Research and Assessment Scholar

The Program for Leadership and Character at Wake Forest University seeks a visionary, collaborative, and committed scholar to be the Research and Assessment Scholar for the Educating Character Initiative (ECI), a nationwide initiative to equip U.S. colleges and universities to cultivate character, assess the impact of character education at their institutions, and advance research on character and character education. The Research and Assessment Scholar will work closely with the Director of the Educating Character Initiative and the Senior Research Scholar to develop and execute the evaluation, assessment, and research strategy for the ECI; manage research integration and evaluation across the various functions of ECI; identify and facilitate opportunities for cross-institutional research among ECI community members; and evaluate the short-term and longitudinal impact of the ECI on educating character in undergraduate institutions. The Research and Assessment Scholar will also design, execute, and publish empirical studies and reports; provide workshops and presentations to support scholars and practitioners; and offer individual assessment consultations to members of the ECI community. In the process, they will work collaboratively with the ECI team in grantee and community stewardship as well as with the ECI and broader Program for Leadership and Character team towards common goals. Given the scope of the role and the scale of the ECI’s efforts, the position offers a unique and exciting opportunity to advance a robust scholarly agenda related to character development and assessment, contribute new ideas and evidence to the growing field of character education, and extend the impact of a major new initiative to promote character education within U.S. colleges and universities. https://leadershipandcharacter.wfu.edu/jobs/