U of Wisconsin-Whitewater - TT Criminology

[Wisconsinite]

UW-Whitewater is hiring a tenure-track assistant professor of sociology to teach primarily in the criminology curriculum. Specifically they want someone who can teach these courses: Sociology of Police & Courts, Juvenile Delinquency, and Criminological Theory. Bonus points for ability to teach race & crime or soc of gender courses.

This is an undergrad-only department where TT faculty teach a 4/4 load (3/3 in year 1), but faculty often have only 2 preps/semester, and caps are ~20-45 (no large classes).

UWW is probably the best-located teaching university in the UW System - a couple hours from Chicago, 1 hour from Milwaukee, and less than an hour from Madison.

Applications due Friday, September 25, 2015

my.uww.edu/employment/jobs/Assitant%20Professor.html

[Anony]

How is any UW school hiring? I thought there was a freeze with the budget cuts

[Wisconsinite]

Dire need. The department had two retirements last year, and two others left for other positions. One position was hired last year for one of the retirements, and one has been authorized for hire this year. (The other two positions were absorbed into the abyss.)

[Anony]

Ah, thanks for the clarification!

[Tenure?]

UW did keep their tenure system, right? Heard that state schools were given the option to keep them and UW did.

[Wisconsinite]

Tenure is intact and operating as normal for now - there were no major changes in state law. So far the worst impacts have to do with the $250 million cut -- no raises this year, permanently cancelled lines, etc. There are a lot of areas where funding levels are stable, though -- I would imagine that new hire salaries/packages will be one of the areas.

[Wisconsinite]

The deadline for this position has been extended to Tuesday, September 29th.

[Confirmed deadline change]

Confirmed deadline change: my.uww.edu/employment/jobs/Assitant%20Professor.html