2010-12-02

[DIV28M] Position Announcement

THE FRANKLIN COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA invites applications for a TENURE TRACK position at the ASSISTANT PROFESSOR level to begin August, 2011 in the DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY. Successful candidates will have a Ph.D. in Psychology and an established research program that includes interests in the area of GENETICS AS APPLIED TO COMPLEX HEALTH-RELATED PHENOTYPES, broadly defined. We seek an outstanding scholar engaged in high impact research, regardless of specific research focus, which could include a clinical, social-personality, developmental, cognitive-neuroscience or behavioral-neuroscience focus in addition to interests in behavioral genetics or molecular genetics/epigenetics.

Successful candidates will contribute to graduate and undergraduate training and be expected to develop a nationally recognized program of research and successfully compete for extramural funding. There is strong support for building a research career at the University of Georgia. The Department of Psychology has a strong, collegial and interdisciplinary faculty that offers many opportunities for collaboration. Research collaboration across the university is further enhanced by the Center for Gene-Social Environment Transactions (C-GSET) (http://www.ibr.uga.edu/centers_groups/gene.htm) at the Institute for Behavioral Research, the Core Center of Excellence recently awarded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (http://www.cfr.uga.edu/announcements/10), an internationally recognized genetics faculty (http://www.genetics.uga.edu), and the Bio-Imaging Research Center (http://www.uga.edu/psychology/BIRC/facilities/index.htm) in the Paul D. Coverdell Biomedical Health Sciences Building, among many active research groups at UGA.

Candidates should send a letter of application including research and teaching interests, a curriculum vitae, reprints/preprints, and arrange to have three letters of reference sent. Application can be submitted either by e-mail to: shodo@uga.edu, Attn: Contextual Genetics Search Committee, or by mail to: Chair, Contextual Genetics Search Committee, C/O Steven Beach, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602-3013.

The Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, its many units, and the University of Georgia are committed to increasing the diversity of its faculty and students, and sustaining a work and learning environment that is inclusive. The University is an EEO/AA institution. Applications received by January 26, 2011, are assured full consideration.



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William W. Stoops, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
University of Kentucky College of Medicine
Department of Behavioral Science
Center on Drug and Alcohol Research
University of Kentucky College of Arts and Sciences
Department of Psychology
email: william.stoops@uky.edu
phone: (859) 257-5383
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