Positions at U. of Alberta

[Michael R.W. Dawson]

DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA
Four Positions in Brain, Behaviour, and Cognitive Science

The Department of Psychology, Faculty of Science at the University of
Alberta is seeking to expand its development in Behavioural and Cognitive
Neurosciences, which is one of the specializations in the Department's
general area of Brain, Behaviour, and Cognitive Science.  An open-rank
position in Behavioural and Cognitive Neurosciences will be open to
competition.  The appointment is effective July 1, 2001.  Candidates should
have a demonstrated excellence in the study of the neural basis of behaviour
or cognitive processes as applied to perception, neural plasticity,
learning, memory, language, development and aging, attention, motor control,
or emotion.  The expectation is that the successful candidate will have some
postdoctoral experience and will be able to secure NSERC, MRC, or equivalent
funding.

The Department of Psychology, Faculty of Science at the University of
Alberta is seeking to expand its development in Comparative Cognition, which
is one of the specializations in the Department's general area of Brain,
Behaviour, and Cognitive Science.  A tenure-track position in Comparative
Cognition at the level of assistant professor will be open to competition.
The appointment will be effective July 1, 2001.  Candidates should have a
strong research record in animal learning or comparative cognition and
teaching interests that include both introductory and advanced courses in
learning and comparative cognition.  Comparative cognition is broadly
defined to include studies of processes such as perception, learning, memory
and navigation in vertebrates or invertebrates.  We particularly encourage
applications from candidates with expertise or interest in neural mechanisms
underlying learning and cognition, connectionist modeling, or behaviour
genetics.  The expectation is that the successful candidate will have some
postdoctoral experience and will be able to secure NSERC, MRC, or equivalent
funding.

The Department of Psychology, Faculty of Science at the University of
Alberta is seeking to expand its development in the area of Real-World
Cognition, which is one of the specializations in the Department’s general
area of Brain, Behaviour, and Cognitive Science.  A tenure-track position in
real-world cognition at the assistant professor level will be open to
competition and will be effective July 1, 2001.  We invite applications from
individuals in any area of real-world cognition, but we are especially
interested in a person whose main interest is in human judgment and decision
making/risk assessment.  Researchers with interest in human factors in
human-computer interaction/knowledge engineering, cognitive aspects of
survey methodology, autobiographical memory, or applied discourse processing
would also be considered for this position.  The expectation is that the
successful candidate will secure NSERC, MRC, SSHRC, or equivalent funding.

The Department of Psychology, Faculty of Science at the University of
Alberta is seeking to expand its development in Synthetic Psychology, which
is one of the specializations in the Department's general area of Brain,
Behaviour, and Cognitive Science.  A tenure-track position in Synthetic
Psychology at the assistant professor level will be open to competition.
The appointment will be effective July 1, 2001.  Candidates should have a
strong interest in psychologically relevant and/or biologically inspired
computer simulation methods with demonstrated excellence and ongoing
research programs.  Examples of such research would include computational
neuroscience, artificial neural networks, evolutionary computation,
nonlinear models and/or selectionistism to study any of the following or
related areas: perception, learning, language, neural plasticity,
development and aging, attention, motor control, emotion, or memory.
Researchers with general interests in situated and/or embodied cognition
would also be considered for this position.  The expectation is that the
successful candidate will secure NSERC, MRC, or equivalent funding.

Hiring decisions will be made on the basis of demonstrated research
capability, teaching ability, and the potential for interactions with
colleagues.  In particular an ability to interact with the other
specializations in Brain, Behaviour, and Cognitive Science in our department
would be an asset.  Further information on this position can be obtained
from http://www.psych.ualberta.ca/hiring.

Applicants should send a curriculum vitae, a statement of current and future
research plans, a description of teaching interests, recent publications,
and arrange to have at least three letters of reference forwarded to: Dr
Douglas S Grant, Chair, Department of Psychology, P220 Biological Sciences
Building, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6G 2E9.
Applications for the competition should be received by November 1, 2000.

The records arising from this competition will be managed in accordance with
provisions of the Alberta Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy
Act (FOIPP).

In accordance with Canadian Immigration requirements, this advertisement is
directed to Canadian citizens and permanent residents.  If a suitable
Canadian citizen or permanent resident cannot be found, other individuals
will be considered.

The University of Alberta is committed to the principle of equity of
employment.  As an employer we welcome diversity in the workplace and
encourage applications from all qualified women and men, including
Aboriginal peoples, persons with disabilities and members of visible
minorities.