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Dominican University of California
Dominican University of California is seeking a dynamic individual in the Department of Psychology for a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor Position with a research focus in Developmental Psychology to begin August 2012.This is a full-time, 9.5-month position. (more >>>)

The Department of Psychology at San Diego State University: Two tenure-track positions
Both open rank and open area but one with a focus on Cancer Disparities. For both positions, candidates must hold a PhD in a domain of Psychology or allied discipline. Candidates would be expected to teach graduate and undergraduate courses, mentor Masters and Doctoral-level graduate students, and engage in department, college, and university-level service activities. (more >>>)

California State University, San Marcos
California State University San Marcos expects to hire one new tenure-track assistant professor for Fall 2012. We are seeking an individual with a Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology, Human Development, or a related field with expertise in developmental psychopathology and/or developmental disabilities. (more >>>)

Psychologist 3
Washington State Department of Corrections is seeking a highly motivated and qualified individual for the position of Psychologist 3 (Pre-employment). (more >>>)

Opportunity in New Zealand
Are you a Clinical Psychologist passionate about working with Pacific people? If so, we have a great opportunity for you to work within our holistic model of care at Counties Manukau District Health Board (CMDHB). (more >>>)

Assistant Professor of Psychology at Central Oregon Community College
Enjoy a fulfilling teaching career in Bend, Oregon, an exceptionally attractive location on the eastern slopes of the Cascade Mountains. (more >>>)

Cuesta College
Cuesta College, a community college in San Luis Obispo, CA, invites applications for a full-time, tenure track position in psychology. (more >>>)

Program Director - UA Fairbanks
The University of Alaska Joint Ph.D. Program in Clinical-Community Psychology seeks a qualified individual to fill a tenure-track Associate Professor or Full Professor position in Fairbanks and to assume the role of UAF Program Director. (more >>>)

Program Director - UA Anchorage
The University of Alaska Joint Ph.D. Program in Clinical-Community Psychology seeks a qualified individual to fill a tenure-track Associate Professor or Full Professor position in Anchorage and to assume the role of UAA Program Director (PD). (more >>>)

CSU Los Angeles Department Chair
The Department of Psychology at California State University, Los Angeles invites applications for a Department Chair at the level of tenured Full Professor beginning September 2011.  (more >>>)

Announcements

Interdisciplinary Conference: Culture, Mind, and Brain: Emerging Concepts, Methods, Applications
5th FPR-UCLA Interdisciplinary Conference UCLA, October 19–20, 2012 Website: http://www.thefpr.org/conference2012/index.php The aim of this 2-day conference is to highlight emerging concepts, methodologies and applications in the study of culture, mind, and brain, with particular attention to: (1) cutting-edge neuroscience research that is successfully incorporating culture and the social world; (2) the context in which methods are used as well as the tacit assumptions that shape research questions; and (3) the kinds and quality of collaborations that can advance interdisciplinary research training. (more >>>)

Grants for Precollege & Undergraduate Teaching Conferences
APA's Board of Educational Affairs will award $10,000 in grants in 2012 to support conferences on enhancing the quality of undergraduate education in psychology and advancing the teaching of psychology at the secondary, two-year or four-year level. To qualify for funding, conferences must be directed by an APA member, associate or affiliate and meet the stated criteria. To apply: http://www.apa.org/about/awards/block-ugradpre.aspx (more >>>)

APF F.J. McGuigan Dissertation Award
The 2012 APF F.J. McGuigan Dissertation Award, which provides support for dissertation research oriented toward advancing a unified conception of brain and behavior, primarily—but not exclusively—in the psychophysiological area. (more >>>)

APF Kenneth B. and Mamie P. Clark Early Career Grant
The Kenneth B. and Mamie P. Clark Fund supports research and demonstration activities that promote the understanding of the relationship between self-identity and academic achievement with an emphasis on children in grade levels K-8. (more >>>)

2012 Benton Meier Neuropsychology Scholarships
APF 2012 Benton Meier Neuropsychology Scholarships, which fund scholarships for promising graduate students enrolled in neuropsychology programs. (more >>>)

Esther Katz Rosen Early Career Research Grant
The American Psychological Foundation (APF) is now accepting applications for the 2012 Esther Katz Rosen Early Career Research Grant, which supports psychology’s efforts to expand research in giftedness of children. (more >>>)

2012 Pre-College Psychology Grant Program
The American Psychological Foundation (APF) is now accepting applications for the 2012 Pre-College Psychology Grant Program, which provides financial support for efforts aimed at improving the quality of education in psychological science and its application in the secondary schools. Attached you will find the formal Call for Applications. Feel free to distribute this announcement as you see fit at your organization. The deadline for applications is May 1, 2012. (more >>>)

2012 Joseph B. Gittler Award
The American Psychological Foundation (APF) is now accepting nominations for the 2012 Joseph B. Gittler Award, which recognizes a scholar whose body of work or whose individual work is judged to be a significant contribution to the philosophical foundations of psychology. Attached you will find the formal Call for Nominations. Feel free to distribute this announcement as you see fit at your organization. The deadline for applications is May 1, 2012. (more >>>)

APA Travel Grants for Teaching Enhancement
The Board of Educational Affairs (BEA) is awarding $10,000 in grants in 2012 to support conferences on enhancing the quality of undergraduate education in psychology and advancing the teaching of psychology at the secondary, two-year, or four-year level. To be considered for funding, the conference must be directed by an APA member, associate or affiliate, and meet the stated criteria. The grant may be used to offset travel expenses of selected conference participants, registration fees of conference participants, and speaker fees. Applicants may qualify for up to $1,000 during a given year and applications for new as well as annual meetings are encouraged. More information is available on the APA website: http://www.apa.org/about/awards/block-ugradpre.aspx Funding requests for teaching conferences in 2012 must be postmarked by Jan. 30. Send requests to Martha Boenau of the Education Directorate, at the APA address or via e-mail to mboenau@apa.org. (more >>>)

APA Board of Educational Affairs Awards to Advance Interdisciplinary Education and Training in Psychology
Three $5000 awards will be made in 2011 that recognize education and training programs in psychology that advance interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary, or interprofessional teaching, research or practice in psychology. (more >>>)

The Chimpanzee & Human Communication Institute (CHCI)
The Chimpanzee & Human Communication Institute (CHCI) is currently taking applications for our Summer 2012 Apprentice Program. Graduates, undergraduates, and post-graduates from various academic backgrounds (e.g. Anthropology, Biology, Psychology, Linguistics, Philosophy, etc.) and all nationalities are encouraged to apply. The dates of the program are June 24 to August 17, 2012. (more >>>)

APF RANDY F. GERSON MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
The program awards grants for graduate student projects in family and/or couple dynamics, and/or multi-generational processes. (more >>>)

APF FRANCIS M. CULBERTSON TRAVEL GRANT
The Francis M. Culbertson Travel Grant supports women from developing countries who are in the earliest stages of their careers. (more >>>)

APS 2012 Henry David Travel and Research Grant
The 2012 Henry David Travel and Research Grant supports young psychologists and graduate students with a demonstrated interest in the behavioral aspects of human reproductive behavior or an area related to population concerns (more >>>)

APF DIVISION 29 EARLY CAREER AWARD
The Division 29 program recognizes an early career psychologist for promising contribution to psychotherapy, psychology, and the Division of Psychotherapy. (more >>>)

New Book by WPA Member Knud Larsen
Organizational Behavior in a Discontinuous World: Managerial and Workers Perspectives (more >>>)

What the Rich Are Reading this Summer
WPA Fellow Howard Friedman and 18-year member Leslie Martin’s new book (a psychology book!) has been selected as one of ten on the list that J. P. Morgan sends to its wealthiest clients-- an official Summer Reading List that The Wall Street Journal calls “What the Rich Are Reading This Summer.” (more >>>)

Gold Medal Awards - American Psychological Foundation
The Gold Medal Awards recognize life achievement in and enduring contributions to psychology. Eligibility is limited to psychologists 65 years or older residing in North America. (more >>>)

Call for Proposals: International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development
Call for Proposals is now open! The 22nd Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development (ISSBD) will be held: July 8 – 12, 2012 Edmonton, Alberta, Canada http://www.issbd2012.com We invite researchers from any scientific discipline to submit proposals for presentation in one of three session formats (symposia, posters or poster workshops) on any aspect of behavioural development and across all segments of the lifespan, from infancy to late life. (more >>>)

Lost Items at WPA
We have some items that were left in the meeting area of the hotel at the WPA convention. Write us with a description of your lost item and we will get it back to you. (more >>>)

2012 Annette Urso Rickel Dissertation Award for Public Policy
The Rickel Award supports dissertation research on public policy, which has the potential to improve services for children and families facing psychosocial issues such as prevention of child abuse, school programs for children with psychological issues, services for youth in the criminal justice system, healthy parenting, and math and science education, and contributing to the adoption of sound policy affecting children, youth and families. (more >>>)

2012 Elizabeth Munsterberg Koppitz Fellowship program
The American Psychological Foundation (APF) is now accepting applications for the 2012 Elizabeth Munsterberg Koppitz Fellowship program, which supports graduate research projects and scholarships in child psychology. (more >>>)

2012 Theodore Millon Award in Personality Psychology
Recognizes outstanding early or mid-career psychologists engaged in advancing the science of personality psychology including the areas of personology, personality theory, personality disorders, and personality measurement. (more >>>)

2012 Roy Scrivner Research Grants
The American Psychological Foundation (APF) is now accepting applications for the 2012 Roy Scrivner Research Grants program. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered (LGBT) people face many challenges in forming, defining, and maintaining families. This program seeks to encourage the study of LGBT family psychology and therapy through its support of promising young investigators whose graduate research is oriented toward issues in this general area. (more >>>)

Research/Writing Workshop on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
The Society for the Teaching of Psychology announces the first STP writing workshop for faculty who would like to learn more about the process of developing and/or writing a scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) project. SoTL is defined as methodologically rigorous scholarly work conducted to enhance teaching and advance learning, ideally resulting in peer-reviewed products made public. (more >>>)

2011 Summer Research Initiative - Maryland
The goals of the Summer Research Initiative at the University of Maryland are to provide rising juniors and seniors an opportunity to increase their interest and learn about doctoral-level training, and provide basic research skills that can be applied in the social, behavioral and economic science fields. The program has a special emphasis on population groups underrepresented in these fields (i.e., African Americans, Hispanics, American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians or other Pacific Islanders). (more >>>)

F. J. McGUIGAN DISSERTATION AWARD
The F. J. McGuigan award supports dissertation research on the materialistic understanding of the mind. This program provides support for dissertation research oriented toward advancing a unified conception of brain and behavior, primarily—but not exclusively—in the psychophysiological area. (more >>>)

BENTON-MEIER NEUROPSYCHOLOGY SCHOLARSHIPS
The Benton-Meier program funds graduate scholarships in the area of neuropsychology. (more >>>)

Violet and Cyril Frank Scholarship
The annual Violet and Cyril Frank Scholarship supports a graduate level project to reduce the stigma associated with mental illness. (more >>>)

PRE-COLLEGE PSYCHOLOGY GRANT PROGRAM
This program provides financial support for efforts aimed at improving the quality of education in psychological science and its application in the secondary schools. Proposals must focus on supplying education for talented high school students. (more >>>)

Timothy Jeffrey Memorial Award
The American Psychological Foundation (APF) and APA Division 38 are now accepting nominations for the 2011 Timothy Jeffrey Memorial Award in Clinical Health Psychology, which recognizes the outstanding commitment to clinical health psychology by a full-time provider of direct clinical services. (more >>>)

Joseph B. Gittler Award
The Joseph B. Gittler Award recognizes a scholar whose body of work or whose individual work is judged to be a significant contribution to the philosophical foundations of psychology. (more >>>)

AAPA-APF OKURA MENTAL HEALTH LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION FELLOWSHIP
The AAPA-APF Okura Mental Health Leadership Foundation Fellowship provides grants to support psychology’s efforts to benefit the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI)community through research, training, and service/practice. The grant will rotate each year among these three areas. The 2010 grant will go to a training project to support the AAPI community. (more >>>)

Chimpanzee & Human Communication Institute (CHCI) Summer Apprentice Program
The Chimpanzee & Human Communication Institute (CHCI) is currently taking applications for our Summer Apprentice Program. Graduates, undergraduates, and post-graduates from various academic backgrounds (e.g. Anthropology, Biology, Psychology, Linguistics, Philosophy, etc.) and all nationalities are encouraged to apply. (more >>>)

REVISED STANDARDS FOR EDUCATIONAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING
COMMENTS TO BE SOUGHT ON REVISED STANDARDS FOR EDUCATIONAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING The Joint Committee for the Revision of the Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing is anticipating release of a revised draft of the 1999 Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing (AERA, APA, NCME) during the week of January 10, 2011. The revised draft Standards will be posted at http://www.teststandards.net. An on-line template will allow individuals and organizations to review and comment on the draft document. All comments and recommendations concerning the draft Standards must be submitted to the Joint Committee through this website, and will be due by April 20, 2011. Please share this announcement with organizations and groups interested in professional and scientific issues concerning testing and assessment. (more >>>)

PAUL E. HENKIN TRAVEL GRANTS
The Paul Henkin Grant program funds travel awards for qualifying students through Division 16, school psychology. (more >>>)

ESTHER KATZ ROSEN FELLOWSHIP
The Esther Katz Rosen program funds graduate fellowships for work in giftedness of children. This Program was established in 1974 for the advancement and application of knowledge related to gifted and talented children and adolescents. The Rosen fellowship supports graduate students whose work centers on the psychological understanding of gifted and talented children and adolescents. (more >>>)

WAYNE F. PLACEK GRANTS
Wayne F. Placek Grants support empirical research from all fields of the behavioral and social sciences on any topic related to lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender issues. (more >>>)

Psi Chi-STP Grant
From the STP Newsletter: The purpose of this grant is to further the goals of Psi Chi and the Society for the Teaching of Psychology (STP—Division Two of the American Psychological Association) by supporting projects to develop assessment tests/instruments/processes to demonstrate student acquisition of goals 2, 4, and 5 of the APA Guidelines for the Undergraduate Psychology Major. (more >>>)

2011 Division 29 Early Career Award
The American Psychological Foundation (APF) is now accepting nominations for the 2011 Division 29 Early Career Award, which recognizes an early career psychologist for promising contribution to psychotherapy, psychology, and the Division of Psychotherapy. (more >>>)

2011 Henry David Fund grants
The American Psychological Foundation (APF) is now accepting applications for the 2011 Henry David Fund grants, which supports young psychologists with a demonstrated interest in the behavioral aspects of human reproductive behavior or an area related to population concerns. The fund sponsors two grants annually. (more >>>)

2011 Randy F. Gerson Memorial Scholarship
The American Psychological Foundation (APF) is now accepting applications for the 2011 Randy F. Gerson Memorial Scholarship, which is awarded to pre-doctoral students for graduate student projects in family and/or couple dynamics, and/or multi-generational processes. (more >>>)

2011 Pearson Early Career Grant
The American Psychological Foundation (APF) is now accepting applications for the 2011 Pearson Early Career Grant, which encourages early career clinicians to work in an area of critical societal need. The Pearson Early Career Grant supports psychology’s efforts to improve areas of critical need in society, including but not limited to innovative scientifically based clinical work with serious mental illness, serious emotional disturbance, incarcerated or homeless individuals, children with serious emotional disturbance (SED), and adults with serious mental illness (SMI); and to encourage early career psychologists to devote their careers to under-served populations. (more >>>)

e-conference
The e-Conference on Curriculum, Assessment, and Diversity: Exploring Themes of Undergraduate Education in Psychology is available for viewing. (more >>>)

Psychology Seminars in Bay Area
The Greater Good Science Center is sponsoring psychology seminars in the Bay Area: "Goodness, Evil, and Everyday Heroism" and "Positive Psychology" (more >>>)

Nominations Open for WPA Awards and Fellows
The Fellows and Awards Committee is requesting nominations for awards in 2011 and beyond. (more >>>)

CHCI Summer Apprentice Program
The Chimpanzee & Human Communication Institute (CHCI) is currently taking applications for our Summer Apprentice Program. (more >>>)

Primary Care Behavioral Health Certificate Program
Primary Care Behavioral Health Certificate Program taught by Alexander Blount, EdD, and members of the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at the University of Massachusetts. (more >>>)

APF VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION GRANT
The American Psychological Foundation (APF) is now accepting proposals for the 2010 Violence Prevention and Intervention Grant, which funds innovative research and community based intervention projects. (more >>>)

APF ALEXANDER GRALNICK RESEARCH INVESTIGATOR PRIZE
The Gralnick program awards prizes for exceptional research and mentoring accomplishments in the area of serious mental illness. (more >>>)

Nominees sought for teaching excellence
APF invites nominations for its 2010 Charles L. Brewer Distinguished Teaching of Psychology Award. The award honors a career contribution to the teaching of psychology and is named after Charles L. Brewer, PhD, whose career-long devotion and contributions to the teaching of psychology embody the purpose of the award. (more >>>)

APF Gold Medal and Teaching Award Nominations
APF is currently accepting nominations for its 2010 Gold Medal Awards, which recognize life achievement in and enduring contributions to psychology. Awards are presented in four categories (more >>>)

Conference on Cultural and Biological Contexts of Psychiatric Disorders
FPR-UCLA Fourth Interdisciplinary Conference Cultural and Biological Contexts of Psychiatric Disorders: Implications for Diagnosis and Treatment (more >>>)

Roy Scrivner Memorial Research Grant
The Roy Scrivner Research Grants provide graduate student grants (preference given to dissertation candidates) for empirical or applied research... (more >>>)

Theodore Blau Early Career Award
The Theodore Blau Early Career Award honors a Clinical Psychologist for professional accomplishments in clinical psychology. (more >>>)

Theodore Millon Award in Personality Psychology
The Theodore Millon Award in Personality Psychology honors an outstanding psychologist engaged in advancing the science of personality psychology. . . (more >>>)

APF Elizabeth Munsterberg Koppitz Fellowships
APF is requesting applications for the Elizabeth Munsterberg Koppitz Graduate Student Fellowship. The Koppitz Fellowships support graduate students. . . (more >>>)

Announcing A New Journal For Undergraduate And Graduate Students
The Journal of Integrated Social Sciences (JISS) is a web-based, peer-reviewed international journal committed to the scholarly investigation of. . . (more >>>)