Craig Hemmens is the Chair and Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice & Criminology at Washington State University, USA. He has published twenty books and more than two hundred articles and other manuscripts on a variety of criminal justice-related topics. His primary research interests are criminal procedure and Bruce Springsteen. He is the founding editor of the Journal of Criminal Justice and Law, and currently serves as the editor of the Criminal Law Bulletin.

• Introduction 1. How to Secure Your First Academic Job Out of Graduate School 2. The Pre-Tenure Years: Survive, Succeed, and Thrive 3. The Art of Conferencing 4. How to Publish and Develop a Research Agenda in Academic Criminal Justice 5. How to be a Good Teacher: Passion, Person, and Pedagogy 6. How to be a Good Academic Citizen: The Role and Importance of Service in Academia 7. How to Manage the Move from Associate to Full Professor 8. Becoming an Academic Administrator: Dancing in the Dark or Highway to Hell?

Craig Hemmens is the Chair and Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice & Criminology at Washington State University, USA. He has published twenty books and more than two hundred articles and other manuscripts on a variety of criminal justice-related topics. His primary research interests are criminal procedure and Bruce Springsteen. He is the founding editor of the Journal of Criminal Justice and Law, and currently serves as the editor of the Criminal Law Bulletin.

• Introduction 1. How to Secure Your First Academic Job Out of Graduate School 2. The Pre-Tenure Years: Survive, Succeed, and Thrive 3. The Art of Conferencing 4. How to Publish and Develop a Research Agenda in Academic Criminal Justice 5. How to be a Good Teacher: Passion, Person, and Pedagogy 6. How to be a Good Academic Citizen: The Role and Importance of Service in Academia 7. How to Manage the Move from Associate to Full Professor 8. Becoming an Academic Administrator: Dancing in the Dark or Highway to Hell?

Craig Hemmens is the Chair and Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice & Criminology at Washington State University, USA. He has published twenty books and more than two hundred articles and other manuscripts on a variety of criminal justice-related topics. His primary research interests are criminal procedure and Bruce Springsteen. He is the founding editor of the Journal of Criminal Justice and Law, and currently serves as the editor of the Criminal Law Bulletin.

• Introduction 1. How to Secure Your First Academic Job Out of Graduate School 2. The Pre-Tenure Years: Survive, Succeed, and Thrive 3. The Art of Conferencing 4. How to Publish and Develop a Research Agenda in Academic Criminal Justice 5. How to be a Good Teacher: Passion, Person, and Pedagogy 6. How to be a Good Academic Citizen: The Role and Importance of Service in Academia 7. How to Manage the Move from Associate to Full Professor 8. Becoming an Academic Administrator: Dancing in the Dark or Highway to Hell?