Montana State University TT CJ

[andgo]

POSITION: ASSISTANT PROFESSOR – SOCIOLOGY/CRIMINOLOGY
Search #1247OCT
Full-Time, Tenure-Track Faculty Position
DEPARTMENT: Sociology, Political Science, Native American Studies & Environmental Studies
College of Arts & Sciences
DATE TO START: August 2012
STARTING SALARY: Dependent upon education and experience and subject to the Collective Bargaining Agreement

BARGAINING UNIT: MSU Billings Faculty Association

Montana State University-Billings is the third largest University in Montana located in the largest city in Montana. The Senior campus, College of Technology and Downtown campus together are home to approximately 5,500 students. The University has five colleges, which offer a wide variety of degree programs to its students. Montana State University Billings employs approximately 500 employees, who together work hard to create an outstanding University.

DESCRIPTION: The faculty member hired for this position will teach general education courses, Criminal Justice courses including but not limited to Criminology, Criminal Justice Ethics, Crime Prevention and Victimology as well as Research Methods. Successful candidate will be able to demonstrate excellence in teaching and scholarly potential, willingness to develop and teach appropriate online courses, to participate in curriculum development, and offer courses at the College of Technology. In addition, this position will include student recruitment and advisement and department and campus committee participation. The candidate is expected to share the University commitment to outcomes assessment and continuous quality improvement.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

? Ph.D in Criminal Justice/Sociology or evidence of advanced ABD
? Demonstrated experience with and capable of teaching beginning through advanced Sociology and Criminal Justice classes
? Willingness to develop and teach on-line classes
? Demonstrated experience in, or strong commitment to teaching General education courses in Sociology and Criminal Justice
? Commitment to share the University’s commitment to continuous quality improvement.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

? Ability to operate a Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing lab

REVIEW DATE: Applications received by November 30, 2011, will be given preference review; however, the position is open filled.

APPLY: Submit: a (1) Letter of Application addressing the above qualifications/skills; (2) Curriculum Vita; (3) Copies of Graduate Transcripts; (4) List of three Professional References (including names, addresses and phone numbers; and (5) the Authorization for Background Check Form to:

Human Resources Office/EEO-AA Office
Montana State University Billings
1500 University Drive
Billings, MT 59101-0298
Phone: [phone]; FAX: [phone]
www.msubillings.edu
[e-mail]

[curious]

I am just curious as to what it is like to live in Montana.

Is it like the last frontier?

Do people even go outside in the winter?

Hilarious security code: HEAT UP

[bandit]

Some of those places in MT get -30F in for a few weeks in winter, with a few feet of snow. From someone who's lived there, there are a lot of bright, sunny days typical of Eastern ranges of the Rockies.

[Montana]

I am from that area. Weather wise it gets really cold and snowy, particularly at night during the winter. However, its pretty similar to the northeast so its not horrible. This position is in Missoula, which is cold and snowy, but not as bad as more rural parts of the state. Politically, its a college town, and is fairly liberal for the area. Not sure about what you mean in terms of "frontier" though it does have a bit of the "cowboy culture" stuff that you don't see on the east coast.

[Montanan]

Montana State University is in Bozeman (as long as we're talking about the flagship university). I lived in Montana all of my childhood and a few years after high school. The eastern side of the state (where I'm from) is very rural and desolate. Bozeman is located near some good skiing resorts and other outdoorsy attractions. It's about 3.5 hours from Billings (pop. 90,000). Bozeman itself has only 30,000 or so, but the surrounding areas are pretty well-developed. Montana is pretty conservative as a whole but has a libertarian streak, which is why several democrats are in office there including the governor and both U.S. Senators (3rd party libertarian candidates tend to split the Conservative vote). Missoula is pretty liberal though. Many family members graduated from MSU and had great things to say about it. Hope that helps.

[whereisit]

MSU's main campus is in Bozeman, but this add clearly states that it's MSU- Billings. Therefore, the job is clearly in Billings.

So, to be clear, it's not in either Missoula (that's U of Montana) or Bozeman (that's MSU's main campus). It's in Billings.

[Montanan]

Didn't catch the Billings campus specification in the job ad, I was just looking at the thread title - my bad. Billings certainly doesn't have a metro feel but it's got more to do and it's about an hour from Red Lodge which has great skiing and other "touristy" stuff.

[Montana]

oops, sorry all, I missed the Billings note too. Billings is nice, a bit touristy, but lots of stuff to do compared to other parts of Montana. Ditto above, skiing is great, its nice in the summer too, great hiking...

[curious]

Does anyone know what happened with this job? The job wiki says an offer was made. Was it accepted? It's been a while since the deadline but I haven't heard either way so I'm curious.

[wrong section]

Why don't you ask in the status of searches forum.