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Post Docs at Indiana University - Bloomington
NIH Postdoctoral Traineeships
Indiana University in Bloomington is pleased to announce the availability of
four new NIH Postdoctoral Traineeships. Post-docs are available to qualified
PhD's in Linguistics and related fields who wish to further their background
and training in any of the following areas of basic and clinical research:
- Speech Perception and Spoken Word Recognition
- Acoustic and Articulatory Phonetics
- Laboratory Phonology
- Speech Production and Links to Perception/Action
- Perceptual, Cognitive and Linguistic Development
- Psycholinguistics
- Clinical Phonology and Sensory Aids for the Hearing Impaired
- Multi-modal Speech Perception
- Sociophonetics and Perception of Indexical Speech Information
The training program at IU welcomes individuals with backgrounds in areas
related to Linguistics, as well as Speech and Hearing Sciences, Cognitive
and Developmental Psychology, Cognitive Science, Cognitive Neuroscience
and Cognitive Neuropsychology. Trainee salaries, consistent with current NIH
guidelines, range from $38,496 to $53,112 plus a modest travel and research
expense allowance.
Extensive laboratory facilities for research on spoken language processing,
speech production and speech perception are available in the Departments of
Psychological & Brain Sciences, Speech & Hearing Sciences, and
Linguistics on the Bloomington Campus of Indiana University and in the
Department of Otolaryngology at the Indiana University School of Medicine in
Indianapolis. Ample space is available including seminar rooms, shop
facilities as well as dedicated laboratory computer facilities for real-time
analysis and generation of acoustic signals for behavioral research. The
training program has a large number of specialized workstations and a wide
variety of dedicated microcomputers available for research. Trainees will be
expected to carry out original empirical and/or theoretical research in one or
more of the laboratories associated with the training program and collaborate
with the professors from the program, students, and other research scientists
currently working in the laboratories in Bloomington and/or Indianapolis.
Interested applicants are encouraged to send via email attachments: (1) an
up-to-date vita, (2) personal letter describing their specific research interests,
goals and career plans, and (3) reference letters from three people who can
describe the applicant's background, interests, and research potential to
Professor David B. Pisoni, contact information below. Reprints and preprints
of any prior research or scholarly activities should also be sent if possible.
Women, members of underrepresented groups, and handicapped individuals
are urged to apply. Applicants must be US citizens or permanent residents.
Indiana University is an Affirmative Action Employer.
Application Deadline: 01-Jul-2012
Mailing Address for Applications:
David B. Pisoni, Ph.D., Program Director
Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN 47405
USA
Email Address for Applications: pisoni@indiana.edu
Contact Information:
Dr. David Pisoni
Email: pisoni@indiana.edu
Phone: (812) 855-1155
Fax: (812) 855-1300
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