John McCormack

John McCormack works in the Department of Management at the University of Bristol. He has done his post graduate work at the University of Maryland, and Boston University. His research interests focus on best practice modelling and implementation strategies where he has evaluated sectors as diverse as physician practices, foster care agencies, and secondary school systems. He is currently the Director of the University's BSc in Management program as well as teaching qualitative methods and project management. John is passionately engaged in encouraging wider access to University for students from disadvantaged backgrounds, and is currently serves as the Widening Participation advocate for the Social Sciences faculty and is conducting research into how aspirations are formed in pre university students. Before returning to academia, John served in Marketing and Sales roles at Cisco Systems and Merrill Lynch, as well as serving as a Captain in the United States Army.