Graduate Assistant - Criminal Justice and Criminology - Fall

Graduate Assistant Position

Graduate Assistants for the department of Criminal Justice and Criminology provide support for the department and its faculty. The department has up to three (3) half-time (.5) positions available for fall 2026.

Graduate Assistant duties include but are not limited to:

• Assisting faculty with research-related tasks such as literature reviews, data entry, data analysis, and/or writing/compilation.
• Assisting faculty with classroom support such as exam proctoring, class coverage, objective assessment grading, or hosting guests.
• Assisting the department with outreach and events through planning, facilitating and/or hosting, such as the Missouri Western District Court of Appeals, Chronicle newsletter, and the Criminal Justice Institute.

Education:

• Bachelor's Degree Required in Criminal Justice or a related field
• Currently admitted to a UCM graduate degree program
• 3.0 or higher graduate level GPA if previous graduate level courses have been taken
• 2.7 or higher undergraduate level GPA if no previous graduate level courses have been taken

Successful candidates will possess skills in:

• Social science research
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Attention to detail
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent projects
• Maintain confidentiality
• Word-processing, spreadsheet, digital advertising (fliers, announcements, posters) (Microsoft Office suite) is desired.
• Professional appearance and communication skills are required.

GA Type:
Research

GA Hour Expectations: 10 hours per week

Start Date of Position: 08/10/2026

End Date of Position: 12/11/2026

Total Stipend for Semester: $2,475.00

Working Days &

Hours:

Half-time GAs work ten hours per week, Monday through Friday, on a relatively stable schedule.

Scholarship:
Students filling a Graduate Assistantship (GA) position are eligible to receive a graduate tuition waiver, a graduate non-resident tuition waiver (if applicable), and a graduate mandatory fees waiver. The scholarships are in the form of a waiver and the funds are not deposited into the student's personal account. Instead, the student's bill is reduced by the amount of the scholarship awarded.

If the maximum amount of the scholarship is not used, the remainder is not paid to the student in any form and unused scholarship money cannot be carried over to another semester. The scholarship is applied to graduate level courses only; courses taken for undergraduate credit are not eligible to be covered by the GA scholarship. The non-resident fee scholarship only applies to classes taken on the UCM Warrensburg campus.

The maximum scholarship amounts are based on the size of assistantship held. For a full (20-hour per week) assistantship, the scholarship covers tuition costs and mandatory fees up to 12 credit hours of graduate coursework per semester. Graduate assistantship positions less than full will be prorated accordingly.