Roundtable: Challenges Facing New Foreign-Born Criminal Justice PhDs in Landing Faculty Positions

Session Submission Type: Roundtable Session

Abstract

There are hundreds of colleges and universities in the United States that offer programs in criminal justice. In spite of this huge number, foreign-born PhDs in criminal justice do not easily land faculty positions. When they do, it is with institutions whose pay structures are not attractive enough to new PhDs born in the United States. What are the factors militating against successful faculty job search by new foreign-born criminal justice PhDs in the United States? This roundtable aims at identifying those factors and proffering constructive suggestions and/or solutions.

Sub Unit

• Area XII. Roundtables

Chair

• Alaba Oludare, Mississippi Valley State University

Discussants

• Lucy Tsado, Lamar University

• Ihekwoaba Onwudiwe, Texas Southern University

• Ifeoma Evelyn Okoye, Virginia State University

• Festus Obi, Texas Southern University