All programs vlrm.
Says the sociologist who knows that their department's faculty get paid peanuts compared to the CJ/Crim dept across campus where they get grants and have an impact on policy...I wish I was in a crim dept.
Updated Crim/CJ rankings?
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Wow, I had no idea how strong GSU had gotten. I just checked out their faculty page and they've got some pretty notable people. Aren't they a newer (as in created in the last 10-15 years) program too?
They’re good, on a tear. Hired Wright, Sabol, Callie Burt, in the last 3-4 years. Brezina, Topalli, Daigle are solid. Also they started a cyber security thing with Daniel Maimon who they stole from Maryland. The only knock on them is that their PhD program is only 7-8 years old, but my guess is they are doing well with students. I know one just got a job at UT-Dallas.Their PhD program has been around for 10 years actually, which is still a short amount of time in the grand scheme of things. They've placed almost all their grads in tenure track jobs, though nothing at top-ranked Crim programs. Its DAVID Maimon not Daniel. He started some kind of cybersecurity/cybercriminology thing that's getting a lot of attention. They hired some really good junior people these past few years. Frances Chen (Adriane Raine student) was the top junior candidate when the hired her from UPenn. Marie Ouellet is very good. They did hire one of their own, Thadeus Johnson (race and policing), but I think that is because they thought he was really good and it helps diversity (JBH). It all started with getting Richard Wright to come on board as their Chair. He gave them legitimacy.
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All programs vlrm.
Says the sociologist who knows that their department's faculty get paid peanuts compared to the CJ/Crim dept across campus where they get grants and have an impact on policy...I wish I was in a crim dept.Our criminologists get paid the same or slightly less than our sociologists. The dean just has a harder time paying someone from Sam Houston St.
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Wow, I had no idea how strong GSU had gotten. I just checked out their faculty page and they've got some pretty notable people. Aren't they a newer (as in created in the last 10-15 years) program too?
They�re good, on a tear. Hired Wright, Sabol, Callie Burt, in the last 3-4 years. Brezina, Topalli, Daigle are solid. Also they started a cyber security thing with Daniel Maimon who they stole from Maryland. The only knock on them is that their PhD program is only 7-8 years old, but my guess is they are doing well with students. I know one just got a job at UT-Dallas.
Their PhD program has been around for 10 years actually, which is still a short amount of time in the grand scheme of things. They've placed almost all their grads in tenure track jobs, though nothing at top-ranked Crim programs. Its DAVID Maimon not Daniel. He started some kind of cybersecurity/cybercriminology thing that's getting a lot of attention. They hired some really good junior people these past few years. Frances Chen (Adriane Raine student) was the top junior candidate when the hired her from UPenn. Marie Ouellet is very good. They did hire one of their own, Thadeus Johnson (race and policing), but I think that is because they thought he was really good and it helps diversity (JBH). It all started with getting Richard Wright to come on board as their Chair. He gave them legitimacy.Rankings are weird. The question of 'who produces the best graduate students' is a distinct one from 'who is conducting the best research'.
For who is producing most successful/best PhD's:
1) U Maryland
2) (tie) U Minnesota
2) (tie) U Washington
2) (tie) Penn State
5) UC Irvine
6) Rutgers
7) John Hagan
8) Arizona State
9) UMSL
10) CinciFor who is conducting best research right now:
...See full post
1) Penn State
2) U Maryland
3) Georgia State
4) UCI
5) Rutgers
6) Cinci
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the last 2 criminologists CU Boulder soc dept hired got their PhDs in Criminology and Criminal Justice. This is something that would have never happened in sociology two decades ago. I am not saying it is a bona fide trend but it speaks to the inane legitimacy/illegitimacy debate on this thread.
it is still more common for C&CJ programs to hire scholars with degrees in sociology than the converse, though. but this has become a lot less common in the last 10 years or so.I don't think we should use CU Boulder as an indicator of trends in sociology.
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I make $15k more than the highest paid criminologist at my university. And they're 9 years more senior than me.
All programs vlrm.
Says the sociologist who knows that their department's faculty get paid peanuts compared to the CJ/Crim dept across campus where they get grants and have an impact on policy...I wish I was in a crim dept. -
This is a good assessment.
Wow, I had no idea how strong GSU had gotten. I just checked out their faculty page and they've got some pretty notable people. Aren't they a newer (as in created in the last 10-15 years) program too?
...See full post
They?re good, on a tear. Hired Wright, Sabol, Callie Burt, in the last 3-4 years. Brezina, Topalli, Daigle are solid. Also they started a cyber security thing with Daniel Maimon who they stole from Maryland. The only knock on them is that their PhD program is only 7-8 years old, but my guess is they are doing well with students. I know one just got a job at UT-Dallas.
Their PhD program has been around for 10 years actually, which is still a short amount of time in the grand scheme of things. They've placed almost all their grads in tenure track jobs, though nothing at top-ranked Crim programs. Its DAVID Maimon not Daniel. He started some kind of cybersecurity/cybercriminology thing that's getting a lot of attention. They hired some really good junior people these past few years. Frances Chen (Adriane Raine student) was the top junior candidate when the hired her from UPenn. Marie Ouellet is very good. They did hire one of their own, Thadeus Johnson (race and policing), but I think that is because they thought he was really good and it helps diversity (JBH). It all started with getting Richard Wright to come on board as their Chair. He gave them legitimacy.
Rankings are weird. The question of 'who produces the best graduate students' is a distinct one from 'who is conducting the best research'.
For who is producing most successful/best PhD's:
1) U Maryland
2) (tie) U Minnesota
2) (tie) U Washington
2) (tie) Penn State
5) UC Irvine
6) Rutgers
7) John Hagan
8) Arizona State
9) UMSL
10) Cinci
For who is conducting best research right now:
1) Penn State
2) U Maryland
3) Georgia State
4) UCI
5) Rutgers
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This is a good assessment.
...See full post
Wow, I had no idea how strong GSU had gotten. I just checked out their faculty page and they've got some pretty notable people. Aren't they a newer (as in created in the last 10-15 years) program too?
They?re good, on a tear. Hired Wright, Sabol, Callie Burt, in the last 3-4 years. Brezina, Topalli, Daigle are solid. Also they started a cyber security thing with Daniel Maimon who they stole from Maryland. The only knock on them is that their PhD program is only 7-8 years old, but my guess is they are doing well with students. I know one just got a job at UT-Dallas.
Their PhD program has been around for 10 years actually, which is still a short amount of time in the grand scheme of things. They've placed almost all their grads in tenure track jobs, though nothing at top-ranked Crim programs. Its DAVID Maimon not Daniel. He started some kind of cybersecurity/cybercriminology thing that's getting a lot of attention. They hired some really good junior people these past few years. Frances Chen (Adriane Raine student) was the top junior candidate when the hired her from UPenn. Marie Ouellet is very good. They did hire one of their own, Thadeus Johnson (race and policing), but I think that is because they thought he was really good and it helps diversity (JBH). It all started with getting Richard Wright to come on board as their Chair. He gave them legitimacy.
Rankings are weird. The question of 'who produces the best graduate students' is a distinct one from 'who is conducting the best research'.
For who is producing most successful/best PhD's:
1) U Maryland
2) (tie) U Minnesota
2) (tie) U Washington
2) (tie) Penn State
5) UC Irvine
6) Rutgers
7) John Hagan
8) Arizona State
9) UMSL
10) Cinci
For who is conducting best research right now:
1) Penn State
2) U Maryland
3) Georgia State
4) UCI
5) Rutgers
6GSU rules.
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ROUTINE ACTIVITIES THEORY (Felson)
this is a good point. but in fairness, sociology is so broad of a discipline that it also incorporates insights from all those you note as informing crim. sociology's disciplinary breadth is both a strength and a weaknesss and i would argue crim is similarly situated in that way.
This is true, and does so more explicitly that crim. I'd say. Ecology/biology metaphors and method in sociology go from Durkheim to modern day organizational ecologists. Sociologists certainly engage with anthropology work more seriously than CJ. Econ soc is explicitly a critique of rational-choice economics and is among the most popular sections of ASA. There are 55 sections and every single one engages other disciplines. In a sense, sociology at its core is a social perspective on some other domain of study.
I wonder if CJ/Crim scholars can really identify authentic differences between CJ work and sociology. Something truly new that CJ developed that didn't have it's roots in another social science?