[visionlist] PhD Studentships available

[Kerry Jordan]

I am seeking Ph.D. students to collaborate on research investigating the development of humans’ concepts of number and objects across different senses.  Research in our Multisensory Cognition Lab currently addresses such questions as: 

1) How do infants and young children represent abstract concepts such as number? 
2) To what extent do number and object representations in children and adults extend across different senses? 
3) Can we enhance numerical cognition by providing redundant information through multiple senses? 

In addition, students collaborate on related lines of research investigating interactions between emotion and cognition, technology and learning in the elementary classroom, and cognition in coyotes (in collaboration with USU’s Predator Ecology Research Center) vs. domestic dogs.  

Students would be enrolled in the Experimental and Applied Psychological Science program through the Department of Psychology at Utah State University, located in a spectacular mountain setting. All incoming doctoral students are funded their first year, and funding typically continues via research and teaching assistantships throughout their graduate training. My lab offers ample opportunities for ownership of projects, close collaboration with the P.I., conference presentations, and journal article authorship.  Openings in my lab are available for Fall 2012.

If you are interested, please contact me as soon as possible by e-mail at kerry.jordan at usu.edu.  Review of applications begins Jan. 31.

I would love to hear about the following when you contact me:

    * Your relevant research experience
    * Your technical knowledge (experience with programming) 
    * Your CV
    * The names, e-mail addresses, and phone numbers of 3 academic references

Kerry Jordan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology
473 EDUC
2810 Old Main Hill
Utah State University
Logan, UT 84322
kerry.jordan at usu.edu
tel: 435-797-2797
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