Instructor is My Career Choice

• In Event: Roundtable: Challenges Facing Non-Tenure Track (NTT) Faculty in a Changing Academic Environment (Part 1): Equity, Workload and Compensation

Abstract

It is not uncommon for a Criminology and/or Criminal Justice department to have several instructors within the department. How a department utilizes instructors varies widely, but instructors tend to be paid less and teach more and larger classes than tenure-track faculty. There are many issues that can arise when a department utilizes instructors; particularly for someone whose career path is to stay at the instructor level. I intend to discuss some of the challenges long-term instructors face and provide suggestions on how to handle some of these challenges.

Author

• Paula Rector, Missouri State University