Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track)

Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Carbondale, IL

Title: Assistant Professor at Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Qualifications: Applicants must hold a Ph.D. (or provide evidence that the doctoral degree will be awarded by August 2010) in Criminology and Criminal Justice, or a related discipline such as Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, Geography with a substantive research focus on criminology and criminal justice. If all requirements for the Ph.D. degree are not complete by August 16, 2010, a one-year term appointment at the rank of Instructor will be offered at a reduced rate of pay. Applicants must show strong potential for high achievement in teaching, research and publication. Strong preference will be given to applicants with substantive expertise in areas of race, ethnicity, gender and crime/criminal justice and juvenile delinquency/juvenile justice.

 Duties: Duties include teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in the Criminology & Criminal Justice degree programs, maintaining an active independent research agenda relevant to criminology that includes peer-reviewed publications, grant activity, mentoring students, and engaging in service activities to assist the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice (until recently called the Center for the Study of Crime, Delinquency, & Corrections). Applicants should be able to teach AJ 203 Crime, Justice and Social Diversity; AJ 373 Juvenile Justice, AJ 550 Juvenile Justice & Delinquency; AJ 460 Women and the Criminal Justice System; AJ 473 Juvenile Delinquency.  

Deadline for Application: Review of applications will begin December 11, 2009 or until filled

Date of Employment: August 16, 2010

Requirements for Application: Submit letter of application, curriculum vitae, three letters of reference and two samples of written work to:  

Contact Persons:
             Search, Criminology & Criminal Justice
             Kimberly Kempf-Leonard, Department Chair
             Rod Brunson, Co-Chair of Search
             Faner Hall – Mail code 4504
             Southern Illinois University Carbondale
             1000 Faner Drive
             Carbondale, IL 62901

 For more information on the Department or the College of Liberal Arts, please see the following links: CCJ: http://ccj.siuc.edu/index.htm   and CoLA: http://cola.siuc.edu .  

SIUC is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer that strives to enhance its ability to develop a diverse faculty and staff and to increase its potential to serve a diverse student population. All applications are welcomed and encouraged and will receive consideration.