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Assistant Professor of Forensic Investigation

University of Wisconsin-Platteville · Platteville, WI · 1 mo ago
Education$64k–$68k/yrFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections if posting has real specific content. We must not repeat job title as heading. Must not include Job ID etc. Must preserve all substantive info. Remove boilerplate like legal notices, EEO, etc. Also remove application instructions? The instruction says: Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. So we should remove the "Application Deadline", "The Following Documents Are Required", "For questions regarding this position, please contact ..."? Those are application instructions. Also remove legal notices etc. Also remove "Current Employees: If you are currently employed..." etc. Also remove "Why It Is Great To Be a Pioneer" maybe that's about the institution; could be considered part of About the role? Might be considered "About the role" or "Benefits"? It's more about the university. Could be placed under "About the role" as description of department/university. But we need to decide sections. We have content: - Position Summary: includes description: tenure-track Assistant Professor of Forensic Investigation, FEPAC accredited program, full-time nine-month benefits eligible starting Aug 2027, salary range $64,000 - $68,000, commensurate with qualifications and experience. Ideal candidate specialize in crime scene investigation and have relevant work experience; however candidates of all specialties encouraged. - Key Job Responsibilities: list: demonstrated competency teaching multiple existing courses (e.g., Fingerprinting & Other Biometrics, Crime Scene Processing II, Senior Seminar) and capacity to develop and teach courses within area of expertise. Typical teaching load 4 courses per semester (4/4). Other responsibilities include: Engaging in scholarly activities, Providing academic advising to students, Participating in department, college, university and community service and outreach activities, Contributing to curriculum development, assessment, and revisions, Collaborating with students and faculty on academic, research, and program-related activities. Other duties may be assigned by the Department Chair. - Required Qualifications: doctoral degree in Forensic Science or related field earned by Jan 1, 2028 OR a masters of science (MS) in Forensic Science or related field and at least five years of professional work experience in forensics. Experience teaching at least one semester of an undergraduate-level course. Evidence of a strong commitment to undergraduate education in a liberal arts environment. Excellent oral and written communication skills. - Why It Is Great To Be a Pioneer: description of university, location, programs, department details, FEPAC accreditation, facilities, student numbers, etc. This is more about the institution; could be placed under "About the role" or maybe "Benefits"? But Benefits section is for benefits like health, retirement etc. Not present. So we may not include Benefits unless posting actually states them. It mentions "benefits eligible position". That's a benefit statement. So we could include Benefits section with that statement: "benefits eligible". Also Pay section: salary range $64,000 - $68,000. Schedule: nine-month position (academic year). So we can include Schedule: nine-month, full-time. We need to avoid placeholder text like "commensurate with qualifications and experience" - that's okay as it's actual content. But we must not include sections with filler like "not specified". So we can include Pay with the range. Schedule with nine-month. Benefits with "benefits eligible". Also maybe include "About the role" summarizing position summary and Why It Is Great To Be a Pioneer? Could combine. We must not repeat job title as heading. So headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to decide which sections have content. - About the role: could include position summary and description of department/university (Why It Is Great To Be a Pioneer). That's substantive. - Responsibilities: we have Key Job Responsibilities list. - Requirements: maybe combine Required Qualifications? Actually "Requirements" and "Qualifications" might be similar. The instruction says use headings for those categories if content exists. We have Required Qualifications. Could put under Requirements or Qualifications. Since both headings exist, we need to decide where to put content. Possibly split: Requirements = mandatory qualifications (degree, experience, teaching). Qualifications = preferred or additional? But we only have required qualifications. Could put all under Requirements and leave Qualifications empty (but we must not emit heading with filler). So we should only include headings that have real content. So we can choose either Requirements or Qualifications, not both. Which is more appropriate? The posting says "Required Qualifications". So we could use "Qualifications" heading for that. Then "Requirements" could be omitted. Or we could use "Requirements" for the same content. Since the instruction says use headings for those categories if content exists. We have content for qualifications. So we can use

Qualifications

. We'll omit Requirements. - Skills: maybe we have "Excellent oral and written communication skills." That's a skill. Also maybe "capacity to develop and teach courses". Could be considered skill. But we could include Skills section with those. - Benefits: we have "benefits eligible position". That's a benefit. Could also mention "nine-month, benefits eligible". So we can put Benefits: "benefits eligible". - Pay: salary range. - Schedule: nine-month, full-time. We must not include application instructions, legal notices, etc. We need to preserve all substantive information. So we need to include details from Why It Is Great To Be a Pioneer: location, programs, department details, FEPAC accreditation, facilities, student numbers, etc. That is substantive about the role/university. So include in About the role. We must not include duplicated lines. Ensure we don't repeat. Now craft HTML. Structure:

About the role

... (position summary + description)

Responsibilities

  • ... each responsibility

Qualifications

  • ... each qualification

Skills

  • Excellent oral and written communication skills.
  • Capacity to develop and teach courses within area of expertise.

Benefits

Benefits‑eligible position.

Pay

Salary range: $64,000 – $68,000 (commensurate with qualifications and experience).

Schedule

Nine‑month, full‑time (academic year) position.

Check for any other content: The typical teaching load is 4 courses per semester (4/4) - that's a responsibility. Already included. Other responsibilities list: Engaging in scholarly activities, Providing academic advising to students, Participating in department, college, university and community service and outreach activities, Contributing to curriculum development, assessment, and revisions, Collaborating with students and faculty on academic, research, and program-related activities. Other duties may be assigned by the Department Chair. We need to include those as list items. Also Key Job Responsibilities includes: demonstrated competency teaching multiple existing courses (e.g., Fingerprinting & Other Biometrics, Crime Scene Processing II, Senior Seminar) and the capacity to develop and teach courses within their area of expertise. The typical teaching load is 4 courses per semester (4/4). So we can combine. Now About the role content: Position Summary: "The Department of Criminal Justice & Forensic Investigation at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Forensic Investigation, a FEPAC accredited program. This is a full-time, nine-month, benefits eligible position starting in August of 2027, with a salary range of $64,000 - $68,000, commensurate with qualifications and experience. The ideal candidate will specialize in crime scene investigation and have relevant work experience; however, candidates of all specialties are encouraged to apply and will be considered." Then Why It Is Great To Be a Pioneer: we need to include all that info: University founded 1866, offers associate, baccalaureate, master’s degree programs in broad spectrum including STEM, criminal justice, education, business, agriculture, liberal arts. Platteville campus located in Southwest Wisconsin's largest community, rich history rooted in mining —particularly lead mining —dating back to early 19th century. Region offers excellent school systems, high-quality medical and hospital facilities, outstanding recreational opportunities, vibrant businesses and industries. UW-Platteville serves as cultural and educational center for Tri-State region of Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin. Department of Criminal Justice & Forensic Investigation’s Criminal Justice and Forensic Investigation programs in College of Liberal Arts and Education have 8 full-time tenure-track positions and regularly employ an additional 8 instructional academic staff. Undergraduate program offers BA/BS in Criminal Justice and BS in Forensic Investigation. Department offers BS and MS in Criminal Justice in online asynchronous modality. Department’s undergraduate majors combined have over 525 on-campus students and over 140 online students, making it third largest department by undergraduate majors. In March 2026, department received FEPAC accreditation for all three of the Forensic Investigation degree emphases (Crime Scene, Medicolegal Death Investigation, and Laboratory). This recognition also places UW-Platteville among just 32 bachelor's degree programs in the country to hold FEPAC accreditation. Five of those programs are accredited in Crime Scene Investigation. UW-Platteville is the only program in the country with an accredited Medicolegal Death Investigation emphasis. The Forensic Investigation program is home to the Forensic Investigation Crime Scene House (FICSH), the Decomposition/Taphonomy facility adjoining the FICSH, a criminalistics/fingerprinting lab, and a dry forensic anthropology lab. With around 340 students, the Forensic Investigation program is the fifth largest on-campus major. We need to include all that in About the role paragraph(s). Could be multiple paragraphs but we can combine into one

with sentences. Now Responsibilities list items: - Demonstrated competency teaching multiple existing courses (e.g., Fingerprinting & Other Biometrics, Crime Scene Processing II, Senior Seminar) and capacity to develop and teach courses within area of expertise. - Typical teaching load: 4 courses per semester (4/4). - Engaging in scholarly activities. - Providing academic advising to students. - Participating in department, college, university and community service and outreach activities. - Contributing to curriculum development, assessment, and revisions. - Collaborating with students and faculty on academic, research, and program-related activities. - Other duties may be assigned by the Department Chair. We should keep each as

  • . Qualifications list: - Doctoral degree in Forensic Science or related field earned by January 1, 2028 OR a master's of science (MS) in Forensic Science or related field and at least five years of professional work experience in forensics. - Experience teaching at least one semester of an undergraduate-level course. - Evidence of a strong commitment to undergraduate education in a liberal arts environment. - Excellent oral and written communication skills. But note that "Excellent oral and written communication skills." is also a skill; we might duplicate. To avoid duplication, we could put that under Skills only, not Qualifications. But the posting lists it under Required Qualifications. However we can still include it under Qualifications; but then Skills could be something else like "capacity to develop and teach courses". However capacity to develop and teach courses is also a responsibility. Might be better to keep Qualifications as the four items (including communication) and Skills maybe empty -> we should not emit Skills heading if empty. So we could omit Skills section. But we have capacity to develop and teach
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