Career Center
Senior Research Scholar/Loyd J. Rockhold Endowed Chair
University of Louisiana Lafayette Picard Center
The Picard Center for Child Development and Lifelong Learning at the University of Louisiana Lafayette seeks qualified candidates to apply for an Endowed Chair in Early Childhood Development. The successful candidate will report directly to the Executive Director of the Picard Center, and will be appointed as a tenured full professor with the expectation that he or she will lead and establish a comprehensive research agenda focused on young children, their families and their communities. This endowed chair not only funds an appropriate compensation package but it also provides access to significant support funds for research and related expenditures. The successful candidate will be part of a major refocusing of the Picard Center and will play a meaningful role in building the Center as a force for shaping early childhood policy and practice at the national, state, regional and local levels.
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The ideal candidate for this endowed chair/senior scholar position will have: • a doctorate in early childhood development or in a related field • experience and credentials appropriate to tenure and rank of full professor • a strong record of securing outside funding, including federal grants and/or funding from appropriate foundations • a significant peer reviewed research/publication record • proven experience in mentoring • and a firm commitment to building a major research/policy center focused on early childhood issues. |
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