Sam Mccready
Professor
Applied Social and Policy Sc.
Ulster University
Ireland
Biography
Professor Sam McCready was first appointed to the former NI Polytechnic in 1980 as a Lecturer in Youth and Community Work. Prior to this he was a detached youth worker in east Belfast (1973-75) for a voluntary project and a Community Services Officer with Castlereagh Borough Council (1975-1980) He has degrees (undergraduate and postgraduate from) Queens University Belfast (1972), Westhill College, University of Birmingham (1973), University of Swansea (1976) and MEd. from University of Manchester (1986) Sam was appointed Professor in community youth work in September 2015 and has been Acting Head of School for Sociology and Applied Social Studies since July 2016. He is also Co-Director of the Centre for Young Men`s Studies at Ulster University.
Research Interest
In the last 10 years he has generated a total income of £700,000 in research and course development grants. Sam's research income includes £214,028 for work related to the setting up of Centre for Young Men`s Studies which was established in 2004. Specialist work from the Centre over last number of years has been in the areas policy issues relating to young men and underachievement in school and young men and violence. A grant £141,733 from Department of Education NI and Department of JusticeNI was for a longitudinal research study in schools with young men aged 11-16.
Publications
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Rough Justice: Considerations on the role of violence, masculinity, and the alienation of young men in communities and peacebuilding processes in Northern Ireland Youth Justice Date: (2014)
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To the Beat of a Different Drum. Loyalist Youth and the culture of Marching Bands in The Contested Identities of Ulster Protestants edited by TP Burgess and G Mulvenna The Contested Identities of Ulster Protestants Date: (2015)
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Youth Work as Social Research YResearch - journal of social research and evaluation Date: (2015)
