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Tenure Track Assistant Professor of Developmental Psychology, University of California

The Department of Psychology, University of California, Riverside, invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position with a research focus on biopsychosocial approaches to development beginning July 1, 2012. The Ph.D. degree is required at the time of the appointment and applicants should have a significant record or promise of outstanding research. Salary will be commensurate with education and experience. We seek applicants with research experience in development either at specific age periods or across the life span. Applications are especially encouraged from researchers who examine the interplay of biological and psychosocial processes, including the assessment of biomarkers or other biological measures as a part of their research program. Applicants should be committed to excellence in undergraduate and graduate education. Proficiency in quantitative methods so as to teach a graduate course in statistics would be particularly welcome. Review of completed applications will begin January 2, 2012 and will continue until the position is filled. Interested candidates should send hardcopies of their curriculum vitae, a cover letter, explicit research and teaching statements, reprints and preprints if available, and arrange to have three letters of recommendation sent to:

Dr. Chandra A. Reynolds, Chair
Developmental Search Committee
Department of Psychology
University of California – Riverside
900 University Avenue
Riverside, CA 92521

The Riverside campus of the University of California is growing rapidly and has an excellent psychology department with a strong record of success in research, teaching, and extramural funding. For information on the Department of Psychology, see our web site. The campus is located about 50 miles east of Los Angeles and less than an hour’s drive from the area’s mountains, deserts, and beaches.

The University of California, Riverside is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.