[xmca] FW: Job Posting UC-Davis in Adolescent Learning in Non-School Contexts

PLEASE FORWARD TO FOLKS IN LITERACY-RELATED FIELDS. THANK YOU!

Dear Colleagues and Friends:

In the School of Education at UC-Davis, we have created an exciting faculty
position that focuses on Learning and Adolescent Development in Community
and Non-School Contexts. We hope this position (along with another we have
advertised) also might help us recruit faculty to help forge
interdisciplinary links and help build a culturally and linguistically
diverse faculty. Please pass it on to colleagues and graduate students.
Thanks for your help!

Steven Athanases, szathanases@ucdavis.edu

Chair, Graduate Group in Education, UC-Davis

Learning and Adolescent Development in Community and Non-School Contexts
Application Review date: 11/15/2008. _Position open until filled.

Professor of Education: Learning and Adolescent Development in Community and
Non-School Contexts. The School of Education at the University of
California, Davis, seeks an innovative scholar whose work examines processes
and outcomes of adolescent learning and development in community and
non-school contexts, and/or (in)congruities between multiple learning
environments. The position will be a tenure-track appointment at the
Assistant level with a start date of July 1, 2009. Qualifications: An
advanced degree, PhD or EdD is a requirement. Preference will also be given
to those with research expertise in exploring youth learning in community
and non-school contexts; teaching, mentoring, or leadership experience in
culturally and linguistically diverse communities and non-school contexts;
and demonstrated ability to engage teachers, school leaders, community
leaders, and/or policymakers in meaningful discussions of ways (a) to
understand learning as it occurs beyond school walls; and (b) to extend and
rethink school learning. Responsibilities: Conducting and maintaining a
productive research program; publishing; teaching graduate and undergraduate
courses; advising masters and doctoral students; developing connections with
formal, informal, and non-formal educational institutions and other campus
faculty; and serving on School and University committees. Salary range is
competitive and commensurate with experience and qualifications. For further
information about this position or the UC Davis School of Education, visit
our website at http://education.ucdavis.edu. Applications are being accepted
now and will be reviewed beginning November 15, 2009, with review continuing
until the position is filled. Submit a letter of interest outlining
qualifications, experience and career goals, a curriculum vitae, and names
and addresses of 3 professional references on-line at:
http://education.ucdavis.edu/employment/positions.lasso.

The University of California, Davis, is an equal opportunity/affirmative
action employer.

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Steven Z. Athanases
Associate Professor, School of Education
Chair, Graduate Group in Education
2391 Academic Surge
University of California, Davis
Davis, CA 95616-8579
(530) 752-2621
http://education.ucdavis.edu/faculty/profile.php?person=0508
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