Assistant Professor of Sociology in Criminology, Tenure-Track

Loyola Marymount University•Westchester, FL

About The Position

Loyola Marymount University’s Department of Sociology seeks an Assistant Professor to help build a new Criminology, Law, and Society program. The department welcomes scholars whose teaching and research engage the study of crime, law, and justice, broadly defined, and who value LMU’s mission and commitment to inclusive excellence and building a just society. LMU is a Catholic, Jesuit, and Marymount university and a federally recognized Hispanic-Serving Institution and Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institution, as well as a State of California-recognized Black-Serving Institution. The university’s teacher-scholar model emphasizes transformative teaching, scholarship and student mentoring, service, and work toward equity, inclusion, belonging, and accessibility. The successful candidate will maintain an active scholarly program, teach and advise undergraduate students, and contribute service to the department, college, and university. Faculty typically follow a two-year 2-2-2-3 course rotation in four-unit classes, within a 40% research, 40% teaching, and 20% service model. Faculty are encouraged to contribute to the LMU Core Curriculum, for example by developing a First-Year Seminar or courses incorporating Interdisciplinary Connections. The position also involves teaching and mentoring a diverse student body in Los Angeles and may include collaborative and community-based learning, internships, and partnerships with local justice and community organizations. This is a full-time, nine-month academic appointment from August through May, with annual salary paid over 12 consecutive months to allow continuous benefits coverage. The appointment is at the Assistant Professor rank and is expected to begin in August 2027. A Ph.D. is required by August 15, 2027. The application deadline is December 1, 2026. The stated reasonable expected salary is $92,000. The position may not be eligible for visa sponsorship now or in the future.

Requirements

Ph.D. by August 15, 2027.
Expertise in teaching and research in criminology, broadly defined, engaging the study of crime, law, and justice.
Commitment to LMU’s mission and principles, including inclusive excellence, educating the whole person, and building a just society.
Ability and interest in teaching and mentoring undergraduate students.

Nice To Haves

A doctoral degree in Sociology, Criminology, Criminal Justice, or a closely related interdisciplinary field focused on the social study of crime, law, and justice.
Research in a criminology or social justice subfield such as policing, courts, criminological theory, juvenile justice, victimization, corrective and rehabilitative institutions, restorative and community-based justice, or the intersections of crime, law, and punishment with race, class, gender, and migration.
Work engaging critical criminological perspectives, including Black feminist, abolitionist, and queer of color critiques of crime, law, punishment, and systems of social control.
Ability to teach statistics and quantitative research methods, Introduction to Sociology and Criminology, or criminological or sociological theory.
Ability to mentor students in quantitative methods.
Interest in collaborative, interdisciplinary, and community-engaged teaching and research.

Responsibilities

Maintain an active program of scholarship.
Teach and advise undergraduate students.
Contribute to department, college, and university service.
Teach and mentor a diverse student body in Los Angeles.
Contribute to LMU’s teacher-scholar model through undergraduate teaching, an active research agenda, and innovative student engagement.
Contribute to the LMU Core Curriculum, potentially by developing a First-Year Seminar or courses incorporating Interdisciplinary Connections.
Engage in collaborative and community-based learning, internships, and partnerships with Los Angeles justice and community organizations.