Friday, November 11, 2005

JOB: Assistant/Associate Professor, Sport Administration

Assistant/Associate Professor, Sport Administration
Institution: Belmont University
Location: Nashville, TN
Category: * Faculty - Health - Sports Mgmt, Recreation & Leisure Studies
* Faculty - Health - Physical Education & Kinesiology

Posted: 11/10/2005
Application Due: Open Until Filled
Type: Full Time

The Department of Health and Human Performance at Belmont University is seeking applications for a tenure-track faculty position beginning August 2006. Rank commensurate with experience. Job responsibilities include: teaching within both the Sport Administration graduate program and Physical Education undergraduate program. Ph.D. or equivalent required; teaching experience strongly preferred; willingness/ability to offer courses in various schedule formats preferred; academic administrative experience and/or professional experience in sport administration favored. The bulk of teaching responsibilities are within Sport Administration. All Belmont undergraduates complete an innovative general education program with significant interdisciplinary components. Belmont University is particularly seeking applicants who can demonstrate an interest in and ability to work collaboratively in course design and to teach interdisciplinary and topical courses in this program.

Mail application letter, curriculum vitae, three letters of reference, and a statement of teaching philosophy to Dr. Sarah Adams, Chair, Health & Human Performance Search Committee, Department of Health and Human Performance, Belmont University, 1900 Belmont Blvd., Nashville, TN 37212-3757. Each applicant is asked also to respond in writing to Belmont's mission, vision, and values statements, articulating how the candidates’ knowledge, experience and beliefs have prepared him/her to function in support of these statements. (These statements are found, for example, at: http://www.belmont.edu/visitors/mission.cfm.) Screening of applications will begin January 30, 2006, and continue until the position is filled.

A comprehensive, coeducational university located in Nashville TN, Belmont is a student-centered, teaching university focusing on academic excellence. The university is dedicated to providing students from diverse backgrounds an academically challenging education in a Christian community. For additional information regarding the Sport Administration program, see www.belmont.edu/sa/. Belmont is an EOE/AA employer under all applicable civil rights laws. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.

Application Information
Postal Address:
Dr. Sarah Adams
Department of Health and Human Performance
Belmont University
1900 Belmont Boulevard
Nashville, TN 37212

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