Department of Psychology

News & Information

WEEK of 20 May 2011

UPCOMING ORALS (all orals are held in H228 CONFERENCE ROOM unless otherwise noted)

Friday;
May 20 2011 1:30 p.m.

PhD Oral. Daniel Saunders Components of Biological Motion Perception. Supervisor: Dr. Nikolaus F. Troje. External Examiner: Dr. Jay Pratt, University of Toronto.

Wednesday;
June 15 2011

10:00 A.M.

PhD Oral. Tessen Clifford. Support Groups for Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: Predictors and Effects of Involvement. Supervisor: Dr. Patricia Minnes. External Examiner: Dr. Jonathan Weiss, York University. Toronto

Friday;
June 24 2022
1:30 p.m.

PhD Oral. Meghan Norris. Real or Artifact? Shedding light on now and when repeated expression can result in polarization. Supervisor: Dr. Leandre Fabrigar. External Examiner: Dr. Leonard Newman, Syracuse University, New York.

CONGRATULATIONS (Rick Beninger)
Congratulations are extended to the following faculty who have recently been under consideration for Personnel decisions, all of which take effect 1 July 2011 :

Hans Dringenberg - Promoted to Full Professor
Tom Hollenstein - Tenure & Promoted to Associate Professor

Chris Bowie - Appointment renewed

FACULTY ANNOUNCEMENTS (Rick Beninger)
The following faculty members have been elected by the Senate to serve on the following Committees:

Ingrid Johnsrude has been elected to serve on the Academic Development Committee (September 1, 2011 to August 31, 2013)
Dean Tripp has been elected to serve on the Nominating Committee (September 1, 2011 to August 31, 2013).

ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES
Please note the Administrative offices will be CLOSED on Monday, May 23, 2011 to celebrate the Victoria Day long weekend. The offices will re-open Tuesday morning, May 24 at 8:30 a.m.

ARTS & SCIENCE VACANCIES (Dean Alistair MacLean)
Effective from 1 July 2011 there are a number of associate deans on F300 will be reduced to three. In order to accommodate anticipated administrative leave and release-time arrangements there is a vacancy for an Acting Associate Dean (Studies) and for an Acting Associate Dean (both two-year terms). Nominations should be sent to Dean Alistair MacLean (deanartsci@queensu.ca) by Friday, May 27, 2011.

HUMAN RESOURCES NOW ADMINISTERING UHIP PLAN FOR VISITORS

The Human Resources department is now administering the University Health Insurance Plan (UHIP) for visitors to the university, including faculty visitors and post-doctoral fellows. For for further information please call 613-533-2070 or visit the website at:www.queensu.ca/news/articles/uhip

NEW COPYRIGHT AT QUEEN'S POLICY
A new made for Queen's copyright policy, modeled in part on the Association of University and Colleges of Canada (AUCC) policy for all Canadian universities is attached for your review.

CONFERENCES/LECTURES/SEMINARS
The Western Conference on Science Education, July 6-8, 2011. For further information please visit website: www.thewesternconference.ca

Sixth International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, University of New Orleans. 11-13 July 2011. Further information available from the website at www.SocialSciencesConference.com

JOBS
Trent University, Department of Psychology invites applications for 3.5 nine-month limited term position at the Assistant Professor rank. See attached for further details.

Research Associate in Early Psychosis, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Department of Psychiatry and the Hotchkiss Brain Institute invited applications for the Centre for Mental Health Research and Education. The position is for an initial two year term. Further details attached.

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