The Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Maryland invites applications for a tenure track assistant professor position to begin in Fall Semester 2025 We seek applicants who have a promising research program focused on areas related to resiliency and inequality Potential recruitment areas include offending victimization policing courts and sentencing corrections prisoner reentry juvenile delinquency crime and violence prevention among others We wish to identify applicants who take an interdisciplinary andor methodologically innovative approach have strong theoretical orientations and share the goal to work collectively to create a just equitable and inclusive future for our discipline and the diverse communities we serve The successful candidate will have a promising record and demonstrate excellence in any of the above or other related topic areas along with a strong commitment to research and teaching at both the undergraduate and graduate levels Candidates should have the PhD in criminology and criminal justice or a related field such as sociology demography political science psychology public policy and economics in hand at the time of appointmentOur Department has a strong research emphasis with an award winning interdisciplinary faculty and an internationally renowned doctoral program Department faculty regularly consult with the highest level of government and nongovernment agencies on policy based research at the national state and local level To learn more about our department please visit httpsccjsumdedu The University is committed to attracting and retaining outstanding faculty and staff that will enhance our contributions to teaching scholarship and full engagement in our community the state of Maryland and around the world The Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice is additionally committed to increasing the diversity of our campus communityThe College of Behavioral and Social Sciences BSOS at the University of Maryland seeks to address humanitys grand challenges by hiring faculty members across multiple departments whose research addresses themes of resilience diversity inequality and social justice using methods that are at the cutting edge of their disciplines For further information kindly contact the search chair specified in each listing We welcome your applications as we strive to build a community of diverse faculty