Location: Oswego, NY Category: Academic / Faculty Posted On: Thu Oct 17 2024 Job Description:

Description of Department: Criminal Justice is a program with over 400 majors and minors with an increasingly diverse student body. We are an eight-person department that values progressive visions of the contemporary criminal justice system, and innovative approaches to teaching and learning. We strive to promote and reward faculty development along the lines of scholarship and creative student development.

The Department of Criminal Justice at the State University of New York at Oswego invites applications to fill a full time Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice.

Posting Date: October 17, 2024

Review Date: Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled.

Compensation: Base salary range begins at $63,000 (https://www.suny.edu/hr/compensation/salary/) commensurate with experience plus full New York State benefits package

Benefit Information: The State University of New York provides an excellent benefit package. Click here (https://www.suny.edu/benefits/) for more information on benefits for full-time United University Professions (UUP) faculty.

Date of Appointment: August 2025

Description of Responsibilities:

The Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice duties include teaching face-to-face and online courses, and student advisement. The Assistant Professor will teach traditional criminal justice courses, and those that critically engage the criminal justice system.

SUNY Oswego works continuously to create an inclusive environment, which respects, embraces, and promotes cultural safety, belonging, civil discourse, cultural humility, and other values and goals outlined in SUNY Oswego's Strategic Diversity and Inclusion Plan (https://ww1.oswego.edu/diversity/) . As such, the Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice will be expected to contribute to these efforts and possess communication and interpersonal skills necessary to engage effectively with an increasingly diverse community of students and colleagues.

Job Requirements:

Required Qualifications:

• PhD in Criminal Justice or closely related field (e.g., Justice Studies, Criminology) by time of appointment

• Demonstrated commitment to undergraduate education

• An active research agenda.

• Clearly articulated understanding and commitment to equity, inclusion, and diversity issues (evidenced by diversity statement)

Preferred Qualifications:

• College level teaching experience.

• Willingness to teach a wide range of criminal justice courses, including cannabis studies.

• Ability to offer courses that critically engage the criminal justice system and processes that address historical disparities, social justice, and racism.

At SUNY Oswego we value the diversity found in each member of our campus community and strive to create a community where that diversity is embraced and enhanced. Recognizing the strength of diversity, our mission is to foster an environment which respects, embraces and promotes cultural competence, civil discourse and active engagement in developing an inclusive and vibrant community of scholars who act as transformational agents of change and responsible citizens of the world. For more information see SUNY Oswego's Strategic Diversity and Inclusion Plan (https://ww1.oswego.edu/diversity/) .

As a candidate seeking consideration you are asked to submit a separate statement specifically addressing how your commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion has been evidenced in your career experience and professional activity, and/or community service (volunteer work, etc.), and/or professional development. (Please see Application Instructions)

Additional Information:

Oswego is committed to enhancing its diversity. SUNY Oswego is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and is actively engaged in recruiting, supporting, and fostering a diverse community of outstanding faculty, staff and students. We encourage applications from qualified applicants regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, creed, age, disability, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, familial status, pregnancy, predisposing genetic characteristics, military status, domestic violence victim SUNY status, or criminal conviction. Please click here (https://www.oswego.edu/human-resources/non-discrimination-policy) to see our full non-discrimination policy.

In accordance with USCIS regulations, successful applicants must be legally able to work in the United States per the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986.

Requests for reasonable accommodations of a disability during the application and/or interview process should be made to the Human Resources Office by calling 315-312-2230 or emailing hr@oswego.edu.

For Campus Safety information, please click here (https://www.oswego.edu/police/annual-report) to see the Annual Security and Fire Report (Clery).

SUNY Oswego is a smoke free/tobacco/e-cigarette free campus. Click here (https://www.oswego.edu/human-resources/sites/human-resources/files/tobacco_smoke_free_policy_final.pdf) for further policy details, including education and cessation resources.

Pursuant to Executive Order 161, no State entity, as defined by the Executive Order, is permitted to ask, or mandate, in any form, that an applicant for employment provide his or her current compensation, or any prior compensation history, until such time as the applicant is extended a conditional offer of employment with compensation. If such information has been requested from you before such time, please contact the Office of Employee Relations at (518) 474-6988 or via email at info@oer.ny.gov.

Search Chair:

Marthinus Koen at marthinus.koen@oswego.edu

Visa sponsorship is available for this position.