Assistant Professor-Tenure Track, Criminal Justice, Open Specialization

The Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice at Suffolk University invites applications for a full-time tenure track Assistant Professor in criminal justice beginning July 1, 2025. Area of specialization is open. We are seeking a teacher scholar with a research program involving diverse and/or underserved populations and aligning with the department’s social justice mission.Candidates should provide evidence of commitment to excellent teaching and scholarly potential, including a research agenda and plans for peer-reviewed publication. The department includes undergraduate majors in Sociology and Criminal Justice, and a Master of Science in Crime and Justice Studies. The successful candidate should have the ability to teach in both our Master’s program and our undergraduate criminal justice and sociology majors. Candidates should be able to teach Research Methods (at both the undergraduate and graduate level) as well as other core and elective courses. In addition to demonstrating excellence in teaching and research, the successful candidate is expected to advise and mentor undergraduate and graduate students, and engage in service with the department, college and university. The workload for this position is 45% teaching, 35% research, and 20% service with a 5-course teaching load per year.Suffolk’s Sociology & Criminal Justice Department is committed to rigorous, cutting-edge scholarship and teaching that are designed to promote social justice. We study and teach about a wide range of social issues and work on these issues in schools, prisons, shelters, and communities dealing with crime. Our research is drawn upon by policy makers at the federal, state, and local levels. Department faculty take advantage of our location in the heart of Boston, within walking distance to the state house, city hall and the courts, to advance our work as teacher-scholars and integrate experiential learning into our classrooms. We are a diverse, welcoming department faculty who holds high expectations for all students.The successful candidate will contribute to a rich tradition of community-engaged teaching and experiential education that prepares our diverse, substantially first-generation college students—40% of whom are Pell eligible—for careers and civic engagement. The successful candidate will have a commitment to inclusive pedagogy and curricular diversity, mentoring and advising students—especially first-generation college students—as well as conducting impactful research. We seek candidates excited about centering best practices pedagogy focused on active, applied and experiential learning in their teaching; a commitment to ongoing and continuous improvement in teaching is expected. Familiarity with and experience using pedagogical methods that enable students across racial, ethnic, socio-economic, and ability groups to reach their maximum potential is a valuable qualification.Candidates must hold a PhD in a relevant field (e.g. sociology, criminology, criminal justice, public policy, public administration) by the beginning of the 2025-2026 academic year; ABD candidates in the final stages of completing their degrees will be considered. Experience teaching Criminal justice and graduate students preferred. Application should be made through the Suffolk University Human Resources’ Careers at Suffolk site.Only complete submissions will be reviewed. This includes: cover letter; CV; Teaching Philosophy; Diversity Statement; a statement of research interests and agenda; student course evaluations (if available); and 3 letters of reference. Applications will be reviewed as they are received; the position will remain open until filled. Initial interviews will be via Zoom followed by on-campus interviews.Suffolk University is a private, comprehensive, urban university located in downtown Boston and is an equal opportunity employer committed to faculty diversity. Candidates from underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply. Suffolk offers substantial employee benefits, including retirement benefits, tuition remission for employees and their families, tuition exchange program with participating institutions, as well as health, dental, and life insurance, commuter benefits, and a strong employee assistance program.

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