Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice/
Criminology

On Becoming a Full Professor

I joined the sociology faculty at Missouri State as an Associate Professor, after 14 years on the faculty of Ball State University (Muncie, IN). I was initially employed by the University of Missouri at St. Louis (MO) as an assistant professor in 1970. In 1972 I accepted an offer to join the sociology faculty at Ball State University (Muncie, IN) and to create an academic program of study in criminal justice and criminology. By 1977 the new Department of Criminal Justice and Corrections was formed and, in 1978, I was promoted to associate professor.

I left Ball State in 1986 in order to join the faculty at Missouri State University (Missouri State) and to create a program somewhat similar to the one created at Ball State. The agreement with Missouri State was that, if I could create a criminal justice program, if enrollments went well, and if my teaching, research and service performance were satisfactory, I would be granted tenure at the end of two years. That happened. I was also told that, if my academic performance merited promotion to full professor within four years, I would be promoted. That also happened.

About the Missouri State Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminal Justice

The Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminal Justice at Missouri State currently consists of 13 full time sociologists (including those of us who also teach the criminal justice curriculum) and 5 full time anthropologists. We offer a major and minor in Sociology, a major, minor, and graduate degree in Anthropology, and a major, minor, and two graduate programs in Criminology.

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