Training Program in Emotion Research

The training program in Emotion Research is directed by Richard J. Davidson and is funded by an NIMH Institutional National Research Service Award training grant. The program trains students at both the pre- and post-doctoral levels. The major activities of the training program include a year-long seminar on emotion theory and research that is co-taught by the training program faculty, participation in the annual Wisconsin Symposium on Emotion, attendance at monthly meetings of faculty and students on topics in emotion research, and participation in the annual training program symposium to be held each summer as well as other relevant activities on campus.  This training grant will support four pre-doctoral students for a period of two years, with a total of eight University of Wisconsin pre-doctoral students supported by the grant in any given year. Thus, we will enroll four new students per year in the program. In addition, four post-doctoral trainees will be supported each year. Please contact Isa Dolski for more information.

You may download the brochure in PDF format (for reference only). All positions for 2006-2007 have been filled.

Program Areas of Research & Faculty

Our training program is focused on three area of current emotion research:

  1. Personality, temperament and individual differences: Lifespan developmental, genetic, cognitive and biological approaches;
  2. Affective neuroscience; and
  3. Emotion and psychopathology.

Trainees may work with any of the following faculty: Heather C. Abercrombie, Lyn Y. Abramson, Vaishali Bakshi, Ruth M. Benca, Craig W. Berridge, Christopher L. Coe, John J. Curtin, Richard J. Davidson, Patricia Devine, Marilyn Essex, Morton Ann Gernsbacher, H. Hill Goldsmith, Diane Gooding, Ned H. Kalin, Marjorie H. Klein, Garret Lahvis, Joseph P. Newman, Jack B. Nitschke, Seth D. Pollak, Carol D. Ryff, and Carolyn Zahn-Waxler.

Post-Doctoral Applicants

All post-doctoral positions for 2007-2009 have been filled.

Pre-Doctoral Applicants

All pre-doctoral positions for 2007-2008 have been filled.

In general, pre-doctoral applicants must first apply as graduate students to the University of Wisconsin-Madison. If your application is seriously considered by a faculty member, he or she may decide to nominate you for consideration by the selection committee by contacting Isa Dolski at 608-263-0132 or 1202 W. Johnson St, Madison, WI 53706, or idolski@wisc.edu. If you are interested in participating in the program, be sure to discuss it with your prospective advisor. According to federal funding regulations, in order to be eligible for support, applicants must be U.S. citizens, non-citizen nationals or lawfully admitted permanent residents. Individuals on temporary or students visas are not eligible.

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