ETHNOGRAPHER/QUALITATIVE METHODOLOGIST

Competition No: UOIT07-63

Posting Date: September 5, 2007

Closing Date: October 30, 2007

Position Title: Tenure-stream or Tenured position; rank of Assistantor Associate Professor

Faculty or Department: Faculty of Criminology & Political Science

ASC Critical Criminology DivisionPlease consider nominating folks for the following Division Awards:

• The Lifetime Achievement Award honors an individual's sustained and distinguished scholarship, teaching, and/or service in the field of critical criminology.
• The Critical Criminologist of the Year Award honors a person for distinguished accomplishments which have symbolized the spirit of the Division in some form of scholarship, teaching, and/or service in a recent year or years.
• The Undergraduate Student Paper Awards recognize and honor outstanding theoretical or empirical critical criminological scholarship by undergraduate students.
• The Graduate Student Paper Awards recognize and honor outstanding theoretical or empirical critical criminological scholarship by graduate students.

Nomination Materials:

To nominate for the Lifetime Achievement Award or the Critical Criminologist of the Year please send four copies of the nominee's vita, nomination letter and supporting materials. To nominate for the Undergraduate or Graduate paper Awards please submit four copies of the paper and a brief bio.

All materials should be sent no later than September 5, 2007 to:

Donna Killingbeck, Ph,D.
Eastern Michigan University
Department of Sociology, Anthropology & Criminology
712 Pray Harrold
Ypsilanti, MI 48197

School of Public Affairs
San Diego State University
Tenure Track Position: Public Administration

General Information:
San Diego State University, with an enrollment of 34,000 students is, one of the 23 campuses in the California State University System. San Diego State University is a major intellectual, cultural, and educational institution serving the greater San Diego area and in 2007 was ranked the top small research university in the United States by the Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index. The University offers bachelor degrees, in 81 areas, master degrees in 73 and the joint doctorate in 16. San Diego State University is located 25 miles from the United States/Mexico border and places an increasing international emphasis on preparing students for a global future.

School of Public Affairs
San Diego State University
Tenure Track Position: City Planning

General Information:
San Diego State University, with an enrollment of 34,000 students is, one of the 23 campuses in the California State University System. San Diego State University is a major intellectual, cultural, and educational institution serving the greater San Diego area and in 2007 was ranked the top small research university in the United States by the Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index. The University offers bachelor degrees, in 81 areas, master degrees in 73 and the joint doctorate in 16. San Diego State University is located 25 miles from the United States/Mexico border and places an increasing international emphasis on preparing students for a global future.

School of Public Affairs
San Diego State University
Tenure Track Position: City Planning

General Information:
San Diego State University, with an enrollment of 34,000 students is, one of the 23 campuses in the California State University System. San Diego State University is a major intellectual, cultural, and educational institution serving the greater San Diego area and in 2007 was ranked the top small research university in the United States by the Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index. The University offers bachelor degrees, in 81 areas, master degrees in 73 and the joint doctorate in 16. San Diego State University is located 25 miles from the United States/Mexico border and places an increasing international emphasis on preparing students for a global future.

School of Public Affairs
San Diego State University
Tenure Track Position: Public Administration

General Information:
San Diego State University, with an enrollment of 34,000 students is, one of the 23 campuses in the California State University System. San Diego State University is a major intellectual, cultural, and educational institution serving the greater San Diego area and in 2007 was ranked the top small research university in the United States by the Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index. The University offers bachelor degrees, in 81 areas, master degrees in 73 and the joint doctorate in 16. San Diego State University is located 25 miles from the United States/Mexico border and places an increasing international emphasis on preparing students for a global future.

BASIC FORENSIC PATHOLOGY
• November 5 – 9, 2007
• Hilton Hotel, Rockville, Maryland

Spring 2007 Vol. 16, Issue 3
The Spring 2007 edition of The Critical Criminologist is now available.
Click Here for Online Edition

WE ARE SEEKING MEMBERS OF THE DIVISION TO NOMINATE THEMSELVES OR SOMEONE THEY BELIEVE WOULD BE INTERESTED AND ABLE TO FULFILL THE ROLES OF:

CHAIR

VICE-CHAIR

SECRETARY/TREASURER

5 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Persons for the office of Chair and Vice Chair must be members in good standing of both ACJS and ASC. This is because we have critical criminology members in one organization but not the other and there is a move to enfranchise ALL critical criminology members.

The Department of Criminology, Indiana State University invites application for an Assistant Professor position (full-time, 9-month appointment, tenure-track, possible summer teaching). Candidate preferred to have a Ph.D. in Criminology or Criminal Justice. Ph.D. in related discipline or ABD with confirmed completion date prior to start of employment will be considered. Candidate must have teaching interests, research agendas and/or field experience in law enforcement, forensic investigation or homeland security. Salary (commensurate with qualifications and experience) is competitive with excellent benefits. Full requirements for the position and application information are available at www.indstate.edu/crim. The beginning date is August 15, 2007. Screening will begin as applications are received, and the position will remain open until filled.

Three separate position announcemts are included in this message: We have 5 positons open (subject to budgetary approval) to begin July 2007. Three in Criminal Justice, one for a Psychologist with a criminological orientation, and one for a specialist in Quantitative Methods. Please see the following location for instructions on how to apply:

http://www.uoit.ca/EN/main/11259/11270/16583/14479.html

For all positons, applications will be accepted until November 30, 2006 or until suitable candidates are found. Applicants should submit in electronic format, with their name and the above competition number in the subject line, a covering letter, a curriculum vitae including a list of publications, a statement of teaching interests, an outline of their present research program and a brief future research plan, and a list of at least 3 referees to careers@uoit.ca. Applicants seeking appointment at the rank of Professor should provide a list of at least 4 referees. These positions are subject to budgetary approval.

San José State University
San José, California

ANNOUNCEMENT OF POSITION AVAILABILITY

Subject to Budgetary Approval

Criminology

Job Opening ID (JOID): 012505

Rank: Assistant Professor, Sociology, Tenure Track

Qualifications: Ph.D., Sociology by August 21, 2007.
Primary areas of teaching and research expertise: Criminology and Corrections plus one or more of the following: victimology, law & society, delinquency.
A social justice or critical approach to criminology with an emphasis on minority communities is preferred.
Demonstrated skills that show promise of excellent teaching at the BA and MA levels. Ability to teach Race
and Ethnic Relations desirable.
Evidence of research and publication potential.
Applicants should have awareness of and sensitivity to the educational goals of a multicultural population as might have been gained in cross-cultural study, training, teaching and other comparable experience.

Those involved in founding the marxist/radical/critical criminology of the late 1960s and early 1970s, were also often members of groups that engaged in various acts of protest designed to stimulate social change. These criminologists spent much of their time being activists. Their activism was shared with and by the college students they taught, and they spent at least part of their time engaged in activities that brought their social change theories to life.

Today, college students are not very active politically, and are very unlikely to be engaged in acts of resistance. In order to stimulate activism, I often design my courses to include an option to engage in a community activist project in lieu of a term paper. The assignments vary depending on the course. In environmental law and crime, the students are encouraged to map out hazardous waste sites and dangers within a local, economically deprived community, and set up a meeting to share that information with community members. Students have also become involved in the community by attending City Council meetings and becoming members of committees on community problems related to crime, justice or the environment. Students in one of my graduate classes, for example, became experts on water distribution rules and rights, and helped guide decisions made by Hillsborough County about expanded water rights requested filed by water bottling companies that sought to increase the amount of water they were allowed to bottle. The student committee, using information it gathered on the past behavior of the companies who had applied for expanded water rights in other communities, helped conviced the Hillsborough County executives not to expand water pumping rights. To spread the idea of activism, I have also served as the student advisor to a group that protested animal experimentation on campus.

The US Census Bureau released new figures on the economic health and well being of Americans on August 29th in its annual report. Below I summarize some of the important aspects of this report. To view this report: www.census.gov/prod/2006pubs/p60-231.pdf

1. Real median household income rose 1.1% in 2005 to $46,326. Real median income is an inflation adjusted measure which indicates the income amount that divides US families at their midpoint, with one half of families earning less than $46,326, and one half of families earning greater than that amount.

2. Although real median household income rose last year, the rise was not sufficient to overcome the impact of the recession that ushered in the 21st century in the US. Real median family incomes in the US in 2005 remained 0.5% lower than real median family incomes in 2001.

INTEGRATING CRITICAL CRIMINOLOGY: REFLECTIONS ON THE ROLE OF THE ASC AND THE ACJS

DCC Officers are exploring avenues by which to promote greater membership inclusion. One concern along these lines is the etxtent to which our critical criminology colleagues in the ACJS (can and should) participate in the activities of the Division on Critical Criminology. Linked to this concern is the role of DCC Officers and whether election to such an office should require membership, in good standing, in both the ACJS and the ASC. Some officers wonder if this requirement might create a financial hardshp for those elected, especially given limited travel funds and efforts to conduct critical criminology business at both the ASC and ACJS annual meetings. Other officers suggest that the goal of creating greater critical criminology inclusion might entail revisions in the constitution, a task that will require some frank discussion and careful planning over the next several months or longer. We invite you to offer your perspective on these very important matters. During the ASC Meetings in Los Angeles, a separate Business Meeting will be held on Thursday from 2:00 to 3:20 in the Convention Center (RM 308B) to discuss how we can grow and integrate the Division on Critical Criminology of the ASC and the Critical Criminology Section of the ACJS.

The following email exchange describes in greater detail several of the points outlined in this paragraph: