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Faculty Positions

The University of Miami's Department of Psychology has grown rapidly in stature in recent years, to the point where it now ranks among the top ten in the nation in NIH funding among psychology departments.  Members of the faculty are editors of two major journals of the American Psychological Association. With the benefit of recent retirements, and new funding opportunities, we plan to continue that development, by recruiting additional tenure-track faculty members over the next years.  The University of Miami's President Donna Shalala (former US Secretary of Health and Human Services) has affirmed that her desire is to bring the university to the next level of scholarly attainment, and the Department of Psychology plays a major role in that process.  UM is a vibrant university in a multi-cultural setting, nationally known for its subtropical garden campus.  UM is home to one of the nation's largest medical schools, and the Department of Psychology moved into a new building in August of 2003.  The department is currently seeking new faculty members in each of its Divisions, as well as our Psychological Services Center; details are provided in the following sections:

Adult Division Faculty Position

We are seeking a full-time, tenure-track faculty member to join our department's Adult Clinical Psychology division starting in the fall of 2008.  We seek either a clinical psychologist or a personality-social psychologist (see below).  It is possible that more than one appointment will be made this year (there are two positions ultimately to be filled).  Appointment will likely be at the Assistant Professor level, but the possibility exists for an appointment at a higher level.  We are particularly interested in candidates who have some postdoctoral experience and thus have a track record of scholarly accomplishment.

The existing Adult track faculty are a relatively young, diverse, and active group of researchers whose work integrates clinical science with basic science in personality and social psychology.  This integration of interests marks our program as very different from most other clinical programs nationally.  As a group, we are committed to the idea that an understanding of processes of normal behavior fosters a better understanding of problem behavior.  For this reason we place a much stronger emphasis than do some clinical programs on the continuity between personality-social psychology (on the one hand) and psychopathology and clinical science (on the other hand).

This blending of interests is also reflected in the composition of the faculty of this division.  Three of the tenure-track faculty now affiliated with this group are clinical psychologists [Drs. Johnson, Weisman, and Joormann], and four identify themselves as personality and social psychologists [Drs. Wellens, Carver, McCullough, and Siemer].  This blend of interests across basic processes and applications to problem areas is likely to characterize this division for the foreseeable future.

Much of the research currently being done by members of this group revolves around the following themes:

• psychological, social, cognitive, and motivational processes that influence vulnerability to, and the course of, mood disorders and schizophrenia
• ways to enhance the effective treatment of mood disorders and schizophrenia
• basic processes of personality and self-regulation, including coping with stress
• processes that underlie the experience of various kinds of affective states: emotions and moods
• evolutionary analyses of religion and virtues (e.g., forgiveness and self-control), their proximal antecedents, and their links to behavior, health, and well-being.

These topic areas are in one sense quite diverse.  However, the work taking place in these areas shares a focus on psychological process.  In addition, although it may not be readily apparent from the list of labels, several of these lines of work are linked to one another by shared conceptual models.

We are seeking clinical psychologists whose interests would complement and supplement those of the existing faculty group.  Because of our focus on bridging basic and clinical science, we would welcome candidates with interests in personality and social processes.  With regard to specialty area, we are open to a wide range of possibilities.  Our primary concern is that candidates be using sound research methods to investigate important questions and problems.

We welcome inquiries from personality-social psychologists whose interests make connections with those of our existing clinical and nonclinical faculty.  Among personality-social candidates, we are particularly interested in persons who strive to integrate social and biological approaches to behavior (examples being evolutionary psychology, social neuroscience, and behavioral genomics).

The person hired will be expected to continue to develop an independent research program.  This person is also expected to be able to teach at both the undergraduate and graduate level, supervise graduate students in both research and clinical domains, and serve on thesis, dissertation, and other departmental committees.

We encourage early application.  We expect to begin the recruitment process early in the fall.  Applicants should submit a curriculum vitae, reprints or preprints, a brief statement of current research and teaching interests, and four letters of reference to:

Adult Faculty Search Committee
Department of Psychology
University of Miami
PO Box 248185
Coral Gables, FL 33124-0751.

Minorities and women are encouraged to apply.  The University of Miami is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.

More information about the department and its various programs can be found throughout the Psychology Department website.

Child Division Faculty Positions

We are seeking several full-time, tenure-track faculty members to join our Department’s Child Division beginning in the fall of 2008. One tenure-track position is available in Clinical Child or Pediatric Psychology, with the rank open. Applicants should have a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from an APA accredited program or equivalent. We welcome inquiries from candidates who would bring new expertise to the department in childhood disorders such as autism, ADHD, ODD, chronic illnesses, anxiety or depression and from those with research interests in behavioral genetics, child assessment or evidence based interventions. We would also consider strengthening existing expertise in neurodevelopmental disabilities (autism), chronic illness, child psychopathology, and child and infant mental health.

We also seek a tenure-track faculty member in Developmental Psychology – rank from Assistant to Associate Professor; Ph.D. in psychology or related behavioral science. We welcome inquiries from candidates who would strengthen existing expertise in social, cognitive and affective development and neuroscience, and in neurodevelopmental disabilities and early intervention

Another position is for an Assistant Professor in Developmental Psychology (appointment at beginning Associate Professor level may be possible). The appointment will be made with the support of an Institute of Education Sciences (IES) interdisciplinary training grant. We seek someone whose research program emphasizes the application of quantitative methods to the study of educationally relevant issues in child development. The successful candidate may have their Ph.D. from any number of disciplines and will be expected to maintain their own program of educationally relevant, quantitatively focused research on child development, teach graduate and undergraduate courses, supervise doctoral students, and consider potential collaborations with child division faculty on research relevant to education and developmental science. We are particularly interested in candidates with postdoctoral experience and/or a clear record of scholarly accomplishments.

Successful candidates will be expected to develop their own independent area of research, teach graduate and undergraduate courses, and supervise doctoral students. A more complete description of the division and the research interests of its current faculty is at http://www.psy.miami.edu/child/overview.html.

Review of applications will begin immediately. Applicants should send a CV, reprints or preprints, a statement of research and teaching interests, and 4 letters of reference to

Child Faculty Search Committee
Department of Psychology
University of Miami
PO Box 248185
Coral Gables, FL 33124-0751.

Minorities and women are encouraged to apply.  The University of Miami is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.

More information about the department and its various programs can be found throughout the Psychology Department website.

Health Division Faculty Positions

We are seeking several full-time, tenure track faculty members to join the Health Division of the Department of Psychology, possibly starting as early as January 2008.

One of the positions, probably at the Assistant Professor level (Associate Professor possible), will be for a health psychologist whose interests are in cardiovascular disease, HIV/AIDS, stress, Type 2 diabetes and/or minority health. Because of our strengths in intervention research, a PhD from an APA approved clinical training program is desirable but not mandatory. A background in either quantitative methods or epigenetics would also be viewed favorably. The Division presently has NIH pre- and post-doctoral training grants in cardiovascular diseases and in HIV/AIDS; it conducts much of its research in the Behavioral Medicine Research Center on the Medical School campus. For this reason we are interested in recruiting a person who would develop an independent research program, but would also benefit from conducting research in an interdisciplinary setting with access to ethnic minority patients and community populations.

Review of applicants will begin immediately. Applicants should send a CV, reprints or preprints, a statement of research and teaching interests, and 4 letters of reference to:

Healty Psychology Search Committee
Department of Psychology
University of Miami
PO Box 248185
Coral Gables, FL 33124-0751.

Minorities and women are encouraged to apply.  The University of Miami is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.

Additional faculty positions in behavioral oncology involve a primary appointment with tenure in the Department of Psychology and substantial research involvement in the Sylvester Cancer Center. These positions are at the Assistant or Associate Professor level for individuals with research experience in biobehavioral oncology to join an established program in biobehavioral research at the Sylvester Cancer Center and the Department of Psychology. The innovative Biobehavioral Oncology, Epidemiology, Prevention and Control (BOEPC) program is comprised of faculty members in 8 different departments (Psychology, Epidemiology, Psychiatry, Medicine, Nursing, Dermatology, Pediatrics, and Otolaryngology) conducting research examining the effects and mechanisms of individual- and community-level stress factors and behavioral interventions on adjustment and health; symptom clusters and late effects of adjuvant therapy; and predictors of longer-term quality of life and survival.

One biobehavioral oncology line will be focused on social and interpersonal paradigms in cancer research. Persons with interests in how social and interpersonal processes (family, couples and other social support, communication processes, interpersonal skills) affect underlying distress management, symptom clusters, quality of life and optimal survivorship in diverse multi-ethnic populations of adult and pediatric cancer patients would be particularly attractive. A second line would be focused on interests in cognitive mechanisms (neurocognitive functioning, cognitive-affective-physiological processes) within this program. Each individual would, in addition to being a faculty member within the Department of Psychology, become a member of the cancer center and as such would have access to shared resources and other benefits of membership. A major focus of the cancer center is comprehensive evidence-based care and transdisciplinary research to explain health disparities in the risk, incidence, response to treatment and health outcomes in cancer patients and at-risk populations in the South Florida area.

As a faculty member in the Psychology department each individual would be expected to develop his or her own independent area of research, teach courses in pathology, assessment or interventions as well as supervise doctoral students in our Health or Pediatric Health tracks, depending upon area of expertise. A complete description of the Psychology department and the research interests of its current faculty is at http://www.psy.miami.edu. A description of the ongoing research and clinical programs at the cancer center may be found at http://www.sylvester.org.

Review of applications will begin immediately. Applicants should send a CV, reprints or preprints, a statement of research and teaching interests, and 4 letters of reference to:

Biobehavioral Oncology Faculty Search Committee
Department of Psychology
University of Miami
PO Box 248185
Coral Gables, FL 33124-0751.

Minorities and women are encouraged to apply.  The University of Miami is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.

Psychological Services Center

The University of Miami Department of Psychology is looking for a licensed clinical psychologist to provide clinical supervision of adult, child and/or family therapy for graduate students in its on-site clinical training clinic. In addition, we would like a candidate who can teach one or two undergraduate classes

This is a temporary (one or two year) appointment as a Visiting Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychology to fulfill training needs as a search for several tenure-track faculty members is conducted. Applicants with 3 or more years of postdoctoral experience as clinicians are preferred.

Applicants should send a CV, a statement of clinical and teaching interests, and 3 letters of reference to:

Visiting Clinical Assistant Professor Search Committee
Department of Psychology,
University of Miami
PO Box 248185
Coral Gables, FL 33124-0751

Minorities and women are encouraged to apply.  The University of Miami is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.

More information about the department and its various programs can be found throughout the Psychology Department website.

Post-doc Opportunities

Applied Developmental

Cardiovascular Behavioral Medicine

Biopsychosocial Aspects of HIV/AIDS

Staff Opportunities

Research Assistant V - Behavioral Medicine