourage applications and inquiries from all interested parties.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Thank you kindly,</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Gedeon Deák</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B>FACULTY POSITIONS</B></DIV><P align="center" style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><B>DEPARTMENT OF COGNITIVE SCIENCE</B></FONT></P><P align="center" style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><B>UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO</B></FONT></P><P align="justify" style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></P><P align="justify" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">The </FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><B>Department of Cognitive Science </B></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">at the University of California at San Diego has </FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><B>two faculty positions</B></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> for outstanding developmental researchers. The Cognitive Science department at UCSD (</FONT><A href="http://www.cogsci.ucsd.edu/"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0020E2">http://www.cogsci.ucsd.edu/</FONT></FONT></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">)</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0022F2" face="Arial"> </FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">was the first of its kind in the world, and, as part of an exceptional scientific community, it remains a dominant influence in the field it helped to create. The department is truly interdisciplinary, with a faculty whose interests span anthropology, computer science, human development, linguistics, neuroscience, philosophy, and psychology.</FONT></P><P align="justify" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></FONT></P><P align="justify" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">1. </FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><B>Assistant Professor</B></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> (tenure-track): The department is looking for a top-caliber junior researcher in any area(s) of cognitive science, with a focus on problems of human development. Applicants must have a Ph.D. (or ABD). A broad interdisciplinary perspective will be highly valued. Experience with multiple methodologies is preferred. </FONT></P><P align="justify" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">2. </FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><B>Associate or Full Professor</B></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> (with tenure): The department is looking for an outstanding senior researcher in any area(s) of cognitive science, with a focus on problems of human development. The position will also include the Directorship of the UCSD Center for Human Development (</FONT><A href="http://chd.ucsd.edu/"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0020E2">http://chd</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0020E2">.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0020E2">ucsd.edu/</FONT></FONT></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#00117A" face="Arial">).</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> The Center for Human Development is an interdisciplinary research unit with close ties to Cognitive Science, Psychology, and other departments at UCSD. Its principal mission is to foster strong cross-disciplinary approaches to the study of human development, broadly defined. Applicants with a track record of exemplary research with an impact in multiple disciplines are preferred.</FONT></P><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><P align="justify" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Salary for each position will be commensurate with the experience of the successful applicant and based on the UC pay scale. Both positions begin July 1, 2007.</FONT></P><P align="justify" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></P><P align="justify" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. Applicants are invited to provide comments about their leadership activities and contributions to diversity in education and scholarship. The University of California, San Diego is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer with a strong institutional commitment to excellence through diversity. Review of applications will begin January 15, 2007 and will continue until each position is filled.</FONT></P><P align="justify" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></P><P align="justify" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Candidates should submit, via our online application, a letter of intent describing their background and interests, a current curriculum vita, reprints of up to four representative publications, and a list of at least three references (names, titles, addresses, and email addresses). To apply, see “Faculty Positions” at </FONT><A href="http://www.cogsci.ucsd.edu/"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0020E2">http://www.cogsci.ucsd.edu/</FONT></FONT></A>.</P></BODY></HTML>