Professor with a felony?

I am 24 and I am currently facing some felonies for marijuana possesion, delivery, and felony possesion of morphine (even though it ws just one pill). This is my first offense, I have a good lawyer and we’re working to get charges amended. Hopefully I can get through a program like drug court to remove the felonies from my record. But things have not been the smoothest. My prosecutor is less receptive than others I could have gotten. I ‘ve been meaning to go to grad school, and I know felonies won’t keep me out of that. But after grad school I wanted to become a professor. Can anybody tell me how much any or all of these felonies will work against me in my pursuit of becoming a professor? I would like to teach in California, Washington, Oregon, ideally. Perhaps Colorado or Minnesota. I know these issues differ from state to state. I have yet to track down the info I’m looking for. Any answers would be welcomed.

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Answer #1

Well as far as I know most universities are not going to see it as something to prevent you from teaching.

Angela Davis teaches at UC Santa Cruz and she did hard time in prison for political crimes.

Your best bet would be to speak to some professors/ advisers/ or deans at the school you are attending, especially since many grad programs will require you to intern as a TA or lecture professor.

Answer #2

well, you must have been accused FOR A REASON. It mostly depends on the urinary test. They most likely wont let you at respective colleges. Maybe a community college or an inner city school. Remember, you wont be the only one competeing for the job. So it isn’t neccesarily how good you are by yourself, its how you compare to the others you are competeing with for the job. But you probably wont be teaching anything like UCLA