Assistant Professor of Sociology in Criminology, Tenure-Track

Loyola Marymount University•Lewisboro, NY

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 candidates whose teaching and research engage the study of crime, law, and justice, 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 Carnegie-classified R2 institution, as well as an HSI, AANAPISI, and BSI. Its teacher-scholar model emphasizes transformative teaching for a diverse student body, an active research and mentoring portfolio, service, and advancing equity, inclusion, belonging, and accessibility. This is a full-time, nine-month academic appointment, running August through May, with annual salary paid over 12 consecutive months for continuous benefits coverage. The appointment is at the rank of Assistant Professor and is expected to begin in August 2027. A Ph.D. is required by August 15, 2027. Strong preference will be given to doctoral degrees in Sociology, Criminology, Criminal Justice, or closely related interdisciplinary fields focused on the social study of crime, law, and justice. The successful candidate will maintain an active program of scholarship, teach and advise undergraduate students, and contribute service at the department, college, university, professional, and/or community levels. Department tenure-track faculty typically teach 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 department values collaborative, interdisciplinary, and community-engaged teaching and research. The candidate will teach and mentor a diverse student body in Los Angeles and contribute through undergraduate teaching, research, and innovative student engagement, including collaborative and community-based learning, internships, and partnerships with Los Angeles justice and community organizations. Candidates should address their commitment to LMU’s mission and contributions to the success, belonging, and thriving of students from varied lived experiences. The position may not be eligible for visa sponsorship now or in the future.

Requirements

Ph.D. required 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 to inclusive excellence, equity, inclusion, belonging, and accessibility.
Ability to teach and advise undergraduate students and maintain an active program of scholarship.

Nice To Haves

Strong preference for 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 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 courses that fit the department curriculum, such as 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 approaches to teaching and research.
Experience or interest in developing student engagement through community-based learning, internships, or partnerships with Los Angeles justice and community organizations.

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, as encouraged, for example by developing a First-Year Seminar or courses that incorporate Interdisciplinary Connections.
Engage students through collaborative and community-based learning, internships, and partnerships with Los Angeles justice and community organizations.