East Carolina University
Location
Greenville, NC | United States
Job description
Job Duties:
The Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology invites applications for one 9-month tenure-track Assistant Professor position to begin August 2024. We seek candidates with an active research agenda in one or more of the following: terrorism, homeland security, organized crime, transnational crime, comparative criminal justice, or related area of expertise. Candidates should demonstrate the potential for or demonstrated record of scholarly research and publication, the pursuit of external grants at the state and national level, effective teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels, community engagement, and service to the university, community, and profession. The position requires teaching undergraduate and graduate courses, grant-seeking, active scholarship, and service to the department, university, and profession.
This position is contingent upon available funding.
Special Instructions To Application:
Applicants should submit an online candidate profile, cover letter, curriculum vitae, research statement, teaching statement, and contact information for three current references at using position number 600058. The research and teaching statements should not exceed four pages combined. Letters of reference will be required for applicants invited for an on-campus interview. Official transcripts are required upon employment.
Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.Inquiries regarding this position may be directed to Dr. Michele Stacey, Associate Professor and Search Committee Chair, [email protected] .
Minimum Education/Experience:
A PhD in Criminal Justice, Criminology, or a closely related field, such as Justice Administration is required. However, ABD candidates may be considered. For ABD candidates, initial appointment will be at the probationary-term rank of Assistant Professor. ABD candidates must have the terminal degree conferred prior to first reappointment. A JD (law degree) is not considered a terminal degree for this position.
Qualifying degrees must be received from appropriately accredited institutions.Full time or Part time: Full Time
Position Location (city): Greenville
Position Number: 600058
Organizational Unit Overview:
The Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology offers a MS degree, two graduate certificates, BS degree, an accelerated BS/MS degree, and four minors – criminal justice, criminal law and legal process, criminology, and forensic science. We currently have ten tenure-line faculty and six full-time instructors with research and teaching expertise in criminal justice, criminology, and law. The Department has the third largest number of majors in the Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences and provides students with a comprehensive educational experience including exemplary academics and numerous extra-curricular opportunities. We are committed to a focus on social justice in the discipline and dedicated to enriching the lives of students, faculty, and staff by providing a diverse academic community where the exchange of ideas, knowledge, and perspectives is an active part of living and learning. Department members collaborate regularly with colleagues in the college and broader university, including those in the Departments of Anthropology, Chemistry, and Political Science. East Carolina University seeks to create an environment that fosters the recruitment and retention of a more diverse student body, faculty, staff and administration. In order to promote the University's diversity goal, the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology strongly encourages applicants from women, minorities, and historically underrepresented groups. We seek colleagues who will thrive in a collaborative and interdisciplinary environment, who seek to promote regional economic transformation and to serve eastern North Carolina's diverse populations through teaching, research, and engagement, and who can contribute to the department mission to educate the next generation of criminal justice leaders. More information can be found at . East Carolina University is a constituent institution in the University of North Carolina system and Carnegie R2-Doctoral-Research Intensive university with nearly 30,000 students. ECU is located in Greenville, NC (population 92,000), which lies ~80 miles east of Raleigh and a short distance to the Atlantic coast. It has a cost of living more than 10 percent below the national average and boasts a vibrant Uptown district with restaurants, breweries, and shopping. Greenville hosts a variety of festivals throughout the year and offers numerous recreational opportunities, including access to the Tar River, more than nine miles of greenways, nearly 30 parks and recreational facilities, and a growing arts scene.
About East Carolina University
To be a national model for student success, public service and regional transformation, East Carolina University uses innovative learning strategies and delivery methods to maximize access; prepares students with the knowledge, skills and values to succeed in a global, multicultural society; develops tomorrow's leaders to serve and inspire positive change; discovers new knowledge and innovations to support a thriving future for eastern North Carolina and beyond; transforms health care, promotes wellness, and reduces health disparities; and improves qualify of life through cultural enrichment, academics, the arts, and athletics. We accomplish our mission through education, research, creative activities, and service while being good stewards of the resources entrusted to us. East Carolina University delivers on the promise of opportunity. We open doors. We improve lives. We transform the present, and we discover the future. In these ways and more, we serve our community, our state, our nation and our world as together we reach toward our greatest potential. Tomorrow starts here.
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