Criminal Justice Assistant Professor

GJD-312140 2/26: THIS POSITION IS NON-CLASSIFIED

The Community College of Denver (CCD) seeks candidates who demonstrate a strong commitment to fostering an inclusive learning and work environment and who can effectively work with students, families, faculty, instructors, and staff from diverse backgrounds. As a Hispanic-Serving Institution, CCD is dedicated to expanding access and opportunity for nontraditional students, supporting workforce development, and strengthening community partnerships that promote educational attainment and career success.

Serving a diverse student population, CCD values individuals who contribute to its mission of advancing social, civic, and economic vitality.

This position reports directly to the Chair of Criminal Justice within the Center for Career & Technical Education and works collaboratively with other discipline faculty. The Dean for the Social and Behavioral Science & Public Safety and Legal Services Pathway serves as this position’s second-level supervisor.

The primary purpose of the Assistant Professor for Criminal Justice is to deliver high-quality instruction across Criminal Justice courses while maintaining academic rigor, equity, and workforce relevance. In addition to teaching, the position actively participates in college and departmental service, including curriculum development, assessment, advising, and shared governance. Central to this role is a strong commitment to student success, retention, and completion through inclusive, student-centered pedagogy and meaningful engagement with a diverse community college population.

Primary teaching duties will be in introductory and intermediate Criminal Justice courses. A full course load is defined as 15 credit hours per semester, with alternative assignments for administrative and related duties possible. Faculty must command strong teaching skills and be able to engage students using traditional, nontraditional, and innovative methods of instruction, including the use of technology, while teaching in a curriculum grounded in core values of career and technical education, critical thinking, respect, competence, professional development, and ethical responsibility.

A commitment to student academic success that goes beyond the classroom is essential, as are effective interpersonal, leadership, and organizational skills.

In addition to teaching, faculty in this position will work collaboratively with other Criminal Justice faculty to develop and modify curriculum and engage in other departmental initiatives and responsibilities, including efforts to maintain departmental coherence across CCD’s many instructional venues (e.g., online, community campuses, and pre-collegiate programs), textbook selection, and professional development of adjunct instructors. Other duties may include advising students on programs and degree planning, and evaluating Criminal Justice assessment and placement artifacts.

All full-time faculty are also expected to provide service to the college.

After gaining more experience, full-time faculty may be expected to share in broader department coordination duties on a collaborative basis. These administrative duties may include course scheduling and staffing, assessment, budgeting, hiring and supervising of adjunct instructors, resolving and mediating instructor/student disputes, mentoring adjunct instructors, or taking on administrative roles assigned by the Department Chair.

It is the expectation of the college that faculty will continue to be active scholars in their chosen field. They should continue to pursue their academic growth by taking formal academic courses or by attending conferences and workshops and otherwise reading, exploring and enriching their knowledge of the developments in the field of Criminal Justice.

Faculty should also be a leader in the community. Faculty often serve as liaisons on local boards or commissions, often providing valuable leadership to the community as a whole.

Any equivalent combination of education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities.