LRDC Announcements
November 9-13, 2009
Cognitive Brown Bag
November 11, 2009, noon, LRDC9
Michal Balass presents “Uh-oh! I Made a Mistake: ERP Correlates of Error Detection in a Semantic Categorization Task.” Consult the full schedule; for questions, email Dan Belenky dmb83@pitt.edu.
PIER EdBag
November 12, 2009, noon, 340 A Baker Hall, CMU
Tom Lauwers presents “Design of Configurable Embodied Interfaces for Educational Relevance.”
LRDC United Way Bagel Breakfast
November 12, 2009, 8:30 -11:00 am LRDC 9
All proceedsbenefit the United Way Campaign
CNBC Seminar
November 13, 2009, 10 am, LRDC 2
Patryk A. Laurent presents “Basal Ganglia Involvement in the Reinforcement Learning of Physical and Cognitive Actions.”
Applied Dev Psych Brown Bag
November 16, 2009, Noon, 5700 WWPH
Anne Conway presents “Can You Help These Kids Pay Attention? Answering the Call to Promote Self-Regulation in Schools.”
Open Dissertation Defense
November 19, 2009, 1:30 pm, Glaser Auditorium, 2 LRDC
Camellia Sanford presents "Let's Give 'Em Something To Talk About: How Participation in a Shared Museum Experience Can Seed Family Learning Conversations At Home.” For more information, see the attached abstract.
School of Social Work: Center on Race and Social ProblemsNovember 19, 2009, noon, CL 2017
Amanda E. Lewis presents “Despite the Best Intentions: Why Racial Inequality Persists in Good Schools” Lunch provided.
Psychology Department Brown Bags
Informationhere
United Way Campaign
The annual University of Pittsburgh United Way campaign is underway for 2009, donate on-line or pledge by visiting the website.
Positions/ Opportunities
Postdoctoral Fellow
Ph.D. Position in psychology focusing on an interest in language, numbers, and mathematics education. Submit aCV, cover letter, 2 to 3 letters of recommendation, and a first authored publicationto: Jennifer Audet (ladlab.coordinator@gmail.com).For information about the position, contact Dr. Barner(barner@ucsd.edu).
2010-2011 ETS Fellowship and Internship Programs in Research & Development
Information and application instructions will be posted on the ETSWeb site. The deadline for applying for the summer internship and postdoctoral fellowship programs is February 1, 2010
The William T. Grant Foundation
RFP for the William T. Grant Distinguished Fellows Program.Applicationguide attached.
Revolutionary Science 22Annual Convention Call for Papers
The Call for Submissions is open thru January 31, 2010.Rules and Guidelines can be foundhere.If you have questions, please contactconvention@psychologicalscience.org
TheUniversityofIllinoisatChicago
Assistant professorin Natural Sciences and the Learning Sciences beginning August 16, 2010. The position is offered as part of a university-wide interdisciplinary initiative in the Learning Sciences (http://www.lsri.uic.edu).
TheSchoolofEducationatMurdoch University,Western Australia
Four academic positions available: two atAssociate Professor/ Professorlevel, two positions atLecturer/Senior Lecturerlevel starting in 2010. Application procedures and detailed selection information on the University’sweb site.
