Assistant/Associate Professor (Generalist)

Job Summary:
The Department of Criminal Justice in the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant/Associate Professor of Criminal Justice. Our Criminal Justice program provides students a hands-on education and experience they can build on in law enforcement, criminal justice, and social justice (i.e., violence prevention and intervention) careers.

Essential Responsibilities:
Teaching Excellence

• Teach in both the graduate and undergraduate programs and advise students in person and online (visit our website, www.coppin.edu, for a comprehensive overview of the department and its course offerings).
• Teach with technology (i.e., Blackboard Learning Management System -Blackboard Ultra). Familiarity with using Microsoft Office Suite (i.e., Word, Excel, and PowerPoint).

Scholarship and Research

• Stay current on trends in specialty area and demonstrate scholarship through the presentation of papers and publishing in peer-reviewed scholarly journals.
• Ability to write grants and assist with the securing of external funding for department initiatives.

Service

• Serve on departmental, college and university-wide committees as a representative.
• Serve as advisor for designated clubs and organizations.

Discipline Specific Duties

• Provide supervision of students in field internship courses as necessary.
• Support internal and external partners by serving in a subject matter capacity in efforts to stay current in the field.

Required Qualifications

Education:

• Ph.D. in Sociology (Administration of Justice track), Criminal Justice, Criminology or a closely related field is required.

Experience:
Minimum of five (5) years of teaching criminal justice and law enforcement courses on the undergraduate and/or graduate level in the areas of law enforcement, the courts, corrections, juvenile justice, or related area
General Requirements:

• Must demonstrate strengths in the following areas: a strong record of teaching across the criminal justice curriculum.
• Excellent public speaking and presentation skills.
• Strong knowledge of criminal justice policy, practice, research, and publication experience.
• Demonstrated ability to work with a diverse team of faculty.
• Demonstrated commitment to securing external funding.
• Ability to support students in identifying internship and career opportunities (i.e., current and post-graduation).
• Ability to navigate systems and technology platforms that contribute to student employment and career success.
• Computer experience with Microsoft Office required.
• Experience with Course and Learning Management Software (i.e., Blackboard, PeopleSoft, and Tegrity) in support of on campus and on line coursework, preferred.
• Some evening and weekend hours required.
• Licensed master social worker preferred.
• Valid U.S. driver’s license

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Demonstrated excellent written communication and public speaking skills
• Demonstrated commitment to higher academic and professional standards
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate and support all constituents involved
• Demonstrated excellent planning, communication, and organizational skills
• Demonstrated ability to work, effectively, with diverse groups of people
• Demonstrated ability to work independently, manage and prioritize multiple tasks
• Demonstrated knowledge, skills, and abilities to conduct, manage and report assessment and evaluation outcomes
• Demonstrated leadership and management skills (e.g., planning and scheduling of meetings/events’ problem-solving; data and materials development; management and organization)

Preferred Qualifications

Position Detail Information

Posting Detail Information

Posting Number
FA2023-0002

Position End Date (if temporary)

Open Date
02/02/2023

Close Date

Open Until Filled
Yes

Special Instructions to Applicant

COVID -19 vaccinations are strongly encouraged for all University employees. Medical and religious exemption request are accepted and are evaluated on a case-by-case basis. Please submit any/all documents related to this matter to AskHR@coppin.edu .