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<!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;mso-pagination:none; tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;mso-pagination:none; tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Helvetica; color:black"><b>Postdoctoral Position in Developmental Psycholinguistics</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Helvetica; color:black">Postdoctoral position available in the Department of Psychology at Stanford University working in the research group led by Dr. Anne Fernald.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Our research program includes several different projects funded by grants from NICHD and NIDCD, all focusing on the early development of spoken language understanding.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>We seek an outstanding young scientist interested in pursuing the following opportunities:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:9.0pt;mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Helvetica; color:black">• gain expertise in sophisticated data-analytic techniques using real-time speech processing measures with very young language learners;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:9.0pt;mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Helvetica; color:black">• investigate how phonological, grammatical, and semantic properties of language influence children’s online interpretation of speech from moment to moment;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:9.0pt;mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Helvetica; color:black">• conduct experimental studies with infants and young children learning English or Spanish as their first language, and/or with Spanish/English bilingual children;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:9.0pt;mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Helvetica; color:black">•<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>do observational research on parent-child interactions at our main lab on campus and/or at our community lab in East Palo Alto, where we are working with hundreds of Latino families who are recent immigrants to the U.S.;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:9.0pt;mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Helvetica; color:black">•<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>develop new experimental tasks for assessing speech processing efficiency in English- and Spanish-learning children at risk for language disorders;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:9.0pt;mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Helvetica; color:black">•<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>join a dynamic, interactive, and productive research team exploring early language learning in diverse populations, while participating in the vibrant cognitive science community at Stanford University.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Helvetica; color:black">Candidates must have completed a PhD and have a strong background in cognitive science, developmental psychology, psycholinguistics, or a related area. This position can start in Summer 2008 or sooner; salary commensurate NIH guidelines.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica">Applicants should send a CV with a letter describing graduate training and research interests, and arrange to have three letters of recommendation sent to: Prof. Anne Fernald, Dept. Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford CA 94305. Electronic applications can be sent to <a href="mailto:afernald@stanford.edu">afernald@stanford.edu</a>. Review of applications begins on March 1<sup>st</sup>, continuing until position is filled. </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Arial">Website: <a href="http://babylab.stanford.edu">http://babylab.stanford.edu</a>.</span><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style=""><span style="font-family:Helvetica"> </span><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">______________________</font></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="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Anne Fernald, Ph.D.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Dept Psychology and</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Program in Human Biology</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Stanford University</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Stanford CA 94305</font></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 face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">650-723-1257 - lab</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a href="http://babylab.stanford.edu">http://babylab.stanford.edu</a>/</font></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></span> </div><br><br>
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