Hiring Criminology and Criminal Justice Academics: The Perceived Importance of Job Candidates’ Attributes

COVID-19 and Academia: Considering the Future of Academic Conferencing

“…It appears that conferences represent an important component of academia to criminology and criminal justice (CCJ) scholars, and there is evidence that they attend dozens of conferences, on average, during their career (Morreale & McCabe, 2014). Research on academic conferences in CCJ has often focused on the qualitative value of conferences and means of improving the individual experience (Neuilly & Stohr, 2016), the overall conference quality (Mueller et al, 2004;Pfeifer et al, 2014), and the professional value of conferences (Alarid, 2016;Applegate, Cable, & Sitren, 2009;Sitren & Applegate, 2012). Additionally, research on CCJ scholars often relies on professional association mailing lists as sampling frames (e.g.…”

“…Additionally, research on CCJ scholars often relies on professional association mailing lists as sampling frames (e.g. Mueller et al, 2004;Sitren & Applegate, 2012), and being active at conferences (is likely indicative of conference attendance as attendance often requires association membership) increases the odds of being included. It is possible to expand a literature search to consider the social sciences broadly, or annual meetings of sciences generally (e.g.…”

“…First, it allows for researchers to demonstrate research productivity and presentation ability to their peers. Conference presentations are a metric used when determining the desirability of job candidates (Applegate et al, 2009;Sitren & Applegate, 2012); it is expected that researchers present findings to their peers, instead of only to students within their universities (Neuilly & Stohr, 2016). Second, annual meetings present a convenient way of selecting course materials.…”