[visionlist] Cognitive Position

[Thomas Sanocki]

Please note the imminent (but soft) receipt date!
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The Department of Psychology at the UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA  
invites applications for one new appointment of a tenure track  
scholar in COGNITIVE psychology, preferably at the Assistant  
Professor level, with service to begin as early as August 7, 2006.  
Applicants should send statements describing their research program  
and their teaching interests, a CV, and up to five reprints and  
preprints. Three letters of recommendation should be sent directly to  
the chair of the search committee at the address below. Applicants  
should show evidence of outstanding research and teaching potential.  
The successful applicant will be expected to establish an independent  
program of research that can garner extramural support, to supervise  
and mentor graduate students, to teach graduate and undergraduate  
classes, and to participate in departmental governance. Applicants  
must have the Ph.D. degree by the time of the appointment. Post- 
doctoral experience is highly desirable. We have a strong preference  
for applicants whose research bridges sub disciplines of Psychology.

  We are seeking truly outstanding scholars who are conducting  
empirical, theory-driven, research with humans in the broad domains  
of Cognition. In the domain of Cognition our interests include, but  
are not limited to, Memory, Attention, Perception, Human Factors,  
Cognitive Development, Social Cognition, Cognitive Neuroscience, and  
Cognitive Aging.

The University of South Florida is a metropolitan-based, Carnegie- 
designated Doctoral/Research-Extensive university enrolling more than  
40,000 students. The department of Psychology (http://www.cas.usf.edu/ 
psychology/content/index.htm) has 33 faculty members. The Department  
is housed in a new building that provides ample space and facilities  
for research as well as a large, vibrant, psychological services  
center. The Psychology Building is located in close proximity to the  
Health Sciences complex on the USF campus, reflecting the strong  
relationship we maintain with such units as the Moffitt Cancer Center  
and Research Institute, The Florida Mental Health Institute and the  
Colleges of Medicine and Public Health. The University is building a  
major, state-funded, Center for the study of Alzheimer Disease.  
Facilities for radiological neuroimaging are available on campus.  
There are excellent facilities for electrophysiological neuroimaging  
in the department. For those interested in developmental processes,  
there are three NAEYC-accredited day care facilities on campus as  
well as two laboratory elementary schools. Various departments in the  
College of Engineering and at the University Affiliated VA Hospital  
have a strong interest in various aspects person/computer  
interactions and on Human Factors.

The salary is negotiable. Send materials to: Prof. Judy Bryant,  
Chair, Cognitive Psychology Search Committee, Department of  
Psychology, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler., PCD 4118G,  
Tampa, Florida, 33620-7200. The University of South Florida  
encourages applications from women and members of minority groups.  
The selection process will be conducted under the provisions of  
Florida’s “Government in the Sunshine” and Public Records Laws.  
Anyone requiring special accommodations to complete an application  
should contact Michelle Morffi (813-974-2438).  A review of the  
applications will begin on September 15, 2005. In order to receive  
full consideration by the search committee your application must be  
received by this date. Applications received after September15, 2005  
will be reviewed and advanced, in cases of compelling merit, up to  
the conclusion of the search process.