Assistant Professor, Criminology and Criminal Justice

Job Description Summary, Duties and Responsibilities, Required Qualifications and Preferred Qualifications

The search will remain open until the position has been filled. First consideration will be given to applications received by March 6, 2026. Applications received after March 6, 2026 may be reviewed depending on search progress and needs but are not guaranteed full consideration.

About URI: The University of Rhode Island enrolls approximately 17,000 students across its graduate and undergraduate programs and is the State's flagship public research university, as well as the land grant and sea grant university, for the state of Rhode Island.

The Criminology and Criminal Justice Department at the University of Rhode Island seeks to hire an Assistant Professor starting in fall of the 2026 academic year. The area of expertise is open.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

The successful candidate would be expected to teach social science courses in criminology and criminal justice, conduct scholarly research and publish in scholarly journals; seek external funding for research; engage in student mentoring, and serve on committees within/perform service to the department, college, and university.

Qualifications

Required: 1. Ph.D in Criminology, Criminal Justice, or a closely related social science field with a specialty grounded in criminology or criminal justice, or ABD with degree conferred by time of appointment. 2. Evidence of, or demonstrated potential for, excellence in teaching criminology and/or criminal justice topics from a social science perspective. 3. Evidence of, or potential for, research excellence in criminology and/or criminal justice, as shown by publications, research grants, and/or works in progress. 4. Demonstrated ability to work with people with varied backgrounds and perspectives. 5. Demonstrated proficiency in oral communication. 6. Demonstrated proficiency in written communication. 7. Currently eligible to work in the US.

Preferred: 1. Demonstrated experience teaching criminology and/or criminal justice topics from a social science perspective at the college level as the instructor of record. 2. Demonstrated record of scholarly productivity in criminology and/or criminal justice. 3. Evident potential to develop an independently-funded research program.