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Position

Junior Laboratory Associate 

Department

Psychology Department and Linguistics Department

Location

New York, NY

Description

The Neurolinguistics Lab (PI: Liina Pylkkanen) in the Departments of Psychology and Linguistics at NYU is seeking a full-time Junior Laboratory Associate for an NSF-funded project on the neural basis of language in elementary school children. The project uses magnetoencephalography for brain measurements and involves recruitment and science outreach in the New York City area. 

Our lab aims to be a place where a diverse mix of talented people want to come and do their best work. We have a deep commitment to diversity and encourage applications from underrepresented groups in higher education.

Responsibilities for the position include recruitment, collecting and analyzing MEG and behavioral data, project administration, organization of data for release to the public, and write up of results for conference presentations and publications.     

Qualifications

– A Bachelor’s degree in Cognitive Science, Computer Science, Linguistics, Psychology,

Neuroscience, or a related field

– Outstanding enthusiasm and ability to work with children and families from varied backgrounds 

– Initiative, attention to detail, responsibility and superb organizational skills 

– Ability to get up-to-speed quickly with new tools and technologies

– Flexible working hours

– Strong writing skills

Additional highly desired qualifications include:

– Experience with psycho- or neurolinguistic research

– Experience with EEG or MEG research

– Background in statistics and programming (Python, Matlab, R)

– Experience with scientific outreach

– Experience interacting with children and families in educational or research settings.

Application Instructions  

Interested applicants must apply through the following Interfolio link:

apply.interfolio.com/77373

Please submit a cover letter, a CV, and contact information for two references. 

Appointment terms

The position is available immediately. The position is for an initial one-year appointment and is potentially renewable until August, 2022. Salary for the position is $40,000 annually.

EOE/AA/Minorities/Females/Veterans/Disabled/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity.  New York University is an Equal Opportunity Employer. New York University is committed to a policy of equal treatment and opportunity in every aspect of its hiring and promotion process without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, pregnancy or childbirth (or related medical condition), sexual orientation, partnership status, gender and/or gender identity or expression, marital, parental or familial status, caregiver status, national origin, ethnicity, alienage or citizenship status, veteran or military status, age, disability, predisposing genetic characteristics, domestic violence victim status, unemployment status, or any other legally protected basis. Women, racial and ethnic minorities, persons of minority sexual orientation or gender identity, individuals with disabilities, and veterans are encouraged to apply for vacant positions at all levels. *********************************************
Liina Pylkkanen
Professor of Linguistics and Psychology
New York University
10 Washington Place Rm 605, New York, NY 10003
212-992-8764
liina.pylkkanen@nyu.edu
http://www.psych.nyu.edu/pylkkanen/

Zian Jaffery (2017-2018 fellow) has started the Masters in Speech Language Pathology at New York University-Steinhart.  Daniella Shimoonov (2017-2018 fellow) was accepted in four graduate programs in Speech-Language Pathology and she will start Brooklyn College Masters program in the Fall.  Linda Fauz (2018-2019 fellow) will start the Clinical Doctoral Program in Audiology at Adelphi in September.  Samuel Liff (2018-2019 fellow) will be moving to the West Coast in the Fall: he has obtained a generous scholarship from both the Linguistics Department and the Center for Jewish Studies to pursue the Doctoral Program in Linguistics at the University of Berkeley.

Congratulations to all!

The NSF-REU Site program was very well represented at ASHA 2019 that took place last November in Orlando, Florida. Congrats to NSF-REU Site alumni Ann Kochupurackal (2018/9)- now Doctoral Student in Cognitive Science at Tuft University, Chana Karp (2018/9)- now a Masters Students in Speech-Language Pathology at Hunter College, Daniella Shimoonov (2017/8) and Sarah Feng (2017/8) who presented posters on different aspects of their projects!

Pictures below (that include Marija Binch and Jessica Fracasse, volunteers at YVY Research Institute who assisted Chana and Daniella with their data collection and processing).

Congratulations to Sarah Feng and Amy Wu (now a Masters Student in Computational Linguistics at Brandeis) who have continued to work on their ILLC project this past year and presented a Perceived Pitch and Formant Frequencies in the Perception of Lexical Tones in Cantonese at the 50th Meeting of the North East Linguistic Society that was held on October 25-27 at MIT, their mentor Prof. Nissenbaum’s alma mater!

Congratulations to Yerania Poline who represented our ILLC program at the national NSF-REU site conference organized by the Council for Undergraduate Research in Alexandria, Virginia. Students and faculty from NSF-REU sites across the country shared their work and their insights and benefitted from professional development training workshops. Yerania’s presentation was one of three posters that represented a linguistics program!