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Dr. Jacob A. Burack

Title: 
Professor
Academic title(s): 

Director, McGill Youth Study Team (MYST)Ìý| Co-Director, Institute for Human Development and Well-Being (IHDW)

Dr. Jacob A. Burack
Contact Information
Email address: 
jake.burack [at] mcgill.ca
Phone: 
514-396-2856
Address: 

Education Building
3700 rue McTavish
Montréal, Quebec H3A 1Y2
Canada

Division: 
School/Applied Child Psychology Supervisors
Department: 
Educational and Counselling Psychology (ECP)
Area(s): 
Developmental Psychology and Inclusive Education
Diversity, Identity and Indigenous Topics
Areas of expertise: 

The development of attention and cognition among typically developing children, persons with autism, and persons with specific syndromes associated with intellectual disabilities.

Biography: 

Jake Burack is a Professor of School/Applied Child PsychologyÌýand Human DevelopmentÌýin McGill's Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology. He is the founder and director of the McGill Youth Study Team (MYST) and a co-investigator on three past and current national networks funded by the Canadian Institutes for Health Research — the Autism Research Training Program, the National Network on Aboriginal Mental Health, and Roots of Resilience (co-funded by the Medical Research Council of »ÆÆ¬ÀóÖ¦ÊÓÆµ Zealand). He, his students, and colleaguesÌýwork in academic settings with Indigenous youth around the theme of identification with ancestral culture as essential to emotionalÌýwell-being, socialÌýadaptation, and academic success.ÌýJake is a founding co-investigator of two national networks funded by the CIHR — theÌýÌý(ART) and theÌýÌý(NAMHR) — and a member of the Research Management Committee of the (CIHR-funded) Kids Brain Health Network. He is also a longtime member of the board of directors of Summit School.

Degree(s): 
  • Ph.D., Yale University
  • M.Phil., Yale University
  • M.Sc., Yale University
  • B.A., Columbia University
Selected publications: 
  • Burack, J.A., Stewart, J., & Landry, O. (under contract). Historical perspectives on developmental contributions to the study of persons with Down syndrome. In J. A. Burack, J. Edgin, L. J. Abbeduto, & J. Busciglio (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of Down syndrome and development. »ÆÆ¬ÀóÖ¦ÊÓÆµ York: Oxford University Press.
  • Burack, J. A., Russo, N., Kovshoff, H., Fernandes, T.P., Ringo, J., Landry, O., & Iarocci, G. (in press). How I attend - not how well do I attend:Ìý Rethinking developmental frameworks of attention and cognition in autism spectrum disorder and typical development. In V. K. Jaswal, N. Akhtar, & J. A. Burack (Eds.), Building bridges: Cognitive development in typical and atypical populations. »ÆÆ¬ÀóÖ¦ÊÓÆµ York: Routledge.
  • Blacklock, A., Schmidt, L. A, Fryberg, S., Klassen, G. H., Querengesser, J., Stewart, J., Campbell, C.A., Flores, H., Reynolds, A., Tootoosis, C., & Burack, J.A. (in press). Identification with mainstream, but not ancestral, culture is associated with increased problem behaviors among First Nations youth. Transcultural Psychiatry.
  • Burack, J.A., Gurr, E., Stubbert, E., & Weva, V. (In Press). Personality development among indigenous youth in Canada: Weaving together universal and community-specific perspectives. »ÆÆ¬ÀóÖ¦ÊÓÆµ Ideas in Psychology.
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Program: 
  • M.A. Human Development
  • Ph.D. Human Development
  • M.A. School/Applied Child Psychology
  • Ph.D. School/Applied Child Psychology
Graduate supervision: 

Accepting Master's and Ph.D. students for 2023-24

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