The Department of Criminal Justice & Criminology in the College of Arts and Sciences at Loyola University Chicago seeks qualified candidates for an appointment as Lecturer beginning Fall 2025. Located on the North Side of Chicago on Loyola's Lake Shore Campus, the Department has 12 full-time faculty serving more than 400 undergraduate majors and 30 graduate students in its Master's Program. The Department also contributes to Loyola's interdisciplinary programs in Psychology of Crime and Justice, Sociolegal Studies, Computer Crime and Forensics, and Forensic Science. Department faculty have a wide range of research interests and are extensively published and involved with local criminal justice agencies, conducting applied and theoretical research locally and nationally. For more information about the department, please visit its website at https://www.luc.edu/criminaljustice/index.shtml.
We welcome candidates with strong teaching profiles in areas highlighting the intersection between social justice-related issues and the criminal justice system. Candidates with experience teaching social science research methods, criminological theory, and social justice-orientated electives are encouraged to apply.
This search is part of a College-wide, multiyear hiring initiative designed to hire outstanding teachers and researchers who are reflective of our diverse student body, committed to interdisciplinarity, dedicated to the pursuit of external grants, and appreciative of a Jesuit, Catholic education. As a University that is situated in the world-class, multicultural City of Chicago and dedicated to mentoring a diverse student body, many of whom come from underrepresented and underserved populations, we especially encourage applications from candidates from underrepresented groups.
This position involves teaching a variety of criminal justice and criminology topics at the undergraduate level, includingIntroduction to the Criminal Justice System, Research Methods, and Criminological Theory. We also encourage full-time faculty to teach electives within their area(s) of study. The successful candidate will engage in professional development activities as well as service at the department level or above.
Minimum Education and/or Work Experience:
The candidate will have a PhD in criminology, criminal justice, or a related field (i.e., sociology, political science, psychology, etc.) at the time of appointment. Candidates for the position must demonstrate clear potential for excellence in teaching and student mentorship. The candidate must be willing to support the mission of Loyola University Chicago and the goals of a Jesuit, Catholic education.
Loyola University Chicago, a private university founded in 1870 as St. Ignatius College, is one of the nation's largest Jesuit, Catholic Universities and the only one located in Chicago. Loyola University Chicago is comprised of four campuses: Lake Shore (LSC), Water Tower (WTC), Health Sciences (HSC), and the John Felice Rome Center in Italy, and is home to ten schools and colleges: arts and sciences, business administration, communication, education, graduate studies, law, medicine, nursing, continuing and professional studies, and social work. Loyola also features course locations in Beijing, China; Saigon-Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; Vernon Hills, Illinois (Cuneo Mansion and Gardens); and a Retreat and Ecology Campus in Woodstock, Illinois. Recognizing Loyola's excellence in education, U.S.News and World Report has ranked Loyola consistently among the "top national universities" in its annual publications. Loyola is among a select group of universities recognized for community service and engagement by prestigious national organizations like the Carnegie Foundation and the Corporation for National and Community Service.