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Career OPPORTUNITIES stance abusers. A license to practice is required. Interested candidates submit curriculum vitae and three letters of recommendation by Octo ber 1, 2011 to: Stephanie O’Malley, Ph.D., Connecticut Mental Health Center, 34 Park St., New Haven CT 06519. Yale University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, values diversity in its faculty, students, and staff, and especially encourages applications from women and underrepresented minority scholars. accredited) and in behavior, cognition and neuroscience as well as a master’s program in general psychology. Qualifications include: a doctoral degree from an APA-accredited clinical psychology program and evidence of a research program with the potential to attract external funding. Send curriculum vitae, a statement of research interests, a statement of teaching philosophy and interests, and up to three (preprint/reprints) by e-mail to: David A. F. Haaga, Ph.D., Clinical Search Committee chair, at: dhaaga@ american.edu. Also, arrange for three letters of recommendation (on letterhead, signed and scanned into pdf’s) to be sent to dhaaga@ american.edu. Electronic submission is preferred, but application materials and references may instead be sent via regular mail to: David A. F. Haaga, Ph.D., Clinical Search Committee chair, Department of Psychology, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave., NW. Washington, DC 20016-8062. To ensure full consideration, application materi als should be received by October 15, 2011. American University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action University. Minority and women candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. This position is subject to final budgetary approval. SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGIST: The George Washington University seeks to fill a tenure-track position for an assistant professor of applied social psychology, to begin in the fall 2012. We are seeking applicants with an established research background in psychological aspects of health, with expertise in application of advanced statistical methods to these domains. Salary and startup funds are very competitive. GW has both a medical school and a school of public health and health services as well as rich ties to NIH and other health-related organizations in the area. Review of applications will begin on October 15, 2011, and will continue until the position is filled. Basic qualifications: Applicants must have completed a Ph.D. in social psychology or a closely related field by August 1, 2012, a commitment to research as evidenced by publications in scholarly journals, and a planned research program with the potential for future external funding. We are open with respect to particular area of health focus. Only complete applications will be considered. To be considered, send curriculum vitae, a statement of teaching and research interests, representative reprints, and three letters of recommendation to: Applied Social Psychology Search Committee, Department of Psychology, 2125 G Street, N.W., George Washington University, Washington, D.C. 20052. The George Washington University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. ASSISTANT DIRECTOR—APAGS: Directs and manages the support functions for the Advocacy Coordinating Team (ACT) network by supervising a database of all Regional Advocacy Coordinators (RACs), State Advocacy Coordinators (SACs), and Campus Representatives (CRs); communicates with ACT members, schools and programs in psychology to recruit and train new representatives and faculty mentors; monitors and participates on relevant listservs and conference calls; develops materials (handouts, manuals, brochures, advertising) to support ACT; advises the subcommittee on important policy issues, providing recommendations for action plans; coordinates and plans advocacy initiatives with Government Relations Offices in Education, Science, Public Interest, and Practice; independently creates, writes, and develops materials for website, publications and distribution to members as needed for ACT; independently develops agenda ma- DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ASSISTANT PROFESSOR—THE DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY OF THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY: invites applications for a tenure track position in clinical psychology at the assistant professor level effective fall 2012. The area of specialization is open. The position requires: the successful candidate to conduct and publish research and apply for external funding; teach, advise, mentor and supervise the research of undergraduate and graduate students; and participate in the clinical training of doctoral students. The department has doctoral programs in clinical psychology (APA- SEPTEMBER 2011 • MONITOR ON PSYCHOLOGY 109 PsycCareers.com http://www.PsycCareers.com http://www.worldbank.org/careers http://www.worldbank.org/careers

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Monitor on Psychology - September 2011

Monitor on Psychology - September 2011
Letters
President’s Column
Contents
From the CEO
Supreme Court hears psychologists on prison and video game cases
Antipsychotics are overprescribed in nursing homes
New MCAT likely to recognize the mind-body connection
A $2 million boost for military and families
In Brief
GOVERNMENT RELATIONS UPDATE
On Your Behalf
Judicial Notebook
Random Sample
TIME CAPSULE
QUESTIONNAIRE
Speaking of Education
SCIENCE WATCH
An uncertain future for American workers
Advocating for psychotherapy
PRACTICE PROFILE
ETHICALLY SPEAKING
Seared in our memories
Helping kids cope in an uncertain world
APA and Nickelodeon team up
Muslims in America, post 9/11
Bin Laden’s death
‘They expect us to be there’
Answering the call of public policy
Candidates answer final questions
APA News
Division Spotlight
New leaders
AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL FOUNDATION
Disaster relief training
Honoring teaching excellence
Personalities

Monitor on Psychology - September 2011