Assistant Professor, Criminology (GIS and Spatial Analysis)

About the role

The Department of Sociology at Cal Poly Pomona is seeking a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Criminology specializing in GIS and spatial analysis. The successful candidate will support the Criminology major and the broader Sociology curriculum through teaching, advising, scholarship, curriculum development and service. The university expects faculty to teach the equivalent of four courses per semester, with junior faculty receiving one course release each semester for the first two years.

Key responsibilities

• Teach high-demand courses in Criminology and Sociology, including modules on GIS and spatial analysis integrated into courses such as Crime Analysis, Research Methods, Statistics, Urban Sociology, Quantitative Analysis and Introduction to Criminology.
• Develop GIS-related curriculum and advise students.
• Conduct research connecting spatial analysis to criminology, social inequality and applied public or community problems.

Required profile

• Ph.D. in Criminology, Criminal Justice, Sociology or a closely related social science field, completed by the start of the appointment.
• Specialization in GIS, spatial analysis or geospatial methods applied to criminology, public safety, urban inequality, demography or related social science questions.
• Evidence of an active or developing scholarly agenda in criminology or a related field using GIS, spatial analysis, quantitative methods, mixed methods or applied geospatial research.
• University teaching experience as instructor of record and/or teaching assistant.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with students, staff and faculty from diverse backgrounds.

Preferred qualifications

• Ability to teach GIS, crime mapping, spatial data analysis, research methods, statistics, quantitative methods, crime analysis and demography.
• Experience using specialized GIS or spatial analysis tools such as ArcGIS, QGIS, R, Python, GeoDa, spatial SQL or related software.
• Evidence of teaching excellence through student evaluations, peer observations or pedagogical innovation.
• An active scholarly agenda that can support undergraduate student research.