Position Openings

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KU will be offering a Bachelor of Applied Science in Criminal Justice starting in Fall 2023 to meet the growing employment demands of law enforcement, corrections, policy, courts administration, and related workforce needs in the Kansas City metropolitan area, the greater Kansas and Missouri region and nationally. The Bachelor of Applied Science in Criminal Justice is a degree completion program. The Program Director – Criminal Justice/Professor of the Practice is a 12-month position with both Administrative and Teaching responsibilities.  

posted 05.10.2023

The Department of Criminology at the University of Pennsylvania announces the availability of a position as full-time Lecturer in Criminology for the academic year 2023-2024. Duties include teaching introductory criminological theory, introductory criminal justice, and two other courses likely to be undergraduate electives that align with the lecturer’s areas of expertise and department needs (four classes per academic year).  

posted 04.30.2023

The Department of Criminology at the University of South Florida invites applications for a Visiting Instructor to begin August 7, 2023. The position is a full-time 12-month position for one year with possibility for renewal. The teaching load will be four classes in Fall and Spring and two classes in the summer. First review of applications is March 17, 2023.

posted 02.28.2023

University of Maryland seeks a full-time lecturer. This position is expected to start the Fall 2023 semester. We seek a candidate who is an excellent teacher and will provide expert teaching support for the Criminology & Criminal Justice’s College Park campus. In addition to a teaching load of 4/4, additional responsibilities will include supervising independent studies, serving on departmental committees, participating in learning outcome assessments, and overall support to the undergraduate program.

posted 02.28.2023

Northeastern University seeks a Postdoctoral Research Associate  and an Open Rank Teaching Professor for the College of Social Sciences and Humanities (CSSH). The major responsibilities of the Postdoctoral Research Associate involve contributing to multiple ongoing projects that are shared across the two Institutes including ongoing research of bias motivated victimization in Latinx communities and research on interventions to protect against adverse childhood experiences. In addition to contributing to ongoing research, the position will allow a candidate to engage in independent research to advance scholarship in alignment with the work of CJR and IHESJR. 

posted 02.23.2023 and 02.28.2023

Prairie View A&M University seek a Dean in the College of Juvenile Justice.  As the chief administrative officer for the College, the Dean is responsible for leadership and

oversight of the College’s academic and research enterprise as well as leading the Texas Juvenile

Crime Prevention Center. The Dean leads the administration, development and direction of

academic programs, strategic planning, fundraising, and facility development. The College of

Juvenile Justice and the Texas Juvenile Crime Prevention Center are committed to excellence in

education, training, prevention and service.

posted 02.09.2023

The University at Albany, State University of New York, seeks an Assistant Professor (tenure-track) in the School of Criminal Justice. The new hire will be a member of the UAlbany AI Institute. We are seeking candidates with expertise in computational social science that includes, but is not limited to, artificial intelligence, machine learning, natural language processing, data visualization, text analytics, and advanced computational techniques applied to the study of crime and justice. We are also interested in candidates who complement the department's existing expertise in offender and prosecutorial decision-making, policing, community violence prevention, public opinion, cross-national research, and quantitative research methods. 

posted 01.19.2023

The Criminology & Criminal Justice (CCJ) program at Saint Louis University invites applications for a non-tenure track position at the rank of Assistant Clinical Professor .  The position begins August 2023.  The successful applicant will assist the CCJ program in teaching and student mentorship. This position will involve teaching inperson classes offered on the St. Louis campus.

posted 01.05.2023