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Assistant Professor, Criminal Justice | Coastal Carolina University

Assistant Professor, Criminal Justice

Job Details
The Coastal Carolina University Department of Sociology invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor to begin in the Spring of 2026. Candidates must have a Ph.D. in Sociology or a related field by the time of their appointment. The candidate should also have evidence of excellent teaching and scholarly productivity, experiential learning, and community/public engagement. Candidates’ area of expertise should include criminology and/or criminal justice. An emphasis will be placed on qualified candidates with quantitative expertise and the ability to teach a quantitative methods course.

Coastal Carolina University is a public comprehensive liberal arts institution located in Conway, South Carolina, just nine miles from the Atlantic coastal resort city of Myrtle Beach. Coastal Carolina University enrolls over 10,800 students from 49 states and 55 nations. The University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to award the baccalaureate and master’s degrees of national and/or regional significance in the arts and sciences, business, humanities, education, and health and human services, a specialist degree in instructional technology, and PhD degrees in marine science: coastal and marine systems science and education sciences.

The University provides equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, national origin, or because an employee or applicant for employment is an individual with a disability or a disabled veteran, an Armed Forces service medal veteran, a recently separated veteran, or an active-duty wartime or campaign badge veteran, or other “protected veteran,” as defined by law.

Interested candidates should submit: a letter of application (outlining interest in the position with the specified qualifications and approach to teaching), current curriculum vitae, copies of transcripts of all graduate coursework (copies are acceptable at this time), a statement of teaching philosophy and research interests, and a list of at least three (3) professional references. All information and related material must be submitted electronically at https://jobs.coastal.edu/postings/120149

Applicants that are invited for interviews must provide official transcripts of all graduate coursework prior to visiting campus. Review of applications and materials will begin on October 26, 2025 and continue until the position is filled.

Coastal Carolina University is an EO/AA employer.

Required Qualifications
PhD in Sociology, Criminology or related field.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Quantitative expertise. Extensive knowledge of quantitative methods and statistical software (SPSS)

Postdoctoral Research Associate | Center for Research on Child and Family Wellbeing (CRCFW)

Postdoctoral Research Associate

The Center for Research on Child and Family Wellbeing (CRCFW), directed by Dr. Kathryn Edin and part of the School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University, invites outstanding researchers to apply for appointments each academic year. CRCFW conducts research on children and young adults’ health, education, and economic wellbeing and on understanding disadvantaged communities. Our current initiatives include the Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study (FFCWS), exploring the impact of several anti-violence programs in Chicago, understanding the regional concentration of disability receipt and its impact on community life, and the relationship between poverty and trauma.

The following appointment is available for the 2025 – 2026 academic year. The position requires in-person work at least 3 days a week. Applications will be accepted through February 28, 2025.

CRCFW is offering a highly competitive Postdoctoral Research Associate position to an individual with documented interest in the transition to young adulthood and experience working with the Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study (FFCWS) or other, similar longitudinal survey data. Appointments are for one year with the possibility of renewal, pending satisfactory performance and continued funding, with negotiable starting dates for the next academic year. 

QUALIFICATIONS: Postdocs are expected to have outstanding potential and be self-motivated, goal-oriented and capable of successfully communicating ideas to diverse audiences. They must also be able to build on existing strengths, bridge different fields, and be motivated to work with faculty and staff on complex projects. This position will support independent and collaborative research on the above topics. Preference will be given to candidates that have obtained their PhD within the last two years. While this listing is open to all social science disciplines, preference will be given to those with a PhD in quantitative demography or with formal demography training.  

Postdocs will participate in all of the Center’s activities, including student-faculty seminars, workshops, and public lectures. The postdoc will be expected to spend about 75% of their time working on publications using data from the FFCWS and/or research with Dr. Edin and about 25% of their time assisting the FFCWS data team projects such as merging contextual and administrative data files to the survey data.

Applicants should apply online at https://www.princeton.edu/acad-positions/position/37441(Link is external) (Link opens in new window) and submit: a cover letter describing areas of interest, graduate training, relevant background and possible fit within the center recent CV names, e-mails and phone numbers of three references.

Future of Families Summer Data Workshop

The 2025 Future of Families Summer Data Workshop application form is now available and is due on Monday, February 17, 2025, 11:59 PM EST. The workshop will be held in-person from Wednesday, June 11th, 2025 to Friday, June 13th, 2025. Travel and hotel costs will be covered for successful applicants. For more information or questions on the application, please email ffsummerdataworkshop@columbia.edu to be added to the contact list and notified of when the application will be published.

The workshop is designed to familiarize participants with the data available in the Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study (FFCWS) (formerly Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study), a national study following a birth cohort of (mostly) unmarried parents and their children, providing information about the capabilities, circumstances, and relationships of unwed parents, the wellbeing of their children, and the role of public policy in family and child wellbeing.

The workshop will be focused on data from the public-use Future of Families files, from the baseline through Year 22 waves. These data can be downloaded by researchers through the Princeton University Office of Population Research Data Archive. Panelists may also discuss data from the restricted-use contract files, but participants need not have the contract data to participate in the workshop. This year’s workshop will place special emphasis on wave 7 of the FFCWS, when the focal children reached age 22. 
 
Applicants must possess basic quantitative data analysis skills. About 25-30 applicants will be selected. Application deadline February 17, 2025. 

The Future of Families Summer Data Workshop is made possible by a grant from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (2R25HD074544-06).