San José State University
San José, California
ANNOUNCEMENT OF POSITION AVAILABILITY
Subject to Budgetary Approval
Sport Management Specialist
Department of Kinesiology
Job Opening ID (JOID): 013166
Rank: Assistant or Associate Professor (Tenure-Track)
Qualifications: 1. Doctorate strongly preferred (if ABD, completion of the doctorate will be required for continued employment and will be a prerequisite for promotion and tenure). Candidate must be a specialist in Sport Management and be willing to collaborate to further develop existing graduate and undergraduate sport management programs. Initially candidate will teach some physical activity, general education, undergraduate, and graduate courses as necessary. To be eligible for appointment at the advanced rank, the successful candidate must have broad teaching experience and present demonstrated scholarly/professional achievement.
2. Ability to serve on thesis committees, supervise internships, and advise undergraduate students
3. Ability to conduct research, develop grants, and publish; must have a theoretical background in Kinesiology
4. Experience and background working in a metropolitan university setting
5. Ability to work with colleagues to continue the development of a contemporary multidisciplinary program/approach at both the undergraduate and graduate level
6. Membership in appropriate professional associations
7. Applicants must have an awareness of and sensitivity to the educational goals of a multicultural population as might have been gained in cross-cultural study, training, teaching and other comparable experience
Responsibilities:
1. Primary responsibility to teach undergraduate and graduate sport management classes to be supplemented initially by teaching physical activity, general education, undergraduate major and/or graduate classes
2. Possible additional teaching in the undergraduate major and/or graduate major programs, supervise interns, serve on thesis committees, and advise students at both the undergraduate and graduate levels
3. Actively engage in community and university outreach to develop sport management internship/fieldwork sites and applied research opportunities, and to generate community support and involvement
4. Willingness to expand knowledge and skill base related to an interdisciplinary perspective of kinesiology
5. Integrate and build bridges across the sub-disciplines within the Kinesiology Department and serve to interface programs with other departments across the university
6. Conduct research, develop grants, present professional papers, and publish in professional journals.
7. Serve on department, college and university committees as appropriate
8. Candidate must address the needs of a student population of great diversity – in age, cultural background, ethnicity, primary language and academic preparation – through course materials, teaching strategies and advisement
Salary Range: Commensurate with experience, qualifications, and degree
Starting Date: August 21, 2008
Eligibility: Employment is contingent upon proof of eligibility to work in the United States.
Application Procedures: For full consideration send a letter of application (please place JOID number on all correspondence), vitae, statement of teaching interests/philosophy and research plans, and at least three original letters of reference with contact information for at least three references by November 26, 2007 to:
Chair, Sport Management Position Search Committee E-mail: sreekie@kin.sjsu.edu
Department of Kinesiology Phone (408) 924 3012
San José State University Fax (408) 924 3053
San José, CA 95192-0054 For more information see www.sjsu.edu/kinesiology
San José State University is California’s oldest institution of public higher learning. The campus is located on the southern end of San Francisco Bay in downtown San José (Pop. 945,000), hub of the world-famous Silicon Valley high-technology research and development center. Many of California’s most popular national, recreational, and cultural attractions are conveniently close. A member of the 23-
campus CSU system, San José State University enrolls approximately 30,000 students, a significant percentage of whom are members of minority groups. The University is committed to increasing the diversity of its faculty so our disciplines, students and the community can benefit from multiple ethnic and gender perspectives.
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