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Postdoctoral Position

The Georgetown Laboratory for Relational Cognition, directed by Adam Green, invites applications for a postdoctoral position focused on NSF- and foundation-funded research using computational and behavioral methods to investigate creativity in educational contexts. The postdoc will contribute to projects using NLP and large language data, as well as new data collections, to investigate creativity – including human-AI hybrid creativity – and other character strengths. The work will include development of novel computational metrics and analysis of a large college admissions and outcomes data set. Depending on the postdocs’s interest, there will also be opportunity to contribute to projects that employ neuromodulation (TMS, tES, tFUS) in combination with neuroimaging toward enhancing creativity and executive function, and projects related to learning in real-world educational contexts.

The projected start date for the position summer or fall of 2024, but other starting times are possible. Applications will be considered on a rolling basis until the position is filled. Favorable consideration will be given to applicants with a strong record of productivity and with experience or substantial interest in the following areas: creativity, computational methods, learning, neuroimaging and/or electrical recording methods, neuromodulation, and advanced statistical data analysis.

Interested candidates should send a CV and a letter of application describing research interests and professional goals to Evie Astorina (era41@georgetown.edu), and should provide the names of three professional references who can readily provide letters of recommendation upon request. Any informal inquiries can be sent to the PI, Adam Green (aeg58@Georgetown.edu). 

Georgetown University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you are a qualified individual with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please see the Georgetown website for more information, or contact the Office of Institutional Diversity, Equity & Affirmative Action (IDEAA) at (202) 687- 4798. This position requires a criminal background check performed by Human Resources. Compensation is based on Georgetown pay scales, depending on qualifications and experience.

Research Coordinator Position

The Georgetown Laboratory for Relational Cognition, directed by Adam Green, anticipates hiring a research coordinator. The position will focus on NSF-funded research investigating creativity in educational contexts. In conjunction with the project team, the research coordinator will contribute to ramping-up and conducting a large-scale data collection effort involving multiple institutions. Depending on level of interest, the research coordinator will have substantial opportunity to engage with all aspects of the project, including the development of new computational tools to assess creativity, data analysis, and write-up. There is also opportunity to contribute to a broader set of lab-based studies on cognitive and neural mechanisms of creativity, reasoning, and character strengths, and to studies employing neuromodulation-, training-, and curriculum-based approaches to enhance creative cognition.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled. The preferred start date is summer or fall 2024.

Interested candidates should send a professional CV and a letter of application describing research interests and professional goals to Evie Astorina (era41@georgetown.edu), and should provide the names of three professional references who can readily provide letters of recommendation upon request. Any informal inquiries can be sent to the PI, Adam Green (aeg58@Georgetown.edu).

Compensation is based on Georgetown pay scales, depending on qualifications and experience.

Georgetown University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you are a qualified individual with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please see the Georgetown website for more information, or contact the Office of Institutional Diversity, Equity & Affirmative Action (IDEAA) at (202) 687-4798. This position requires a criminal background check performed by Human Resources. 

The Georgetown Laboratory for Relational Cognition accepts applications from motivated and hard-working undergraduates for positions as summer research assistants. These are unpaid positions with flexible start and end dates in the May to August months. A minimum commitment of 10 hours of work per week is required. Interested applicants should send a CV and letter of interest to the lab manager, Evie Astorina, era41@georgetown.edu.