Bridgewater State University TT CJ-Open Specialization

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Job Announcement: Tenure Track Position

Bridgewater State University’s Department of Criminal Justice invites applications for a full-time tenure-track position to begin Fall 2020. A growing, dynamic, interdisciplinary department with a strong focus on social justice in both theory and practice seeks faculty committed to excellence in teaching, mentoring of students, and research. The department strives to advance the success of all students, community partnerships and social justice.

Essential Duties

Bridgewater State University has a 4-4 teaching responsibility (most often implemented with a three-course preparation) supported with significant professional development opportunities and guidance. This position seeks an exceptional candidate who can teach a variety of required criminal justice courses, including but not limited to, introduction to criminal justice, crime theory, ethics, data analysis, and/or research methods. Area of specialization is open. The successful candidate will be required to mentor undergraduate and graduate students as well as maintain an active service and scholarship agenda. Opportunities exist for innovation including developing service-learning projects, study abroad courses, and research projects with university support.

We also encourage applications from candidates who are interested in collaboration with Bridgewater State University’s many thriving centers and programs such as the prelaw program, the Martin Richard Institute for Social Justice, and the Center for Multicultural Affairs. We place a high value on community partnerships, service-learning, faculty research projects, and student research.

The position of Assistant Professor, Dept. of Criminal Justice - Open Specialization is now in a Posted status. Please log in to view full position details at jobs.bridgew.edu/hr

[Guest916]

Just an FYI, they have had several failed searches. This is year three (maybe four) of posting for the exact same position.

[In-the-Know]

BSU has hired faculty every year for the last several years-See faculty list there are 2 new assistant professors this year. BSU has been making efforts to decrease part-time faculty (contract issue)for the last few years and CJ is a dept that has high student to faculty ratio. You will see hiring continue to increase TT lines in the department and to replace retirements--especially since older faculty have begun retiring. Realistic expectation- BSU is a 4-4 teaching load. True downside-Boston area is a high cost of living area.