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Position Announcement -- UMass Amherst |
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| Posted by: | Linda Tropp |
| Title/Position: | Associate Professor |
| School/Organization: | University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| Sent to listserv of: | SPSP, SESP, SPSSI |
| Date posted: | August 4th, 2008 |
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The Department of Psychology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst invites applications for two faculty positions in the area of stress, resilience, and coping, with particular emphasis on racial and ethnic disparities in physical and mental health, starting in Fall 2009. Appointments will be made at the Assistant Professor level. Candidates must have a Ph.D. in psychology or related discipline, an excellent record of empirical research and academic scholarship, and the potential to attract extramural funding.
Position 1. Candidates for the first position should have research interests and experience focusing on race and/or ethnicity in relation to adoption. Among the relevant topics would be race and/or ethnicity as moderators of adoption-related processes or outcomes; family constellations and their consequences for adopted children and adolescents; risk factors for, and consequences of, adoption-related stress, including effects on physical and mental health; developmental outcomes of early maltreatment in children adopted from foster care and the public child welfare system; and processes of racial socialization in families of children of color whose parents are from a different racial group.
Position 2. Candidates for the second position should have research interests and experience focusing on stress, resilience, and coping, with particular emphasis on racial and ethnic disparities in physical and mental health. The ideal candidate will conduct research on issues such as psychological and physiological consequences of stress related to racial or ethnic disparities; perceived discrimination, stress, and coping; race-based rejection sensitivity and its impact on psychological functioning and health; the influence of racial identity on health and/or psychopathology; diversity in the community or the workplace and its impact on minority coping, health, and well-being; racial disparities in daycare, preschool, and homecare and their effects on physical and mental health; racial disparities in early intervention for children at academic and social risk; and racial disparities in stress exposure and health care.
Information about the Psychology Department at UMass Amherst is available at:
http://euryale.sbs.umass.edu/PsychWeb/
Applications should include a cover letter, statement of research interests and teaching philosophy, curriculum vitae, sample publications, and three letters of recommendation. Review of applications will begin on October 15, 2008, and we will continue to accept applications until the positions are filled. Applications should be sent to: Racial Disparities Search Committee, Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003. Please indicate for which of the two positions you are applying. The University of Massachusetts is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Women and members of minority groups are encouraged to apply.
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