Assistant Research Professor
About the Crime Prevention Lab
The Northeastern Crime Prevention Lab (CPL) has rapidly grown since its founding in 2023. We seek an Assistant Research Professor to join our team and help further develop our portfolio of research projects. Active funded projects include collaborations with Kansas City (MO) Police Department, Colorado Springs (CO) Police Department, the City of Paterson (NJ), the Mecklenburg County (NC) Department of Public Health, and the New Jersey State Police. The Assistant Research Professor will work with the Senior Leadership to assist the CPL in maintaining existing partnerships and nurturing new opportunities
Responsibilities:
Lead large-scale research projects and develop externally-funded projects: The Assistant Research Professor will contribute to the current funded-projects of the CPL. This will involve taking a leading role in data collection, database maintenance, data analysis, and report writing. The Assistant Research Professor will further work with CPL directors to identify and compete for funded research opportunities.
Develop community partnerships across sectors and jurisdictions: In addition to developing the externally funded research projects the Assistant Research Professor will nurture the current partnerships and seek out additional collaborative opportunities. These applied partnerships take time and effort to establish and retain, and they are essential to the CPL mission and offer potential for visibility and sustainable growth.
Supervise students and Staff on Evaluation Projects: The Assistant Research Professor will supervise undergraduate and Graduate students on multi-generational research teams. They will also supervise staff on research teams.
Teach 2 classes per year in the area of crime analysis and geographic information systems: The Assistant Research Professor will contribute to the developing crime analysis and computational sciences programs by teaching relevant classes to undergraduate, graduate, and practitioner students.
Qualifications:
- Ph.D. in Criminology and Criminal Justice or related fields in hand by the appointment start date is required.
- Strong skills in quantitative analysis and geographic information systems.
- Experience using R, Stata, and ArcGIS Pro software.
- Demonstrate commitment to working with diverse student populations and/or in a culturally diverse work and educational environment.
- Strong experience of leading research teams.
- Strong track record in writing and securing research grants.
- Strong track record in published peer-reviewed journal articles.
Documents to Submit:
Applicants should submit a cover letter that addresses the applicant’s interest in and qualifications for the position, curriculum vitae, a research statement, writing sample, teaching statement, a diversity statement, and the names and contact information for at least three individuals who can provide a letter of recommendation.
In the diversity statement, please describe how you can support Northeastern’s commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. Describe how your teaching, service, research, and/or leadership (as applicable) has supported the success of students and/or colleagues; and/or describe the impact others have had on you as relating to diversity, equity and inclusion.
Review of applications will begin on November 1, 2024 and will continue until the position is filled.
Please address nominations and questions to Eric L. Piza, Chair, Search Committee at e.piza@northeastern.edu.
