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Career OPPORTUNITIES would involve undergraduate students. For this position, preference will be given to candidates who evidence a breadth of interests appropriate to a liberal arts undergraduate institution. This position includes: four-course per-year teaching load, at all levels of the curriculum, and will include a survey course in biological psychology, an advanced course in psychopharmacology, a seminar in the applicant’s specialty area (e.g., emotion or hormonal influences on behavior), and introductory psychology. We seek applications from psychologists doing human research involving physiological measures, e.g., EEG, skin conductance, heart rate, or hormonal assays. For full consideration, applications should be received by October 14, 2011. Applicants should submit the following materials: letter of application, curriculum vitae, reprints, teaching and research statements, and three letters of recommendation. (The online application will request names/email address so that recommenders or dossier services may submit the letters directly.) Materials should be submitted through the online application system at https://career.wellesley.edu. If circumstances do not allow you to submit materials through our online application system, e-mail us at working@ wellesley.edu. Wellesley College is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Institution and Employer. LICENSED CHILD PSYCHOLOGIST: Allied Health Providers PC offers behavioral health services primarily to HMO members living on the shores of Cape Cod. We are looking for a licensed psychologist trained in and experienced with disorders of childhood with at least two years of work post-license. Preference is for psychologists comfortable with learning and applying evidenced-based practices. Send copy of resume, license, and graduate transcripts to: AHP, Directors, 1074 Rte. 6A W.Barnstable, MA 026681142. MENTORED PRACTITIONER SCIENTIST PREDOCTORAL INTERNSHIP (APA-ACCREDITED): The Center for Multicultural Training in psychology (CMTP), at the Boston University Medical Campus (BUMC), offers pre-doctoral internships in psychology. CMTP was established more than 39 years ago and is part of the Center for Multicultural Mental Health, Division of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine/Boston Medical Center. While incorporating a mentored practitioner scientist model, CMTP specializes in training interns to develop skills in cross-cultural and traditional concepts and evidence-based practices. Interns are mentored and trained in a range of clinical, administrative, and research tasks related to assessment, diagnosis, and individual/group/family modalities of treatment for adult and child populations. Training is provided during yearlong 116 PsycCareers.com placements in inpatient, communitybased outpatient, hospital-based outpatient and in emergency psychiatric services settings. In addition CMTP offers: a child placement to provide psychological services to children and families from medicallyunderserved populations; a primary care placement with medical patients which includes pre-surgery and pre-treatment evaluations, pain and stress management and psychotherapy; and, a full forensic placement. Interns provide psychological services to clients from the primary racial and ethnic groups, including individuals from the Black, Latino, Asian and White communities. CMTP is now accepting applications for the 2012– 2013 training year (APPIC.org). The application deadline is November 15, 2011. For further information, see our website at CMMH-CMTP. org. You are also welcome to visit us at the CMTP on the Boston University Medical Campus, 85 East Newton Street M-912, Boston, MA 02118, or call us at (617) 414-4646, or e-mail us at CMTP@bmc.org. CMTP has been fully accredited by the American Psychological Association (APA) since 1986 and received a seven-year accreditation in 2006. Inquiries can be made to CMTP or directly to the Office of Accreditation, APA, 750 First Street, NE, Washington, D.C. 20002-4242 (202) 336-5979. BMC, BUSM are Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employers. tal and cognitive psychologists, geneticists and biologists. Visit http:// www.geb.lsa.umich.edu/ for more information about the department, this recruitment program, participating units and the University of Michigan. This is a university-year appointment, with an expected start date of September 1, 2012. To ensure full consideration, all materials should be received by October 15, 2011. Successful candidates will be expected to establish an independent research program and have a commitment to undergraduate and graduate teaching. Your curriculum vitae, a statement of current and future research plans, a statement of teaching philosophy and experience, evidence of teaching excellence (if available), and three letters of recommendations (submitted by referees) should be e-mailed as attachments to: GEB. Psychology.Search@umich.edu. The University of Michigan is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Qualified women and minority candidates are encouraged to apply. The University is supportive of the needs of dual-career. FACULTY RESEARCH FELLOW: The Survey Research Center in the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan invites applications from outstanding candidates for faculty research fellow appointments in any area of social science research including anthropology, demography, economics, education, geography, psychology, public health, social epidemiology, social work, sociology, survey methodology, statistics, and urban studies. Faculty Research Fellow appointments are designed to be commensurate and competitive with tenure-track academic or research appointments at any leading research university or organization, and are intended to lead directly into a research professor tenure-track career within the survey research center. We seek to attract the very best early career social scientists whose interests and aspirations incline them toward a career doing externally funded interdisciplinary social science research on problems of social and scientific importance (e.g., education, poverty and social welfare, psychosocial and economic factors of aging and health, social and psychological development of individuals and families over the life course). Appli cants are encouraged to apply no later than November 1, 2011. Applicants may initiate the process by submitting a letter describing their scholarly activities and interests in SRC, along with curriculum vitae, names of three references, and one or two recent publications or working papers. Concurrently, applicants should request that the three letters of reference be sent directly to the e-mail address below. Send applications, letters of reference, and inquiries electronically to: SRCSearch@ isr.umich.edu. Reference position #59505. For more information on the Survey Research Center and the Fac- ulty Research Fellows Program, visit our website at http://www.src.isr. umich.edu. The University of Michigan is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and is responsive to the needs of dual career couples. Women and minority candidates are encouraged to apply. ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY: The Department of Psychology at the University of Michigan invites applications for a tenure-track position in clinical science to begin September 1, 2012, pending budgetary approval. Assistant professor level is preferred, but we also will consider well-established scientists. We are particularly interested in candidates with strong records of research contributions in any of the following four areas: 1) assessment and treatment of adult psychological disorders; 2) neurobiological foundations of child and adolescent psychopathology; 3) severe psychopathology, and 4) clinical science, culture, and psychopathology. Go to: http://www.lsa.umich.edu/ psych/people/faculty-positions/ for more detailed descriptions of each area. Successful candidates will be expected to establish an independent research program and have a commitment to undergraduate and graduate teaching, and must have a Ph.D. in clinical psychology. Applicants must identify their primary area of interest from one of the four listed above. Review of applications begins Oc tober 1, 2011, and will continue until position has been filled. Your letter of intent, curriculum vitae, a statement of current and future research plans, a statement of teaching philosophy and experience, evidence of teaching excellence, representative publications, and at least three letters of recommendation (submitted by referees) should be e-mailed as attachments to: Clinical.Science. Search@umich.edu. The university of Michigan is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Qualified women and minority candidates are encouraged to apply. The University is supportive of the needs of dual-career couples. ASSOCIATE OR FULL PROFESSOR POSITION IN SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN: The Department of Psychology at the University of Michigan invites applications and nominations for a tenured associate or full professor position in social psychology to begin in September 2012. We are interested in people who have achieved eminence in any area of social psychology, although we are especially interested in expertise in one of the following areas: 1) nonconscious aspects of social cognition, emotion, or behavior; 2) interpersonal interaction and personal relationships. Biological approaches to any of these areas are particularly desirable. Evidence of a distinguished research program and excellence in teaching is essential. Review of applications begins MICHIGAN JUNIOR FACULTY POSITION IN PSYCHOLOGY (GENES, ENVIRONEMENT AND BEHAVIOR): The Department of Psychology at the University of Michigan invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position conducting research addressing the behavioral/ cognitive impact of interactions between genetic and environmental conditions. The specific field of research, level of analysis, and model organism are open, but examples include: epigenetic control of complex traits; cognitive genetics; genetic vulnerabilities for behavioral and cognitive disorders; gene x environment interactions in predicting developmental outcomes. We are particularly interested in individuals who are attracted to working within a multidisciplinary environment. A strong background in genetics is desirable. The new hire undoubtedly will collaborate closely with present faculty conducting research on developmental processes, cognition and perception, and behavioral neuroscience. This position is part of a cluster of hires that will bring together faculty from psychology, biology, human genetics, neurology, and the molecular and behavioral neuroscience institute. The newly hired faculty, who are expected to interact through this program, will also be integrated into the university’s rich community of behavioral and molecular neuroscientists, developmen- MONITOR ON PSYCHOLOGY • SEPTEMBER 2011 http://www.src.isr.umich.edu http://www.geb.lsa.umich.edu/ http://www.geb.lsa.umich.edu/ http://www.src.isr.umich.edu http://www.APPIC.org http://www.lsa.umich.edu/psych/people/faculty-positions/ http://www.lsa.umich.edu/psych/people/faculty-positions/ https://career.wellesley.edu http://www.PsycCareers.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Monitor on Psychology - September 2011

Monitor on Psychology - September 2011
Letters
President’s Column
Contents
From the CEO
Supreme Court hears psychologists on prison and video game cases
Antipsychotics are overprescribed in nursing homes
New MCAT likely to recognize the mind-body connection
A $2 million boost for military and families
In Brief
GOVERNMENT RELATIONS UPDATE
On Your Behalf
Judicial Notebook
Random Sample
TIME CAPSULE
QUESTIONNAIRE
Speaking of Education
SCIENCE WATCH
An uncertain future for American workers
Advocating for psychotherapy
PRACTICE PROFILE
ETHICALLY SPEAKING
Seared in our memories
Helping kids cope in an uncertain world
APA and Nickelodeon team up
Muslims in America, post 9/11
Bin Laden’s death
‘They expect us to be there’
Answering the call of public policy
Candidates answer final questions
APA News
Division Spotlight
New leaders
AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL FOUNDATION
Disaster relief training
Honoring teaching excellence
Personalities

Monitor on Psychology - September 2011