JOB: Professor of Sport and Fitness Management

The Health, Physical Education, and Athletic department at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside invites applications for a full-time tenure track assistant professor of Sport and Fitness Management for the academic year 2006-2007.

Required Qualifications:

A Ph.D., Ed.D., or equivalent degree by the time of appointment. ABD with nearly completed dissertation will be considered for a one-year terminal appointment as a lecturer, with conversion to tenure track Assistant Professor, provided all requirements for the degree are completed by January 1, 2007. Required: Expertise in Sport Management and ability to teach Sport and Fitness Marketing, Sport Business and Finance and Introduction to Sport and Fitness Management; demonstrated promise as a scholar.

Preferences:

Prior teaching experience. Primary area of specialty in the business, finance and marketing aspects of sport management. Secondary area of specialty in sport and society and/or ethics in sport. Experience advising students and overseeing fieldwork/internship placement. Experience in a sport related industry.

Responsibilities:

Primary responsibilities include: teaching Sport and Fitness Marketing, Sport Business and Finance, and Introduction to Sport and Fitness Management, research and publication, academic advising, supervising fieldwork/internship placements, and participation in departmental/campus/community/professional service.

Salary commensurate with qualifications and experience. The University of Wisconsin System provides a liberal benefits package, including participation in a state pension plan.

The University of Wisconsin-Parkside is committed to access, diversity, engagement, and academic excellence. It currently enrolls approximately 5,100 students, many of whom are first generation and nontraditional students. UW-Parkside benefits from the ethnic and racial diversity of the communities it serves in Kenosha, Racine and Walworth Counties. Located in northern Kenosha County in the Chicago-Milwaukee urban corridor, much of the university’s 700-acre campus has been preserved in its natural wooded and prairie state.

Review of applications will begin on October 10, 2005, and will continue until position is filled.

Please send letter of application, vitae, three letters of recommendation, a list of five references, and transcripts to:

Chair of the Search Committee
Department of Health, Physical Education, and Athletics
University of Wisconsin-Parkside
900 Wood Road – Box 2000
Kenosha, WI 53141-2000