McMaster University

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McMaster University invites applications for the Ontario Research Chair in Educational Achievement and At-Risk Students. The Chair will be based in either the Faculty of Health Sciences or Social Sciences, depending on the profile of the successful candidate. Rank, salary and other aspects of the faculty appointment are negotiable and will be commensurate with training/experience.

We seek applications from candidates holding a PhD in a field relevant to the Chair. To take advantage of McMaster’s strengths, we welcome applications from scholars with strengths in one or more of the following areas: health related research, population-based research, or the use of large data sets and longitudinal research methods to address questions related to academic achievement. S/he will have the capacity to lead a large multi-disciplinary team and to integrate multiple explanatory models of academic achievement. The Chair will place great emphasis on supervising graduate students and teaching at the graduate level.

The successful candidate will be tasked with helping McMaster and the province of Ontario: to develop and lead a comprehensive multi-disciplinary research program in educational achievement; to stimulate/guide public policy debate on health deficits and socioeconomic disadvantage and their impact on children’s academic achievement among a broad range of stakeholder groups; to build linkages within and among academics, policy-makers, practitioners, students and families.

While preference will be given to candidates not currently employed by an Ontario university, we welcome applications from all individuals.

Interested candidates are asked to review the websites of the Faculties of Health Sciences (http://fhs.mcmaster.ca/main/schools_and_departments.html) and Social Sciences (http://socialsciences.mcmaster.ca/departments-schools-and-programs) and include in their application the department in which they would foresee having their primary appointment. It is anticipated that the successful candidate will be invited to be affiliated with the Offord Centre for Child Studies (http://offordcentre.com/).

Interested candidates should prepare a CV, one-page statement of research interests/academic goals, and the names of three referees. Consideration of applications will begin after January 31, 2015.

Enquires/applications should be sent via email care of:
Dr. Alan Neville
Chair, Selection Committee
McMaster University HSC-2E18
1280 Main Street West
Hamilton, ON, L8S4K1
c/o liddell@mcmaster.ca

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however Canadian and permanent residents will be given priority. McMaster is strongly committed to employment equity within its community and to recruiting a diverse faculty and staff. The University encourages applications from all qualified candidates, including women, members of visual minorities, aboriginal persons, members of sexual minorities and persons with disabilities.