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Assistant/Associate Professor of Sociology – Criminology (Tenure Track)

Assistant/Associate Professor of Sociology – Criminology (Tenure Track)

Location
University of Oklahoma, Norman Campus
Deadline
Jan 15, 2026 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time

Description
The Dodge Family College of Arts and Sciences Department of Sociology at the University of Oklahoma seeks applicants for a full-time tenure-track Assistant Professor or an accelerated tenure track or tenured Associate Professor of Sociology with a starting date of August 16, 2026, teaching 2 courses per semester.

We encourage applications from all interested and qualified parties. Our mission statement and other information can be found at ou.edu/cas/soc. The successful candidate will teach Sociology, Criminology, Criminal Justice, and Race/Ethnicity courses to lower and upper division undergraduate students, as well as graduate courses, and may teach specialty courses in their areas of interest. We welcome scholars who complement our existing departmental strengths. We seek a scholar who will publish cutting-edge, innovative research in top-tier journals, who will inspire and mentor students, participate in service, and contribute to efforts to gain external grants. The successful candidate may also participate in the OU Sociology Inside-Out Program at Mabel Bassett Correctional Center, an Oklahoma women’s prison. The Department of Sociology is comprised of 22 full-time faculty, 37 full-time graduate students, and approximately 500 majors.

Qualifications
Required:

ABD or PhD in Sociology or related field
Experience teaching Sociology, Criminology, Criminal Justice, and/or Race/Ethnicity

Preferred (not required):

External grant funding

Application Instructions
Applicants should submit: 1) a cover letter describing their qualifications as well as their vision and plans for the position; 2) a complete curriculum vitae; 3) a writing sample; and 4) contact information for three confidential letters of recommendation.

The search committee will begin reviewing applications on January 15, 2026. Position will remain open until filled. Inquiries should be directed to the search committee chair:

Dr. Meredith G. F. Worthen, Professor
The University of Oklahoma
mgfworthen@ou.edu

Assistant/Associate Professor of Criminal Justice | Empire State University

Assistant/Associate Professor of Criminal Justice

Category: Faculty
Department: College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Locations: Various Locations, NY
Type: Full-time
Position ID: 192459

Job Description:
The College of Social and Behavioral Sciences at SUNY Empire seeks a tenure-track Assistant/Associate Professor of Criminal Justice in the Department of Social Science. We are seeking a candidate whose teaching, research, and service reflect a strong commitment to preparing students to address the complex challenges of justice today. The successful candidate will have expertise in criminal justice with preferred expertise in restorative justice, victimology, and/or critical perspectives within criminal justice. The selected incumbent will teach, develop curriculum, and mentor students in a growing undergraduate Criminal Justice program serving learners across New York State, the United States, and abroad.
Responsibilities Include:

Developing and teaching online courses in criminal justice.
Offering independent studies in the field of criminal justice.
Mentoring and advising students as they develop degree programs.
Participating in curriculum development and academic assessment.

Our faculty is committed to meeting the needs of adult learners and mentoring, motivating, and supporting our students through consistent advisement, engaging instruction, and continuous program improvement. The successful candidate will demonstrate a strong commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging across the faculty role. We are particularly interested in applicants who can deliver high-quality teaching using evidence-based practices to engage students from various backgrounds and experiences effectively.
A highly distributed organization, SUNY Empire makes extensive use of technological applications for communication, teaching and learning, and administrative purposes. Working in cooperation with faculty and staff, the successful candidate will provide high-quality educational services to students, engage in an active scholarly agenda, participate in university governance, and enhance the university’s reputation within the community.

Requirements:

Required Qualifications:

An earned doctorate from a regionally accredited U.S. university or comparable non-U.S. university in Criminal Justice, Criminology, or a closely related field at the time of appointment.
College or university level teaching experience.
Experience with supporting diverse populations.
Ability to work in a distributed faculty environment.
Ability to teach and develop courses.
An active scholarly agenda.
Excellent oral and written communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

Expertise in restorative justice, victimology, and/or critical perspectives in Criminal Justice.
Experience with teaching and mentoring in online learning environments.
Experience with academic program development.
Bilingual and biliterate in Spanish and English.

Special Information:

Occasional travel will be required to fulfill university-wide obligations, including biannual travel to Saratoga Springs, New York.
Office hours will vary in accordance with student needs. Periodic evening and weekend engagement will also be required.
Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the U.S. on a full-time basis. VISA sponsorship is not available for this position.
SUNY Empire provides employees with robust remote and flexible work options to meet the needs of students, faculty, and staff in a dispersed work environment.

Additional Information:
Rank/Salary: Tenure-track, assistant/associate professor, salary range from $72,000 to $80,000, appointment and salary to commensurate with experience and qualifications.

Assistant or Associate Professor | Penn State

Assistant or Associate Professor (Tenure-Track), Department of Sociology and Criminology

POSITION SPECIFICS

The Criminology Program in the Department of Sociology and Criminology at The Pennsylvania State University, in University Park, PA, USA, invites applications for a full-time tenure-track position, at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor.

Candidates for Assistant Professor will have expertise in the following areas, including but not limited to, criminal justice system, criminal justice policy, or criminology, broadly defined. All candidates must have demonstrated ability as a researcher, scholar, and teacher in a relevant field and have evidence of growth in scholarly achievement. Duties for candidates include a combination of teaching, research, and service, based on the candidate’s qualifications.

Candidates for Associate Professor will have expertise in the following areas, including but not limited to, criminal justice system, criminal justice policy, or criminology, broadly defined. All candidates must have demonstrated ability as a researcher, scholar, and teacher in a relevant field and have evidence of growth in scholarly achievement, as well as an established reputation and demonstrated excellence in scholarly achievement. Duties for Associate Professor candidates include a combination of teaching, research, and service, based on the candidate’s qualifications.

A Ph.D. in Sociology, Criminology, or related field is required by the appointment date for all Ranks.

Interested candidates must submit an online application at Penn State’s Job Posting Board, and should upload the following application materials electronically: a letter of interest, CV or resume, and a list of three references with contact information. Inquiries may be directed to the Faculty Coordinator, Jill Palmer, at jqp6220@psu.edu.

Visit our website for more information on the Department of Sociology and Criminology.

Assistant/Associate Professor | Arizona State University

Assistant/Associate Professor, Bringing Research & Innovation into the Debate on Guns in Society

The Initiative to Bring Research & Innovation into the Debate on Guns in Society (BRIDGS Initiative), housed in the T. Denny Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics (SSFD) at Arizona State University (ASU), invites applications for an Assistant or Associate Professor. This full-time, benefits-eligible, academic-year (9-month) faculty position will begin in August 2026. We will consider any candidate eligible for appointment as a tenure-track assistant or associate professor in August 2026 (e.g., current ABDs, recently completed Ph.D., postdoctoral scholars, current assistant or associate professors). This position is part of a cluster hire for the BRIDGS Initiative in SSFD with potential for a joint appointment; the successful candidate will be invited to join one or more units within ASU.

Applications are encouraged from scholars across social science (broadly defined) with research expertise on guns, which may include, but is not limited to, the culture and politics of armed self-defense; gun violence; cultural representations of guns; guns and social stratification; gun markets, the gun industry, and gun trade; social movement mobilization surrounding gun rights and/or gun control; comparative/transnational approaches to guns in society, including the relationship between migration and guns; the intersection of guns, conservation, and the environment; and related topics grounded in social science approaches. Preference will be given to applicants whose research is oriented toward bridging divides within the gun debate, unearthing new opportunities for conversation, and (re)framing the terms of the gun debate in ways that serve the interests of the broader public, especially in Arizona. Note that this is an opportunity to play a pivotal role in developing infrastructure uniquely focused on social science approaches to guns in a state with a dynamic and trend-setting terrain with respect to guns in society.

Inquiries can be directed to Dr. Jennifer Carlson at jenniferdawncarlson@asu.edu

About the BRIDGS Initiative

The BRIDGS Initiative is a new initiative at ASU that engages the topic of guns in society by drawing on the methodological and analytical expertise in the social sciences and adjacent disciplinary and interdisciplinary spaces. The BRIDGS mission includes building data infrastructure necessary for more productive civic engagement surrounding guns in society; engaging underappreciated voices across the gun debate; and building scholarly community within the area of gun studies, including mentorship opportunities for scholars at all career stages. Key BRIDGS activities include the Guns Unpacked podcast, the BRIDGS Emergent Scholar Fellowship, the Annual Symposium, as well as the American Gun Experience, a longitudinal, qualitative study of gun attitudes in the US. Drawing on ASU’s charter of inclusivity, public values and community impact, BRIDGS imagines a different kind of space for the gun debate—one that brings rigorous and thoughtful data and evidence to understand where we are in the gun debate and where we might go next. See bridgs.asu.edu for more details.

Essential Functions

Maintain and strengthen a record of scholarly productivity as demonstrated through peer-reviewed publications and/or books, external funding, presentations at national conferences, and other translational, scholarly activities
Teach undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral courses in person, online, and hybrid and contribute to the BRIDGS Guns Studies Certificate (in development)
Advise and mentor students.
Support BRIDGS programming and activities
Provide service contributions to the school, college, university, and profession’

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

A Ph.D. in a social-scientific or related field (e.g., sociology, criminology, political science, anthropology, economics, communications, geography, history, empirical legal studies, public health, and other related fields) by time of appointment.
Strong evidence of a novel research agenda, and demonstrated potential for excellence in research, teaching, and service, commensurate with rank.
Potential or demonstrated excellence in teaching and mentoring at the undergraduate or graduate level, commensurate with rank.

Desired Qualifications

Potential or demonstrated excellence in developing a nationally recognized research profile in gun scholarship, commensurate with rank.
Potential or demonstrated excellence in conducting research that will contribute to and enhance the national and international reputation of the BRIDGS Initiative, commensurate with rank.
Potential or demonstrated ability to secure external funding to support research, commensurate with rank.
Demonstrated commitment to working with faculty, staff, students and communities to advance the principles of the ASU Charter.

Application Instructions

The application deadline is September 3, 2025. Applications will continue to be accepted on a rolling basis for a reserve pool. Applications in the reserve pool may then be reviewed in the order in which they were received until the position is filled. Candidates will be asked to create or use an existing Interfolio Dossier to submit the following application materials:

Current Curriculum Vitae
A Cover Letter
Research Statement (2 page maximum)
Teaching Statement (1 page limit)
Name and contact information of three references (Name, email address, phone number)
Two representative publications

Assistant/Associate/Full Professor | University of Pittsburgh

Assistant/Associate/Full Professor (SOCIAL)

GSPH-Epidemiology – Pennsylvania-Pittsburgh – (24007836)

The Department of Epidemiology in the School of Public Health at the University of Pittsburgh is recruiting a full-time faculty member in the tenure stream at the rank of Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor in the area of social epidemiology (including, but not limited to, research on health equity, discrimination, neighborhood environments, social policies, religion, and the criminal legal system). The Department of Epidemiology is one of seven academic departments in the School of Public Health, a vibrant community of students, educators, researchers, collaborators, and leaders. We are especially interested in expanding the Department of Epidemiology’s commitment to use science and data to push and impact policy.

Applicants should hold a doctorate in epidemiology or a related social science discipline and be interested in building partnerships across disciplines within the University. Candidates should be dedicated to teaching, research, and service. They should demonstrate leadership and collaboration and have potential for external funding (at the assistant rank) or evidence of external funding (at the associate or full professor ranks). Salary and rank are commensurate with background/experience. In addition to the qualifications above, appointment at the Associate Professor level requires five years of experience and demonstrated scholarly productivity, including teaching, funded research, and extensive publications in peer-reviewed journals. Appointment at the Professor level requires ten or more years of experience and demonstrated scholarly productivity, including teaching, funded research, and extensive publications in peer-reviewed journals.

The candidate may be interested in developing a research program focused on social epidemiology broadly or in the context of any particular subfield of epidemiology. Research areas of particular interest to the department include climate change, cardiovascular epidemiology, public health nutrition and food policy, reproductive and perinatal epidemiology, and substance use. The candidate will be expected to teach in our graduate or undergraduate programs.

Interested candidates must submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae, research statement, diversity, equity, and inclusion statement, and the names and contact details of three references. Please apply through Requisition #24007836 through www.join.pitt.edu. Review of applications will commence upon receipt of all materials and will continue until the position is filled. The anticipated start date is September 2025.

The following documents are required and should be uploaded to your profile as part of your application: 1. CV 2. Cover Letter 3. Personal/Research Statement 4. Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Statement. 5. Current Teaching Evaluations 6.Teaching Statement 7. List names and contact information for three referees.

Please attach a cover letter, curriculum vitae, a statement of current and future research directions, and the names of three references to your online application. Also please include a recent Teaching Evaluation to your application packet.

Assistant/Associate Professor | Harvard University

Assistant/Associate Professor of Maternal Health and Demography

The Department of Global Health and Population at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health invites applications for the position of Assistant or Associate Professor of Maternal Health and Demography. We seek an innovative scholar to make significant contributions in the areas of maternal health and demographic methods in a diverse, multidisciplinary department with a long history of excellence in education and research.

Candidates should demonstrate significant research and teaching activity at and around the intersection of reproductive health, maternal health, adolescent health, fertility, population health, the impact of sex and gender on health, and social determinants of health, particularly the impact of racial and ethnic disparities on maternal health. Candidates should also demonstrate an interest in examining these areas globally through a life cycle approach. The ability to teach effectively in the areas of maternal health and demography, to advise and mentor a diverse group of graduate students and postdoctoral fellows, and to contribute to collaborative research, service, and teaching related to maternal health and demography is also a priority. The Department and School will look to the successful candidate to expand and develop maternal health within the population health sciences. Continue reading →

Assistant/Associate Professor | University of South Carolina

Assistant Professor or Associate Professor

The faculty of the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of South Carolina, Columbia campus, invites applications for a 9-month, full time, tenure-track or tenured position at the rank of Assistant Professor or Associate Professor to begin August 16, 2025. The candidate must demonstrate scholarly expertise in the area of gender-based violence.

A PhD in criminology, criminal justice, or a closely related discipline (e.g., sociology, political science, psychology) must be earned by the time of appointment. Applications from ABDs are also accepted.

The position encompasses three primary responsibilities: research, teaching, and service. The selected candidate will teach two courses each semester. Faculty members are expected to develop an active research agenda centered on gender-based violence. Prospective faculty members are also responsible for contributing to the growth and well-being of the Department, College, and University. This includes service to the professional community and engagement with the broader community.

How to Apply
All applicants must apply online at USCJobs at https://uscjobs.sc.edu/postings/172899. Applications must include: (1) a cover letter, (2) curriculum vitae, (3) research statement, (4) teaching statement, and (5) the names and email addresses of 3 references.

Review of applications begins September 15. The position will remain open until filled. Inquiries about this position may be directed to co-chairs of the search committee, Dr. John Burrow (BURROWJ@mailbox.sc.edu) or Dr. Kait Boyle (KB49@mailbox.sc.edu).

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