Cc/pd426 Br1

**Date**:May 28, 2025

**Location**: Brantford, CA

**Company**:Wilfrid Laurier University

**Faculty/Academic Area**: Faculty of Human & Social Sciences

**Department**: N/A

**Campus**: Brantford

**Employee Group**: WLUFA

**Requisition ID**:9575

**Position Title**: Course Instructor: CC/PD426 BR1 - Qualitative Methods in Criminology

**Term**: Fall 2025 (Sept 1 - Dec 31)

**Days/Times**: Tuesdays 19:00 - 21:50

**Hours per week/Hours Total**: 3 per week/36 total

**Anticipated Class Size**: 30

**Additional Course Requirements**: None

**Posted on: May 28, 2025**

**Posting ends: June 12, 2025**

**Position Summary**:
This course examines qualitative research methodologies in Criminology. It is designed to introduce students to epistemological issues that distinguish qualitative from quantitative methodologies and to provide an overview of dimensions of qualitative research methodologies, including research ethics, grounded theorizing, sampling, data collection techniques, and qualitative analysis. The course will assist in the development of the necessary critical thinking skills for critiquing and evaluating existing research on crime and deviance. Topics may include interviews, participant observation, interpretive research, ethnomethodology, historical research, discourse analysis, and feminist methodologies. (Cross-listed as PD426.)

**Qualifications - Required**: Master’s Degree

**Qualifications - Other**: MA in Criminology, Criminal Justice, or a cognate discipline (e.g. sociology / psychology) that is clearly and directly connected to the course content, and with a strong background in qualitative research; PhD preferred. Work experience in the field is an asset, as is prior teaching experience. **(MEd / EdD will not be considered to meet the minimum educational requirement).**

**Salary**: $9,206.40

**Application Deadline: June 12, 2025**

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**Required for All Applicants**:

- On the CAF, applicants must clearly outline only those qualifications which are relevant for each course for which they have applied and articulate how their work and academic experience enhances their ability to teach each course.

**Required for External Applicants**:

- Name and contact information for referees.

**Optional**:
**Applications may be addressed to**:
Dr. James Popham

Department of Criminology

Wilfrid Laurier University

Brantford, Ontario

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