Part time Temporary Instructor for Spring 2024

Kutztown University of Pennsylvania enrolls approximately 8,000 students in graduate and undergraduate programs. The university is located in the borough of Kutztown in a charming rural setting, and is within 20 minutes driving time of the diverse metropolitan areas of Allentown/Bethlehem and Reading, and within 60 minutes of the Philadelphia metropolitan area. The university is very interested in hiring employees who have had extensive experience with diverse populations.

The Department of Criminal Justice invites candidates for a part-time non-tenure track instructor position in spring 2024. In accordance with the Collective Bargaining Agreement, performance review and evaluation of faculty is based on effective teaching and fulfillment of professional responsibilities; continuing scholarly growth; and service. Required: Master’s degree in criminal justice or criminology, and college-level teaching experience.  Preferred: doctorate. Candidates would teach CRJ 221 Juvenile Justice System and CRJ 271 Substance Abuse and Crime. Candidates need to show experience teaching the two courses. This is a one-semester appointment starting January 2024. 

Please send letter of interest, vita, copies of official transcripts, and three original letters of recommendation as a single pdf file to:  Dr. Arthur Garrison, Chair, Search Committee, Department of Criminal Justice, Kutztown University, via email Garrison@kutztown.edu. Official transcripts are required at the time of interview. Review of applicants will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.

Kutztown University of Pennsylvania is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer and actively solicits applications from women and minority candidates.  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania is a member of the State System of Higher Education. All applicants for employment are subject to a criminal background check.