RE: [tips] Stained Glass Brain

[Marc Carter]

Tim --

Don't you get cool tan marks on your head from the sun getting through
the vents on the helmet?

I do.  :(  Late in the summer I've sort of a piebald head.  I wear it
proudly. 

m


--
"There is no power for change greater than a community discovering what
it cares about."
--
Margaret Wheatley 

-Original Message-
From: Shearon, Tim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2007 4:39 PM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Subject: RE: [tips] Stained Glass Brain

Steven asked:
It seems that quite a few TIPsters have survived bicycle crashes (me
too). But unlike me, I imagine all you responsible folks were wearing
helmets. Do you think they helped?

Steven- I've had three real crashes (I've been riding since I was six
and almost daily for well over 25 years). One was minor enough that it
only involved a bit of road rash and a few stitches- I think I was eight
(the mailbox is doing well!). My first serious crash was long ago enough
that I wasn't wearing a helmet and it resulted in a TBI (I was 16). My
last one I was doing almost 40 and went over the handle-bars landing on
my left shoulder and rolling over my head. I had no head injury or even
scratches but I broke the helmet (in addition to seven broken bones and
a pulmonary injury). I can't say for sure it helped but I'm convinced
personally. (I always wear a helmet now). 

The real reason I started wearing a helmet was not my own TBI at 18
(apparently my wife is correct that I'm stubborn). In later years of
college I worked at a bicycle shop. We always tried to tell people to
wear them (a half-owner was a lawyer- go figure). One woman declined-
she "only rode to the grocery store down the street". About the third
ride she pulled up to stop at a stop-sign. She put her foot down on the
curb but missed and fell over. Her head hit the curb and she died. Wear
a helmet!

BTW- my excuse for wearing a helmet is also at least partly vain. The
hair is taking a leave on me- ;) it also helps protect from the sun.
(But I do understand the wind in the hair thing- After a while I got
used to wind in the face).
Tim


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[tips] Will this make Larry Summers (or his critics) happy?

[sblack]

http://biz.yahoo.com/bizwk/071109/nov2007db2007118811986.html?.v=1

Stephen

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Stephen L. Black, Ph.D.  
Professor of Psychology, Emeritus   
Bishop's Universitye-mail:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
2600 College St.
Sherbrooke QC  J1M 1Z7
Canada

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RE: [tips] Stained Glass Brain

[Marc Carter]

I've seen that research on risk-taking, and believe it.

This is an important point with your kids: you have to stress to them
that a helmet is only a small (but important!) part of bike safety.  The
vast bulk of it comes from anticipating what cars will do, and not doing
stupid things.

(Of course, the fact that I have no children allows me to avoid being
completely hypocritical with respect to that last bit of advice --
between the ages of 9 and 13, I was a complete idiot and did many stupid
things on bikes.  Many.  It's a wonder I'm not already dead.)

I just try to ride safely.  The fact that my cranium is somewhat more
protected than the rest of me doesn't allow me to forget that the rest
of me is completely unprotected.  When on the bike I'm constantly
surrounded by things that can hurt me grievously, and I try very hard to
keep that in mind.  This comes from having crashes in which I was
wearing a helmet but was nonetheless hurt pretty badly.

m

--
"There is no power for change greater than a community discovering what
it cares about."
--
Margaret Wheatley 

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2007 11:41 PM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Subject: RE: [tips] Stained Glass Brain

On 8 Nov 2007 at 17:36, beth benoit wrote:

> Here's a perspective from my husband - a now retired orthopedic 
> surgeon about helmet-wearing: 

> 1.  If you have a serious accident and you're not wearing a helmet (as

> you probably won't, if you live in New Hampshire), you'll probably
die.
> 2.  If you have a serious accident in Massachusetts (or any other 
> state that requires a helmet), you'll probably live, but break your 
> neck and be a quadriplegic. >

> So there you go.  You pays ya money, ya makes ya choice.

Thank you, Beth. OK, point taken. Wow, this discussion has so quickly
turned to the grim. I think perhaps I'll just walk from now on. Or play
tennis (but look at what happened to James Blake). 

Yet I can't resist suggesting a look at the arguments, various and
sundry, advanced at
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/322/7293/1063
(British Medical Journal, letters, 2001)
 

Stephen
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Stephen L. Black, Ph.D.  
Professor of Psychology, Emeritus   
Bishop's Universitye-mail:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
2600 College St.
Sherbrooke QC  J1M 1Z7
Canada

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RE: [tips] Stained Glass Brain

[Marc Carter]

Hey, Stephen --

I was wearing a helmet.  It broke in several places.  

Had I not been wearing one, I almost surely wouldn't be typing this now.
The impressions of the trailer that my head hit were impressed into the
helmet, and it would have cracked my skull, easily.  I hit a stationary
trailer at about 25 mph; the first thing to hit the trailer was the
front wheel (the torque of which ripped the steerer tube through the
head tube); the second thing was my head.  If you know anyone who knows
anything about skulls, ask them what would happen to a skull that hits
something stationary at 25 mph.  Of course I cannot know for certain,
but the odds here are on my side.  Heads crack.  This was a perfect way
to crack a head.  Cracked heads frequently lead to brain injury.

Another story is of a zero-mph crash: I stuck the front wheel into a
cypress knee and simply fell over to the side (yes, I am embarrassed,
not least because I actually am a fairly skilled off-road cyclist) and
caught another root on the side of the head, just above the ear (a very
easy way to crack a skull).  I had a helmet on, but it concussed me
anyway.  So going slow is no protection, either.

To my mind there's no upside to not wearing a helmet.  A good bike
helmet (which will cost about $50 for a top-of-the-line, last-year's
model -- which is how I get them) is cool, comfortable, light, and sits
high enough on your head you can forget you're wearing it.

We love your comments, Stephen.  Wear a helmet, your daughters righteous
indignation aside.  They'll find something else to ride you about, and
we can look forward to years of your posts.

m


--
"There is no power for change greater than a community discovering what
it cares about."
--
Margaret Wheatley 

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2007 4:03 PM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Subject: RE: [tips] Stained Glass Brain

On 8 Nov 2007 at 13:54, Marc Carter wrote:

> Oh!  I have one:  I had a crash (bike, broke my neck), and the cops 
> wanted to know what to do with the bike, and I said, "You could take 
> it to my office."
> 
> One of my colleagues was in the ER before I was.  It scared them.

Good story, as was Tim's. But it raises a question. For context, first I
provide a personal disclosure. I'm an occasional bike rider. I don't
wear a helmet because:

a) it impairs the sense of freedom I feel while bicycling
b) it looks as though it must be hot and uncomfortable
c) it looks silly (I'm vain, what can I tell you)
d) it allows my daughters to act superior and lecture me

So to justfiy what would otherwise be highly foolish behaviour,  I
selectively collect statistics showing that helmets don't work, and even
if they did, risk homeostasis would cancel out any protection they might
provide.

It seems that quite a few TIPsters have survived bicycle crashes (me
too). But unlike me, I imagine all you responsible folks were wearing
helmets. Do you think they helped?

Note. If you're going to tell me that the helmet saved you from brain
damage, be warned that, allegedly like Dorothy Parker when hearing that
Calvin Coolidge had died, I will ask,  "How can you tell?"

Stephen
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Stephen L. Black, Ph.D.  
Professor of Psychology, Emeritus   
Bishop's Universitye-mail:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
2600 College St.
Sherbrooke QC  J1M 1Z7
Canada

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Re: [tips] Stained Glass Brain

[Ken Steele]

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


It seems that quite a few TIPsters have survived bicycle crashes (me 
too). But unlike me, I imagine all you responsible folks were wearing 
helmets. Do you think they helped?




I have been riding bicycles since I was 8 years old and have had several 
accidents.  Most of the accidents have been potentially very serious but 
I have been lucky and only have left a lot of skin on the pavement/dirt. 
 I wasn't wearing a helmet back then.


Today I wear a helmet.  I am riding at faster speeds; there are more 
cars around me; those cars are going faster; and, lots of the drivers 
are talking on cell phones, eating fastfood delights, and other 
attention-distracting activities.  I feel like I am in more danger now 
and a helmet might help in some accidents. A helmet would not have 
helped in most of the accidents I have read about in my regional 
newspaper (the Charlotte Observer) because they involve cars striking 
bikes.


I also wore a helmet as a model for my kids when they were first 
learning to ride.  I wanted them to have the protection as inexperienced 
riders.


If you ride in safe circumstances then enjoy your ride sans helmet.  For 
me, wearing a helmet has become like wearing a seat belt in a car.  I do 
both habitually.


Ken


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Kenneth M. Steele, Ph.D.  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Department of Psychology  http://www.psych.appstate.edu
Appalachian State University
Boone, NC 28608
USA
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Re: [tips] Stained Glass Brain

[Ken Steele]

Marc Carter wrote:

Hey, Stephen --


Another story is of a zero-mph crash: I stuck the front wheel into a
cypress knee and simply fell over to the side (yes, I am embarrassed,
not least because I actually am a fairly skilled off-road cyclist) and
caught another root on the side of the head, just above the ear (a very
easy way to crack a skull).  I had a helmet on, but it concussed me
anyway.  So going slow is no protection, either.



I have a similar story.  I was stopped and waiting for a buddy to catch 
up on a trail.  He came along beside me and braked to a stop. But he had 
forgotten to unclip from his pedals. Slowly, he fell to his side and hit 
me.  I was still clipped into one of my pedals and so, like a domino, I 
fell over also -- into a ditch.  There was a rock about the size of a 
football which I hit with my helmet.  The force was not enough to break 
the helmet but I was glad to have the styrofoam between me and the rock.


Ken

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Kenneth M. Steele, Ph.D.  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Department of Psychology  http://www.psych.appstate.edu
Appalachian State University
Boone, NC 28608
USA
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[tips] position opening

[Bourgeois, Dr. Martin]

Hi everyone. We have an assistant professor position in experimental 
psychology, broadly defined. Here's our ad, please share this with anyone who 
may be interested in applying:
 
The Social and Behavioral Sciences Department at Florida Gulf Coast University 
is seeking applications for an Assistant Professor position in experimental 
psychology, broadly defined. Applicants whose research complements current 
faculty interests in clinical, social, physiological, organizational and/or 
cognitive psychology are especially encouraged to apply. Candidates will be 
expected to develop a research program involving undergraduates, and to teach 
courses in area of specialization and service courses (e.g., experimental 
psychology, research methods, and general psychology).   
 
To apply for the position, please go to http://jobs.fgcu.edu 
  
and search for position #0721. Inquiries about the position can be sent to the 
search chair, Martin Bourgeois, at [EMAIL PROTECTED] 

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RE: [tips] Will this make Larry Summers (or his critics) happy?

[sblack]

A TIPSter said, in a private message:

> It looks like that link has expired. Do you have a copy of it?

Referring to:

> http://biz.yahoo.com/bizwk/071109/nov2007db2007118811986.html?.v=1

No, it's still there. The problem is likely that annoying need to 
register. I'll paste it below for those who don't want to. In the 
meantime, I think I have an answer to my own question.

No for the critics. That's because these are medians, and the debate 
concerns the high end of the scale. Not too many of the double-chromo 
types are likely to be pulling down salaries in the $1 million plus 
category, and they don't give the sex breakdown for that. But notably, 
the two all-time highest earners are both male. 

We must be in the wrong careers.

Stephen
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 BusinessWeek
Surprise! Women on the Board Earn More
Friday November 9, 8:08 am ET
By Jena McGregor

There's a new gender gap in the boardrooms of Big Business. And it's not 
the one you think. A new survey on corporate board pay has found that the 
median compensation for female directors is actually higher than that for 
male directors.

In its annual director pay survey, The Corporate Library, a corporate 
governance and executive compensation research group, reports the median 
earnings for female corporate directors is $120,000. That's about $15,000 
higher than the median total compensation for male directors, which is 
$104,375. "I was so surprised by the statistic," says Paul Hodgson, 
senior research associate for The Corporate Library, who authored the 
study, which looked at the pay of more than 25,000 directors at more than 
3,200 companies.

Not that women's representation on boards is that exceptional. Some 91% 
of S&P 500 companies have at least one woman, according to executive 
search firm Spencer Stuart. (Apple (NasdaqGS:AAPL - News), Bear Stearns 
(NYSE:BSC - News), and Countrywide Financial (NYSE:CFC - News) are 
currently among the women-free boards.) But just 15% of boards have three 
or more female directors, even though the average board has 11 members. 
While companies may be clamoring to inject diversity into their director 
ranks, the reason for the difference in pay likely can't be attributed to 
competition over qualified candidates, Hodgson says. Generally, basic 
cash fees and stock grants are similar for a board's members. "There's 
very little leeway given to bumping up compensation for individual 
directors," Hodgson says. "You can't offer more to a diversity candidate 
just because they're a diversity candidate."

Sarbox Effect Tails Off

What does differ are the fees paid to committee members -- the audit and 
compensation committees pay the most -- and, of course, the pay for 
committee chairs, independent lead directors, and chairmen. Hodgson 
theorizes that boards, eager to get female representation across the 
board, assign more women to multiple committees, earning them extra fees. 
He also says the pay differential appears most among smaller companies, 
where good governance practices, which include concerns about getting 
diverse input on several committees, tend to be better.

Overall, the median total compensation for all directors rose 12% from 
the year before to $100,031. (Due to a lack of gender data, the medians 
are higher for both men and women because they were based on a slightly 
smaller sample size.) That's a slowdown from last year, which saw a 20% 
rise in director pay. Hodgson chalks up the slowing growth to a greater 
distance from the "governance disasters" that prompted some of the 
corporate scandals in the early part of the decade. That increased the 
pressures on director accountability and responsibilities, driving up 
pay. "Sarbanes-Oxley was back in 2002, so we've had a few years for that 
to play out and solidify into more regular rates for directors," he says.

Some numbers, however, did increase dramatically this year. More than 80 
directors made more than $1 million in total compensation for a single 
board seat, up from just 18 identified last year. According to The 
Corporate Library, the two most highly paid directors who were not 
chairmen or former CEOs are Thomas Smach of footwear phenom Crocs 
(NasdaqGS:CROX - News; $5,479,347) and John Gillespie, a director at 
White Mountains Insurance Group (NYSE:WTM - News; $4,390,699). Total 
compensation figures include cash fees, stock and option awards, non-
equity incentive compensation, any change in pension values and deferred 
compensation plans, and "all other" compensation.

Year-Ago Comparison Tricky

While the number of directors with more than $1 million compensation for 
a single board seat made a huge leap, Hodgson is careful about drawing 
comparisons. New Securities & Exchange Commission disclosure rules 
provided much more clarity on directors' total cash earnings and the 
value of additional benefits. In the past, Hodgson and his team had to 
calculate compensation, and so the actual number of $1 million-plus 
members ma

RE: [tips] position opening

[Jim Matiya]

Okay, I tried it again.
your link is password protected. But, using cut and paste, the link works. 
Maybe becaus eyou are using a school computer that causes it?
 
 
Jim
 
Jim Matiya 
Moraine Valley Community College
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
2003 Moffett Memorial Teaching Excellence Award of the Society for the Teaching 
of Psychology (Division Two of the American Psychological 
Association)New webpage: 
http://online.morainevalley.edu/WebSupported/JimMatiya/ 
Using David Myers' texts for AP Psychology? Go to  
http://bcs.worthpublishers.com/cppsych/
High School Psychology and Advanced Psychology Graphic Organizers, Pacing 
Guides, and Daily Lesson Plans archived at
 www.Teaching-Point.net


Subject: [tips] position openingDate: Fri, 9 Nov 2007 10:44:27 -0500From: 
[EMAIL PROTECTED]: tips@acsun.frostburg.edu




Hi everyone. We have an assistant professor position in experimental 
psychology, broadly defined. Here's our ad, please share this with anyone who 
may be interested in applying:
 
The Social and Behavioral Sciences Department at Florida Gulf Coast University 
is seeking applications for an Assistant Professor position in experimental 
psychology, broadly defined. Applicants whose research complements current 
faculty interests in clinical, social, physiological, organizational and/or 
cognitive psychology are especially encouraged to apply. Candidates will be 
expected to develop a research program involving undergraduates, and to teach 
courses in area of specialization and service courses (e.g., experimental 
psychology, research methods, and general psychology).   
 
To apply for the position, please go to http://jobs.fgcu.edu and search for 
position #0721. Inquiries about the position can be sent to the search chair, 
Martin Bourgeois, at [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
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RE: [tips] position opening

[Jim Matiya]

RATS!
In my haste to get this message to Marty, I sent it to TIPS.
Sorry
 
jim
Jim Matiya 
Moraine Valley Community College
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
2003 Moffett Memorial Teaching Excellence Award of the Society for the Teaching 
of Psychology (Division Two of the American Psychological 
Association)New webpage: 
http://online.morainevalley.edu/WebSupported/JimMatiya/ 
Using David Myers' texts for AP Psychology? Go to  
http://bcs.worthpublishers.com/cppsych/
High School Psychology and Advanced Psychology Graphic Organizers, Pacing 
Guides, and Daily Lesson Plans archived at
 www.Teaching-Point.net


From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: RE: [tips] position openingDate: 
Fri, 9 Nov 2007 10:44:49 -0600



Okay, I tried it again.your link is password protected. But, using cut and 
paste, the link works. Maybe becaus eyou are using a school computer that 
causes it?  Jim 
Jim Matiya 
Moraine Valley Community College
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
2003 Moffett Memorial Teaching Excellence Award of the Society for the Teaching 
of Psychology (Division Two of the American Psychological 
Association)New webpage: 
http://online.morainevalley.edu/WebSupported/JimMatiya/ 
Using David Myers' texts for AP Psychology? Go to  
http://bcs.worthpublishers.com/cppsych/
High School Psychology and Advanced Psychology Graphic Organizers, Pacing 
Guides, and Daily Lesson Plans archived at
 www.Teaching-Point.net


Subject: [tips] position openingDate: Fri, 9 Nov 2007 10:44:27 -0500From: 
[EMAIL PROTECTED]: tips@acsun.frostburg.edu



Hi everyone. We have an assistant professor position in experimental 
psychology, broadly defined. Here's our ad, please share this with anyone who 
may be interested in applying:
 
The Social and Behavioral Sciences Department at Florida Gulf Coast University 
is seeking applications for an Assistant Professor position in experimental 
psychology, broadly defined. Applicants whose research complements current 
faculty interests in clinical, social, physiological, organizational and/or 
cognitive psychology are especially encouraged to apply. Candidates will be 
expected to develop a research program involving undergraduates, and to teach 
courses in area of specialization and service courses (e.g., experimental 
psychology, research methods, and general psychology).   
 
To apply for the position, please go to http://jobs.fgcu.edu and search for 
position #0721. Inquiries about the position can be sent to the search chair, 
Martin Bourgeois, at [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---To make changes to your subscription 
contact:Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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RE: [tips] position opening

[Bourgeois, Dr. Martin]

Thanks Jim. That's odd. I'll bet you're right, I'll look into it. 



From: Jim Matiya [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Fri 11/9/2007 11:44 AM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Subject: RE: [tips] position opening




Okay, I tried it again.
your link is password protected. But, using cut and paste, the link works. 
Maybe becaus eyou are using a school computer that causes it?
 
 
Jim


 

Jim Matiya 
Moraine Valley Community College
[EMAIL PROTECTED]  
2003 Moffett Memorial Teaching Excellence Award of the Society for the Teaching 
of Psychology (Division Two of the American Psychological 
Association)
New webpage: http://online.morainevalley.edu/WebSupported/JimMatiya/ 
  

Using David Myers' texts for AP Psychology? Go to  

http://bcs.worthpublishers.com/cppsych/ 
 

High School Psychology and Advanced Psychology Graphic Organizers, Pacing 
Guides, and Daily Lesson Plans archived at

 www.Teaching-Point.net  





Subject: [tips] position opening
Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2007 10:44:27 -0500
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: tips@acsun.frostburg.edu


Hi everyone. We have an assistant professor position in experimental 
psychology, broadly defined. Here's our ad, please share this with anyone who 
may be interested in applying:
 
The Social and Behavioral Sciences Department at Florida Gulf Coast 
University is seeking applications for an Assistant Professor position in 
experimental psychology, broadly defined. Applicants whose research complements 
current faculty interests in clinical, social, physiological, organizational 
and/or cognitive psychology are especially encouraged to apply. Candidates will 
be expected to develop a research program involving undergraduates, and to 
teach courses in area of specialization and service courses (e.g., experimental 
psychology, research methods, and general psychology).   
 
To apply for the position, please go to http://jobs.fgcu.edu 
  
and search for position #0721. Inquiries about the position can be sent to the 
search chair, Martin Bourgeois, at [EMAIL PROTECTED] 


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To make changes to your subscription contact:

Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

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RE: [tips] Position in Social Psychology- The College of Idaho

[Shearon, Tim]

Please pass on the following announcement to interested parties including your 
talented students and colleagues. This is a new tenure-track position and is 
budgeted and approved to begin September 2008.

The College of Idaho, formerly Albertson College of Idaho, is announcing a new 
tenure-track position in Social Psychology to begin September, 2008. 
Responsibilities include teaching Research Methods, undergraduate courses in 
social psychology, support for the Liberal Arts Core, and student-centered 
research. Ph.D. in Psychology preferred; ABD with specified completion date 
considered. The College of Idaho is a selective, national, private four-year 
Liberal Arts college, with a strong tradition of excellent teaching and 
student-centered research. We are currently enrolling about 840 students with a 
steady increase projected to about 1000 in the near future. Psychology is the 
College's fastest growing major; currently the third largest major on campus. 
We have just upgraded the teaching laboratory and have plans for further 
expansion of research facilities within the next year and beyond. Grant writing 
will be encouraged. The College of Idaho has just been awarded a $50,000,000 
cash gift which kicked off a 10 year $175,000,000 capital campaign aimed 
primarily at increasing faculty salaries, increasing endowment (currently at 
$102,000,000), and improving student-centered research.

In the application portfolio please include the letter of application, CV, 
evidence of teaching and research excellence, and letters of recommendation to:
By Mail: Human Resources, Psychology Search, The College of Idaho, 2112 
Cleveland Blvd, Caldwell, ID 83605
Or via email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
EOE.

Review of completed applications will begin December 17, 2007. Applications 
will be accepted until position is filled. EOE. Official graduate transcripts 
required before appointment.

The College of Idaho is the oldest institution of higher education in Idaho, 
opening its doors over 117 years ago. Caldwell, Idaho is located in southwest 
Idaho approximately 16 miles from Boise: a thriving and vibrant metropolitan 
area. Boise and Caldwell are located in the Treasure Valley: a geographical 
feature carved through the state by glaciation. Southwest Idaho is, thus, made 
up of a diverse geography including close access to mountain ranges including 
quick access to recreational activities in Sun Valley and McCall. Mountain and 
Road biking are popular sports in the Treasure Valley and Boise has its own ski 
area with excellent Nordic and alpine ski facilities north of the city. The 
climate is surprisingly mild and arid due to a complex climate interaction with 
the geography of Oregon and Washington. There is quick access to Portland and 
Seattle and all the benefits of the thriving Northwestern recreation. Caldwell 
is also the center of Idaho's rich and rapidly developing wine region.

You may, of course, have students send their questions directly to me. Thanks 
for your help!
Tim

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Timothy O. Shearon, PhD
Professor and Chair Department of Psychology
The College of Idaho
Caldwell, ID 83605
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

teaching: intro to neuropsychology; psychopharmacology; general; history and 
systems

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