LRDC Job Postings
Director, Learning Research and Development Center
Associate/Full Professor of Reading Education and Scientist
Post-Docs in Reading & Language
University of Pittsburgh
Learning Research and Development Center
Associate/Full Professor of Reading Education and Scientist
This position is a full-time, tenured appointment. Fall 2007 startingdate.
Duties/Responsibilities: Candidate is expected to teach doctoral and master's level coursesin Reading Education; direct dissertations and mentor doctoralstudents; and participate in grant writing. Candidate will alsoparticipate in developing innovative graduate education programs
in literacy education. Candidate is expected to develop and pursuea strong program of research.
Qualifications: Earned doctorate and demonstrated record of scholarship, well establishedresearch agenda, and publication in language and literacy; experiences with grantsmanship, including obtaining andleading funded research projects; evidence of work with doctoral students (directing dissertations and mentoring graduate students);demonstrated ability to contribute to initiatives in teacher preparation or professional development, andlor urban education.
Review of applications will begin January 2, 2007. Please send a letter of application,current vitae, representative papers, and three letters of reference to Faculty Searches,Office of the Dean, School of Education, University of Pittsburgh 5600 Posvar Hall,Pittsburgh, Pa. 15260.
We invite inquiries to either of the co-chairs of the Search Committee: Rita M. Bean(ritabean@pitt.edu) or Margaret McKeown (mckeown@pitt.edu).The University of Pittsburgh is an Affirmative Action Equal Opportunity Employercommitted to diversity. Women and members of minority groups are especiallyencouraged to apply.
University of Pittsburgh
Learning Research and Development Center
Post-Docs in Reading & Language
University of Pittsburgh LRDC Post-Docs in Reading & Language
Openings exist for post-docs in the LRDC Reading and Language Laboratories in one of the following areas. (1) Second language learning behavioral research in the Pittsburgh Science of Learning Center, with a focus on Chinese. (See http://www.learnlab.org/) (2) IES Reading and Language Post-doctoral Fellows. Laboratory (behavioral, ERP, & eye-tracking) and classroom studies of reading comprehension and vocabulary learning. U.S. citizenship or permanent residency required. The post-doc is designed to promote career interests that combine basic reading science and educational science. (3) Basic reading and language post-docs, with an emphasis on ERP (or fMRI) research methods applied to reading and language issues, including second language processes. No citizenship restrictions. For any category, send CV and references to Charles Perfetti, University Professor of Psychology, LRDC, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260. Start dates are flexible, as soon as September 2007 through September 2008. Applications will be reviewed as received. The University of Pittsburgh is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer. Women and members of under-represented minority groups are especially encouraged to apply.
