Position Available

Clarence Gillig — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:40:54 +0000

WILLIAMS COLLEGE DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY invites applications for a one-year visiting position in Social Psychology, beginning July 1, 2012 to replace a faculty on sabbatical. Area of specialization is open. Candidates should have a Ph.D. or be near completion of that degree. A typical teaching load for the year would be two sections of introductory social psychology, a research seminar in one’s specialty area with an accompanying lab, and a section of a team-taught senior seminar. Our faculty members are productive researchers, benefiting from state-of-the-art research facilities, excellent internal support, and outstanding undergraduate students; see http://psychology.williams.edu/ for more details about our department. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis as they are received; the final deadline for applications is February 25, 2012. Please send a vita, two letters of reference, a research statement and information on teaching experience to: Ken Savitsky, Chair, Social Search Committee, Department of Psychology, Williams College, 18 Hoxsey Street, Williamstown, MA 01267, or email materials to lstachelek@williams.edu.

Williams College is a top ranked, coeducational, liberal arts institution with a diverse student body, located in the scenic and cultural Berkshire region of western Massachusetts. Please visit the Williams College website (http://www.williams.edu) for more information. Beyond meeting fully its legal obligations for non-discrimination, Williams College is committed to building a diverse and inclusive community where members from all backgrounds can live, learn and thrive.

Class of 1960 Scholars Lecture

Mari Lliguicota — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 21:09:38 +0000

Wednesday, April 27, 2011, 4:00 p.m., Bronfman 105
Psychology Class of 1960 Scholars Lecture
Heather Cameron, NIH
The dentate gyrus is one of only two brain regions that continue to produce large numbers of new neurons during adulthood. The goal of Dr. Cameron’s research is to understand the function of adult neurogenesis by studying the regulation of granule cell birth, the properties of the new neurons, and the behavioral consequences of altering neurogenesis.
http://neuroscience.nih.gov/lab.asp?org_id=411

From The Recent Past:

Catherine Monk, Ph.D., Columbia University

Development Begins before Birth: Psychological Functioning during Pregnancy & Infant Neurobehavioral Trajectories
Friday, April 8, 2011, 2:30 p.m., Bronfman 105

Dr. Sarah Nelson ’98 presents a Psychology Class of 1960 Scholars Lecture “Under the Influence: How Our Understanding of Addiction Influences Our Approach to One of the Country’s Leading Public Health Threats, DUI.”

Dr. Nelson is the Associate Director for Research at the Division on Addictions, Cambridge Health Alliance, a teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School and an Instructor in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. Friday, October 22, 2010 at 2:30 p.m.,Bronfman Room 105

Class of 1960 Scholars Lecture
Sex, Drugs, and Moral Goals: Is Morality Used Strategically?
Robert Kurzban, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Monday, May 3, 4:00 PM, Bio 112

Class of 1960 Scholars Lecture
Visual Illusions – Research at the Intersection of Neuroscience, Psychology, Physics, Computer Science, Art, and Philosophy
Arthur Shapiro, Ph.D., American Univ.
Tuesday, Apr. 6, 7:00 PM, Wege Aud.

Landscapes of the Mind: Contemporary artists comtemplate the brain
A symposium including Drs. Sally and Bennet Shaywitz
Yale Center for Dyslexia and Creativity
Saturday, Mar. 13, 1:00 PM, Lawrence 231

Class of 1960 Scholars Lecture
Using Self to Understand Others: fMRI Studies of Social Cognition
Jason Mitchell, Ph.D., Harvard Univ.
Monday, Nov. 16, 2009, 4:00 PM, Bronfman 105

Brain Imaging in Neuropsychology
Brenna C. McDonald ’94, Ph.D.
Indianna Univ. School of Medicine
Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009, 1:10 PM, Bronfman 105

Class of 1960 Scholars Lecture
The Temperamental Thread
Jerome Kagan, Ph.D., Harvard Univ.
Wed, Oct. 7, 2009, 4:15 PM, Bronfman 105

Linking Prevention Research, Preventive Intervention, and Prevention Policy: Findings and Challenges from the Developing Safe and Civil Schools Project in New Jersey.
Maurice J. Elias, Ph.D., Rutgers University
Monday, Apr. 20, 2009, 4:15 PM – Bronfman 105

Careers in Psychology: Information Session on Wednesday, April 8th at 7:00 pm in Bronfman Science Center Room 105 with Professors Susan Engel, Joe Greer, and Paul Solomon. We will address many questions about careers. “What can I do with a Psyc BA?” “What are the various careers in psychology?” “What are the various careers outside psychology?” “What can I do with a graduate degree?”

The Social Tasks of Friendship
Stephen R. Asher, Ph.D., Duke University
Thursday, March 12, 2009 – 4:00 p.m., time and Place TBA

Monkey Tales: Are Primates Behavioral Sex Differences Gender Differences?
Kim Wallen, Ph.D., Emory University
Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008 4 PM – Bronfman 105

Intelligence for Real Life: Beyond IQ, SAT, GRE, and Alphabet Soup
Robert Sternberg, Ph.D., Tufts University
Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008, 8 PM – Wege Aud., TCL 123

Graduate School Information Session
with Professors Savitsky, Hane, & Crosby
Wed. Oct. 22, 2008 8:30 PM,Bronfman 317

The peculiar benefits and costs of seeing ourselves through rose colored glass
Virginia Kwan, P.D., Princeton University
Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2008, 11:20 AM, Bronfman Auditorium

Careers in Psychology panel with Professors Engel, Fein, and Heatherington April 17, 2007, 7 pm, Bronfman 105

Everybody Needs Somebody…But Can Nature Meet the Need to Belong?
Cindy McPherson Frantz, Ph.D., Oberlin College
Thursday, April 17, 4 PM, Bronfman 105

Personal and Professional Perspectives on Mental Illness
Kay Redfield Jamison, Ph.D., The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Wednesday, April 9, 7:30 PM, Chapin Hall