"Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice – Tenure Track"

Job Details

The Department of Criminal Justice at Schreiner University invites applications for a full-time tenure track Assistant Professor in Criminal Justice beginning January 2026. We are seeking a teacher-scholar who is interested in serving diverse and/or underserved populations.

Schreiner University is a liberal arts institution associated with the Presbyterian church committed to educating students holistically. It offers personalized, integrated education dedicated to nurturing learning that prepares students for successful careers, but equips them for purposeful lives and meaningful work in a changing global society. Schreiner University is located in the Hill Country of Texas and has been in existence for 100 years. The Criminal Justice department is a broad interdisciplinary major.

Candidates should provide evidence of commitment to excellent teaching and scholarly potential, including a research agenda and plans for peer-reviewed publication. The department includes undergraduate majors in both face-to-face and online. The successful candidate should have the ability to teach in both modalities. Candidates should be able to teach Research Methods, Criminology as well as other core and elective courses. In addition to demonstrating excellence in teaching and research, the successful candidate is expected to advise and mentor undergraduate students, and engage in service with the department, college and university. The successful candidate will teach a 12-credit course (4/4) load per semester.

Essential Job Functions:

• Ability to teach varied courses in Criminal Justice.
• Demonstrate knowledge of instructional strategies and techniques appropriate to teaching, managing and evaluating students.
• Advise Criminal Justice students about academic requirements and registration for classes.
• Contribute to continual program improvement through annual evaluation of the program outcomes and objectives.
• Assist in ongoing program curriculum development and participate in service to the program, department and University.
• Actively engage in professional activities related to Criminal Justice.
• Actively engage in research.
• Comply with the department curriculum, grading standards, student performance data, attendance policy, textbook choices and assessment.
• Comply with all scheduled due dates regarding teaching, grading and advising.
• Serve in department, school and university committees.
• Comply with all federal, state, and university laws and policies.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Ph.D. in Criminology and/or Criminal Justice. A J.D. degree alone does not qualify for this position.
• ABD candidates will be considered; however, Ph.D. must be conferred by January 2026 to be appointed at Assistant Professor level.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Preference will be given to applicants who have work experience in the criminal justice fields who can contribute to the CJ core curriculum and use their work experience to enhance experiential learning in the classroom.
• Ability to collaborate with criminal justice organizations (e.g., partnerships with agencies in the field, research collaborations with CJ agencies, internships, guest lectures with CJ agencies, etc.)
• Evidence of teaching effectiveness (e.g., summary of teaching evaluations, course syllabi, awards, etc.)
• Evidence of scholarly activities (e.g., peer-reviewed journal publications, manuscripts, book chapters, conference presentations, grants, etc.)
• Applicants with a history of service commitments at the department, college, or university level are desired.

Only completed submissions will be reviewed. This includes: cover letter, CV, Teaching Philosophy, Statement of research interests and agenda, student course evaluations (if available), and 3 letters of reference. Applications will be reviewed as they are received; the position will remain open until filled. Initial interviews will be via Zoom or Teams followed by on-campus interviews and teaching demonstration.