Post-Doctoral Fellow Psychology PEERS Lab

Competition 1690

This position has an initial appointment of one year from the date of hire with the possibility of renewal depending on performance and funding availability and offers a benefits package found at Postdoctoral Fellows Benefits. Salary is commensurate with experience.

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Working for the Department

The Department of Psychology is home to 31 Faculty members including 3 Canada Research Chairs, approximately 3,000 undergraduate majors and 70 graduate students across its multiple degree programs. Current research themes in the department include developmental science; behavioural, cognitive and social neuroscience; cognition; comparative cognition and behaviour; and social and cultural psychology. 

Position 

The PEERS Lab in the Department of Psychology at the University of Alberta, led by Dr. Wendy Hoglund, is recruiting a full-time Postdoctoral Fellow (PDF) with interests and expertise in young children's self-regulation and mental health, and experience with longitudinal data collection and analysis.

The successful candidate will participate fully in research and related scholarly activities including leading research projects on children's self-regulation, mental health, and relationships with teachers and peers; grant writing; knowledge mobilization activities (e.g., publications, presentations, workshops, community outreach); student mentorship; and teaching.

The start date is negotiable. The successful candidate can start as early as December 2024. 

Duties

• Provides expertise in project and data management, including directing longitudinal projects with children.
• Supervises and coordinates data collection, cleaning and analysis activities.
• Leads knowledge mobilization activities, with a focus on co-publishing and co-presenting.
• Participates in the training and co-supervision of graduate and undergraduate students.
• The successful candidate will have opportunities to work on longitudinal data sets with previously collected data.
• The candidate may have opportunities to teach in the Department of Psychology.

Minimum Qualifications

• A doctoral degree (PhD) in Developmental Psychology or a related area (e.g., Educational Psychology).
• Expertise and interests in child self-regulation, mental health, and relationships with teachers and/or peers.
• Experience conducting longitudinal research, including collecting and analyzing longitudinal data.
• Strong quantitative and analytical skills (e.g., structural equation modeling and multilevel modeling using Mplus).
• Evidence of independent scholarship.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; exceptional academic writing skills. 

Preferred Qualifications

• Proficient time-management and organizational skills.
• Ability to work in a team environment.
• Experience in project and data management.
• Experience with longitudinal measurement burst designs is especially welcome.
• Candidates should have an excellent academic record and the beginning of a publication record, with experience publishing in a peer-reviewed journal.

Application Instructions

Please apply online with the following:

• A cover letter that addresses the specific topic of your relevant expertise, completed training, and career goals.
• Curriculum Vitae.
• List of Publications.
• Statement of Teaching / Research Interests (Please submit as an attachment under "Other").
• Names and contact information of 3 references (Note: We are not requesting reference letters with the initial application.).

Review of the applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. For more information, please contact Dr. Hoglund (hoglund@ualberta.ca).