General Sites and Links
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The sites and links identified here offer information on an array of topics/issues related to academic/research careers. However, they are not a comprehensive set of resources for acquiring mentoring or advice about managing one’s career. Rather, they include links that PFDP committee members, Peterson Fellows, or their friends have found useful. Some of the information is made available through organizations, some through individuals; some exist as websites or on social media, while others require you to sign up for or apply to participate. In all cases, you will need to peruse the resource to find the information that is helpful to you. Please forward information regarding other sites/links that you believe would be helpful to early career scholars to Rudy at peterson.5@osu.edu.
Organizations
ASC Divisions
Depending on your substantive interests, the American Society of Criminology has at least 16 Divisions that you can join and participate in. These divisions provide second homes for many of us, and also make attending ASC’s Annual meeting a more “intimate” experience. Two of the divisions focus on populations and concerns that are especially important to Peterson Fellows: the divisions on People of Color and Crime (DPCC) and on Women and Crime (DWC). The substantive agenda of these two divisions overlaps with those of many Peterson Fellows, and the DPCC and the DWC offer professional development activities and ongoing discussions of relevant issues and opportunities via email, newsletters, etc. We recommend that you consider participating in these divisions, and also encourage you to assess whether you may be interested in joining any of the other divisions by visiting the website above.
The DPCC brings together people who are dedicated to addressing concerns regarding people of color in the study of crime, justice, and the crime-processing system. The division facilitates and encourages research and theory development about people of color and criminal justice. It also: promotes relevant and effective teaching techniques on the topic; recognizes the achievements of scholars (including students) who make outstanding contributions in research and activism/practice in the field; and, facilitates scholarly connections, networking, and mentoring.
As presented on the DWC website, “the Division on Women and Crime facilitates and promotes research and theory development, pedagogical strategies, and curricular enhancement that strengthen the links between gender, crime, and justice.” Note too that their “Links and Resources” page provides links to an array of helpful websites, especially on teaching.
National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity
The NCFDD is the organization started by Kerry Ann Rockquemore to provide on-demand access to mentoring, tools, and support for a successful academic career. The goal is to help you succeed in teaching and research productivity while also maintaining your personhood and life off campus. Some of the activities require an Institutional Membership, and/or individual registration.
Networks, Events and Workshops
ACJS Graduate Summit
The Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences offers an annual Summit for advanced graduate students in conjunction with its Annual meeting. During the summit, professional development training on an array of topics (e.g., managing the job market networking, the work-life juggle, etc.). The annual meeting occurs in early spring. Graduate students must apply and be selected for participation in this summit.
The Racial Democracy, Crime and Justice Network
Under the auspices of Jody Miller (Rutgers University-Newark) and Rod Brunson (Northeastern University), the RDCJN is composed of nearly 200 diverse scholars from across the United States and beyond. Through the activities of its members, the RDCJN seeks to advance research at the intersections of democracy, crime, justice and actions of citizenship, and to support junior scholars from underrepresented groups in pursuing career advancement. Among its important activities is the annual provision of a Crime and Justice Summer Research Institute. Participants join the RDCJN through participation in this summer institute.
Crime and Justice Summer Research Institute
The SRI is a primary activity of the Racial Democracy, Crime and Justice Network. The Institute is designed to promote successful research projects and careers among faculty from underrepresented groups working in areas of crime and criminal justice. During the institute, participants work to complete an ongoing project (either a research paper or grant proposal) in preparation for journal submission or agency funding review, gain information that serves as a tool-kit tailored to successful navigation of the academic setting, and become integrated into the Racial Democracy, Crime and Justice Network. The latter function means that participation in the SRI is also the vehicle for membership in the RDCJN.
Individuals
Kerry Ann Rockquemore: Inside Higher Education
Kerry Ann Rockquemore is one of the foremost experts on faculty development and leadership. “She spent the early years of her professional career climbing the academic ladder … and now provides workshops for new faculty members at colleges across the United States, leads a popular online discussion forum for under-represented faculty, and works with a select group of new faculty each semester in her Faculty Success Program.”
Christopher Uggen: Sociology, University of Minnesota
Chris Uggen is Regents Professor and Martindale Chair in Sociology and Law at the University of Minnesota. He is an extremely accomplished criminologist, who cares a great deal about the quality of teaching and research, and about the reach of the knowledge base from these activities. He is also personable and a very nice person.
Chris’ website is probably not meant to be mainly a mentoring site, but it mentors and covers a wide variety of territory in doing so. Thus, you may want to peruse the site in your spare time to get the lay of the land and figure out what may be helpful for you. In doing so, be mindful that some of the mentoring is by example e.g., syllabi, handouts for his own classes, etc. Among the pages that might be especially helpful for early career scholars are his links page and the Society Pages and Give Methods a Chance page.
Consultants
Peterson Fellows should consider members of the PFDP Committee to be persons that they may contact and consult regarding research and career issues. This includes: current committee members Matthew Clair, Shaun Gabbidon, Janice Iwama, Ruth Peterson, and Shanna Van Slyke; and, former member Merry Morash. Indeed, current committee members should be considered as a first line of contact for consultation. However, we have also recruited additional colleagues to serve as consultants when special expertise is needed. When considering contacting one of these additional resource persons, we suggest that you speak first with a current PFDP Committee member regarding the appropriateness of doing so. In any case, it is imperative that your first step in arranging such a consultation is to send an email indicating your interest in contacting him/her. In your email, please also indicate: (1) what you wish to speak with him/her about, and (2) that you would like to make arrangements to have such a conversation at her/his convenience. Please allow as much lead time as possible. The list may grow as individual experts are recruited.
Criminologists Outside of Academe
Nancy G. La Vigne, Executive Director, Task Force on Policing, Council on Criminal Justice
Nicole Porter, Senior Director of Advocacy, The Sentencing Project
Criminologists Within Academe
(Note that the following consultants have diverse experiences within the academy; all have been regular faculty but some have also served in important administrative roles e.g., roles that deal with appointment of faculty, tenure and promotion, etc.)
Rod K. Brunson. Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Maryland. Earlier, Professor Brunson also served as the Thomas P. O’Neill, Jr. Professor of Public Life at Northeastern University’s School of Criminology and Criminal Justice. He also formerly served as Professor and Dean of the School of Criminal Justice at Rutgers University-Newark.
Elsa Chen, Professor of Political Science and former Vice Provost, Santa Clara University
Robert Crutchfield, Professor Emeritus and former Chair of Sociology, University of Washington
Karen Heimer, Professor and former Chair of Sociology; Collegiate Fellow, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; and, Distinguished Research Fellow, Public Policy Center, University of Iowa
Robert F. Kaufman, Professor Emeritus and former Chair of Sociology, Temple University. Professor Kaufman also served as Associate Dean of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Ohio State University, and as a Principal Investigator of a National Science Foundation’s AGEP (Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate)
Erin Kerrison, Assistant Professor of Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley
Lauren J. Krivo, Professor Emerita of Sociology and the Program in Criminal Justice at Rutgers University-New Brunswick. Professor Krivo is also a co-founder of the RDCJN and its SRI. With Ruth Peterson, she co-coordinated the activities of this network from 2003-2015.
Jody Miller, Distinguished Professor and Faculty Chair of Criminal Justice, Rutgers University
Merry Morash, Professor of Criminal Justice, Michigan State Univerity (MSU). Dr. Morash also served for 10 years as the Director of the School of Criminal Justice at MSU.
Leslie Paik, Professor, T. Denny Sanford School of Family and Social Dynamics, Arizona State University. Previously,Dr, Paik served as Professor of Sociology at City College of New York and the CUNY Graduate Center.
Marjorie S. Zatz, Interim Vice Chancellor for Research and Economic Development, and Professor, University of California, Merced (UCM), having previously served as Vice Provost, Graduate Dean, and Professor of Sociology at UCM. Earlier she served in a host of relevant positions at Arizona State University, including: Director, School of Justice and Social Inquiry; Interim Vice President and Executive Vice Provost, West Campus; Univeristy Vice Provost for Academic Personnel; and Associate Dean of Graduate Education.
Focused Resources
The sites and documents included here provide information on specific issues related to academic/research careers. However, they are not a comprehensive set of resources for beginning or carrying out a career. Rather, they are a compilation of resources made available by PFDP committee members, Peterson Fellows, or their friends. Individual items are regarded as useful for professional development of graduate students, those on the job market, and/or early career faculty. If you are aware of other such resources, please forward information about them to Rudy at peterson.5@osu.edu.
Non-Academic Job Market
Academic Job Market
Overviews
Academic Career Guide
Cover Letters
Cover Letter Guide
Research Statement
Dr. Karen’s Rules of the Research Statement
Job Talk
A Guide For Constructing and Giving a Good Job Talk
Interviews and Campus Visits
Phone Interview Tips
Beyond the Job Market
Career Management
Self-Sabotage in the Academic Career
What Small Colleges Really Want
Post-Doctoral Fellowships
Another Stage in the Sociology Pipeline
Writing
Academic-Writing and Data Management
Curriculum Vitae
Teaching
See sections on this DWC Resources site on “Teaching Sensitive Subject Matter,” and “Additional Resources for Teaching.”
Tenure
This document provides a straightforward but detailed look at the types of information that you will have to provide in your eventual application for tenure. Universities do not use a uniform document. However, this form that is currently used by Rutgers University includes a great deal of the information required by most other research-oriented universities.
Seeking Grants
Krivo, Lauren J. “NSF Proposal Structure”
Social Media
These are social media sources recommended by Erin Kerrison as individuals who “regularly engage topics/challenges of Black, first-gen, poor, disabled, politically radical, and/or queer doctoral students and early-career research professors.” If you are aware of other social media sources that provide constructive discussions relevant to careers as criminologists, please provide the information to Rudy at peterson.5@osu.edu.