JOB: Sport Management Media - Univ. of Michigan

Sport Management – Media / Communications, Tenure-Track Position 
University of Michigan 

How to Apply 
Interested candidates must supply curriculum vitae, a letter of interest, up to three examples of scholarship, and three reference names in PDF format. The reference letters need not be sent at this time. Please send to Marsha Lewis (mhlewis@umich.edu).
Applicants will be considered on a rolling basis until the position is filled, with a desired start in Fall 2013. For best consideration, candidates should apply immediately and before Friday April 19, 2013. Applications will be reviewed upon receipt. For questions about the position, please contact Search Committee Chair: Kathy Babiak (kbabiak@umich.edu).

Job Summary 
The Sport Management Program at the University of Michigan invites applications and nominations for an Assistant Professor level tenure-track position. Candidates will be expected to maintain an active research agenda, teach undergraduate and graduate courses, and have research methods and statistical expertise appropriate for the effective mentoring of student research at the master's and doctoral levels. Successful candidates will be expected to pursue extramural funding to support their research at the University of Michigan.
The Sport Management Program prides itself on research productivity and teaching excellence. The Program maintains collaborative relationships with other academic units across the University of Michigan and strives to expand the research and collaborative relationships it maintains with major professional teams, sports leagues, national and international regulatory sport organizations, media networks and organizations, and other leading corporations and organizations that define the state and future of the sport industry.

For more information on the Sport Management Program, please see http://www.kines.umich.edu/programs/sportmanagement.

Sport Management is one of four programs within the School of Kinesiology. The School of Kinesiology
(www.kines.umich.edu) is one of 19 degree granting academic units on the University of Michigan campus with 32 tenureline faculty and over 800 students. Undergraduate majors include Sport Management, Athletic Training, Movement Science, and Physical Education.

Desired Qualifications 
We will consider candidates whose teaching and research interests are focused in the area of media / communications (including - strategic communications, broadcasting (radio, television), print media, media culture, media production and analysis, media literacy and consumption, digital platforms ('new' - social media, computer mediated communication, mobile communications), global media industries, media and social movements, and / or the business and regulation of media). Preference will be given to candidates whose research and theoretical interests are interdisciplinary as issues in media and communications span political, sociological, psychological, legal, policy, cultural, economic, and / or managerial disciplines.
Beginning Assistant Professor candidates should have a record of publication and more advanced candidates should have outstanding publication records in leading journals in sport management, communications, media, and business.
Candidates must possess an earned doctorate in a related field before employment.

U-M EEO/AA Statement 
The University of Michigan is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. Women and minorities are strongly urged to apply.

JOB: Assistant Professor Sport Management Univ. of West Georgia

University of West Georgia
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF SPORT MANAGEMENT
TENURE TRACK

The Department of Leadership and Instruction seeks qualified candidates for the position of Assistant Professor of Sport Management. The College of Education at the University of West Georgia is doctoral granting and NCATE accredited, and a recognized leader in preparing exemplary practitioners for a variety of roles. The College offers technological support, mentoring for new faculty, assistance seeking research funding, and opportunities to work with graduate students at all levels. The University of West Georgia, one of Georgia’s four robust-tier universities, is a rapidly growing institution located approximately 50 minutes west of Atlanta. Our 645-acre campus offers modern, state-of-the-art facilities complemented by beautiful green spaces. It ranks as one of the Southeast’s best public regional comprehensive universities.


Required Qualifications

• Earned doctorate in Sport Management or related field from a regionally 
• accredited institution by August 1, 2013 
• Ability to teach undergraduate courses in Sport 
• Management in both face-to-face and online environments 
• Established or developing research agenda
• Established or developing record of service

Preferred Qualifications

Preference will be given to candidates with higher education teaching experience, practical experience in the sport industry, demonstrated an innovative approach to program development and delivery.  Candidates who demonstrate the ability to deliver contemporary, online classroom experiences are perferred.  The ability to collaborate on doctoral dissertation committee work across the College of Education is desirable.

Application Process

Applications will be reviewed immediately, and will continue until position is filled. Electronically submit a letter of application, curriculum vitae, unofficial transcripts, and complete contact information for three professional references to:

Dr. Leigh Ann Bussell, Search Committee Chair
lbussell@westga.edu

Candidates recommended for the position will be required to submit official transcripts, three original letters of recommendation, and completion of a background check.
This is a nine month appointment, and start date for the position is August 1, 2013, pending availability of funding. Salary is competitive and commensurate with experience and qualifications. The University of West Georgia is committed to diversity.

CFP: Sport and Higher Education

The University of the West Indies
Sport and Physical Education Centre
In collaboration with First Citizens Sports Foundation

CALL FOR PAPERS
SCIENCE, HIGHER EDUCATION, BUSINESS: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO SPORT STUDIES, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE CARIBBEAN

June 25-28, 2013

Globally, the last 25 years has witnessed a tremendous upsurge in the study of sport and its institutionalization as part of the system of higher education. This upsurge has been attributed to several major processes that include commercialization, professionalization, scientization and globalization which have been combined with the increasing use of sport as an element of public policy to deal with problems relating to health, violence, crime and social inclusion. While the pace and extent of these changes have varied across the world, within the Commonwealth Caribbean several degree, diploma and certificate programmes in the fields of sport management, coaching, sport medicine and sport tourism have been established at tertiary level education institutions over the last 15 years. Despite these developments, there remains a significant void with respect to a body of Caribbean oriented sport research and scholarship which connects to both the development of sport and the use of sport for development. In order to help fill this void as well as rationalize existing local initiatives in higher education, the University of the West Indies in collaboration with the First Citizens Sports Foundation will host its first conference on Sport and Higher Education on June 25-28 2013. We hereby invite the submission of abstracts for consideration for presentation at this conference. Papers should be substantive and may be either qualitative or quantitative or both and should focus on one of the following areas:
 The Sociology of Sport
 Academic Sport Programmes in the Caribbean
 Sport Management (funding, marketing, sponsorship, sport law, facility management)
 Sport Tourism
 Sport policy (elite vs. mass sport, formulation, implementation, evaluation)
 Governance in sport
 Sport and Gender
 Sport for development
 Sport Psychology
 Sport Science (injury, nutrition, physiotherapy, sports medicine, biomechanics)
 Student-athletes
 Coaching
Abstracts of no more than 300 words should be submitted to Ms. Nikisha Pierre at physed.administrator@sta.uwi.edu by March 31, 2013. Submissions should include the author’s name/s, affiliated institution and contact details. Authors will receive notification of acceptance by April 15, 2013.

PHD STUDENTSHIPS: University of Brighton (UK)

Power to the Girls: A Critical Feminist Examination of Strategies to Empower Girls and Young Women through Sport for Development Programmes

Based in the Faculty of Education and Sport, University of Brighton

Supervisors: Professor John Sugden, Dr Jayne Caudwell and Dr Megan Chawansky

Application deadline is 4pm, 11th April 2013

For more information go to: http://www.brighton.ac.uk/researchstudy/2013studentships/social-sciences/project-1-21-2/

LIST: Sport films

This list of sport films was organized by Kyle Green (University of Minnesota) based on contributions of NASSS' members. We would like to thank Kyle and everyone who has contributed with suggestions.

Sport Films

Fiction:

Friday Night Lights

North Dallas Forty

Girlfight

Eight Men Out

The Fighter

Invictus

Sugar - in my immigration class, though it is also a good film to use in a sport class. You can
use this to talk about sports migrants, race, and ethnicity

The Blind Side - The downside is that most students have seen it before but it worked well to
talk about the influences of race, class, and gender on sporting participation.

Bingo Long Traveling All Stars and Motor Kings

varsity blues

coach carter

hurricane season

Bend it Like Beckham

chariots of fire - discuss sport and early 20th century nationalism

The Black Power Salute - documentary on the Mexico City Olympics. It's available on Youtube.

prime time dramas such as episodes of Cold Case (CBS), Law & Order: SVU, and am even
using an episode of the Bernie Mac Show next week

Documentary:

Go Tigers!

A State of Mind

Jump! (Awesome jumprope documentary)

Rocks with Wings (2002) (dir: Rick Derby)

100% Woman: the Michelle Dumaresq Story (2004)

Golden Gloves (or the Real Million Dollar Babies) (2007)

A League of Their Own (the documentary film) (1993)

Training Rules (2009) - for the section on Gender and Sports. It's available on Hulu, I believe.
It concerns the scandal around former Penn State Women's Basketball Coach, Rene Portland.

When We Were Kings (1996)

Playing Unfair (2002)

Chasing October

Football Under Cover

Pink Ribbons - Samantha King

A Hero for Daisy (1999) - a documentary about Title IX and rowing

Training Rules - about the anti-lesbian policies of Rene Portland at Penn State--definitely
important for a sport and society class.

The PBS series "American Experience" has an episode on Jesse Owens that I have wanted to
watch--you can screen it online.

Ahead of the Majority – about Patsy Mink - covers her political career and has a section on
her involvement in the politics of Title IX. It was made about 3 years ago and I have used the
section on T9 for a lecture on the topic in the past

Bigger, Stronger, Faster (2008) - examples of hegemonic masculinity and how the media
influences males' self-images (not just females, as is so commonly discussed).

Hoop Dreams - I highly recommend the chapter by C.L. Cole and Samantha King, “The New
Politics of Urban Consumption: Hoop Dreams, Clockers, and America,” in Ralph C. Wilcox, ed.,
Sporting Dystopias: The Making and Meaning of Urban Sport Cultures, pp. 14, 221-246.

Viva Baseball

Unforgivable Blackness

“Two Days In April” – it’s about 90 minutes long so I use it as an outside of class viewing
(documentary following 4 college football players as they try to make it to the NFL from just
before the the Senior Bowl through the draft) – it is available on YouTube in two parts so is
easily accessible for all students. It fits well with sport and social class and discussions of the
slim chances of making it to the pros.

In Whose Honor

Not Just A Game (2010) - by Dave Zirin - provides a sociological analysis of how sport
influences our society particularly the parallels between the institution of sport and the military.

Pursuing the Perfect 10 - This was a CNN documentary that is available on YouTube in several
parts. I used it as a review after lessons on youth sports and deviance in sports (specifically to
discuss overconformity)
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvMpy6kEOZM

An Enforcer's Story - This is a documentary style video available in conjunction with a piece that
ran in the NY Times about Derek Boogaard's death. The link to the story is below, and you can
click on the video. I used this to talk about violence in sports and my students told me that they
really enjoyed it.
Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/04/sports/hockey/derek-boogaard-a-boy-learns-to-
brawl.html )

Murderball - Usually none of the students have seen it and they really like it. In fact I just
showed it yesterday and the students couldn’t stop talking about it.
Use the ‘reading sport’ method to critically analyze the documentary Murder Ball. Be sure to
do a complete analysis, including: manifest and latent meanings, ideologies (e.g. disability,
masculinity, femininity, patriotism, family, etc.), particular context (e.g. social, political, historical,
etc.), and use of technology to tell a story (e.g. camera, recording, audio, etc.). Your analysis
should be organized by theme (I’d suggest either by manifest and latent meanings or by
ideologies).

Junior – very raw documentary that follows a Canadian Hockey League team from the Quebec
Major Junior Hockey League called Baie-Comeau Drakker - What this film does is offer some
insight into how players dedicate their life in chasing what is quite literally...a dream.
http://www.nfb.ca/film/Junior_en

Head Games - related to concussion and sport. I've also heard good things about but haven't
yet watched it.

More Than a Game - A good movie on the influence of commercialization of high school
and amateur sports. Documents the early career of the heralded LeBron James' high school
experiences.

Race: The Power of Illusion (2003). There are three parts. I would show episode 1 in a Sport
and Society type of class (it focuses on the science of 'race') and I show episode 2 in my sport
history class (it focuses on how race developed as an ideology historically). I haven't had an
opportunity to show episode 3 as much, but it focuses on the lasting economic impact of the
ideology of race — particularly in where we live and the value of housing.

FIT: Episodes in the History of he Body (1991). This focuses on the history of the how we
understand a 'fit' body, including analysis related to race, social class, gender, disability and
age.

The Journey of the African American Athlete" (Parts 1 and 2)

Blood on the Flat Track – documentary on the rat city roller girls

Sonicsgate: Requiem for a Team

Joe Louis – America’s Hero Betrayed

Two Days In April - follows four NFL prospects through the process of preparing for and
participating in the 2006 NFL Draft

4th and Goal – Tale of six men trying to make it to the NFL

Undefeated - Oscar-winning 2011 documentary directed by Daniel Lindsay and T.J. Martin. The
film documents the struggles of a high school football team, the Manassas Tigers of Memphis,
as they attempt a winning season after years of losses.

Born and Bred – documentary following young latino boxers in LA

The Morgan Lacrosse Story (pbs) - This film tells the story of the nation's first and only college
lacrosse team at a historically black institution.

Gridiron & Steel – Western Pennsylvania and football

On the Shoulders of Giants – Story of the Harlem Rens

Bra Boys (2007): A movie about a particularly hyper-masculine group of male surfers (the
Bra Boys) in Sydney, Australia. A good example of a fratriarchal sporting group, and all the
problematic aspects associated with such groupings. I often use alongside the critique from
Clifton Evers in the Sydney Morning Herald: http://www.smh.com.au/news/opinion/false-
prophets-of-surfing-bastardise-our-beaches/2007/03/12/1173548110229.html

Dogtown and Z Boys (2001): The development of skateboarding in Southern California, great
for revealing subcultural dynamics.

First Descent (2005): A history of snowboarding and insight into the gender and age dynamics
within core action sport groups.

This Ain't California (2012): In German with English subtitles, but offers a fascinating
perspective on the development of skateboarding (and youth counter cultures) in East Berlin
during the 1980s. Very raw with nudity and drugs, so students may need to be warned in
advance.

STRONG! - an awesome new documentary on Cheryl Hayworth, Olympic weightlifter. It deals
well with questions of athleticism, gender, and normativity. http://strongthefilm.com/

Offside (2006) - from Iran. Interesting to look at cross-cultural understandings and expressions
of gender. It looks at how gender is used to define spaces of sport: specifically the soccer
stadium. Note that it has some swear words...and is subtitled.

The Canadian Broadcast Corporation has put out many documentaries in their "Fifth Estate"
series

Fearless (2012) - about Sarah Burke, top athletes who risk their life for high performance sport

The Legacy of Brendan Burke (2010) - about Brendan Burke, homosexuality, hockey.

The Code (2010) - about hockey's unwritten law of fighting and the men who live by it.

Head Games (2008) - about head injuries in professional football.

The Rise and Fall of Theo Flury - (Part 1, 2008) (Part 2, 2010), about sexual abuse,
homosexuality, masculinity in Junior A hockey (and professional hockey)

The Other Final - Made by two Dutch filmmakers who were dismayed that the Dutch national
team did not make the 2002 World Cup, they arranged to have the then two bottom-ranked (by
FIFA), Bhutan and Montserrat, to play a match.

A State of Mind - documentary on mass games in N. Korea. Good film, students often mention
this one as a favorite.

Sumo East and West - a little dated, but still useful. I've found this one good for getting
students talking about the idea of traditions in sport, and how they can be mobilized for various
purposes.
The Game of Their Lives (2002) - not the disney movie of same title--the one by Daniel Gordon
on the N. Korean 1966 World Cup Team.

Kokoyakyu: High School Baseball - On high school teams competing in Japan's famous
national "Koshien" tournament. I like to pair this with parts of Go Tigers! (Massillon, OH football).
There's an earlier documentary on this as well, but the title escapes me. This one was on POV,
so there's a nice website connected to the film.

Tokyo Olympiad parts - (it's too long), great for considering how Japan sought to represent itself
during the 1964 Games.

A Normal Life: Chronicle of a Sumo Wrestler (2009)

Gaea Girls (2000) - on female wrestlers in Japan.

The Forbidden Team (2003?) - on the Tibetan soccer team. I've never been able to get a copy
of this, though it seems that parts of it are online now. Part of the other problem is that there's
not a lot of English language scholarship on Tibetan sports, so this would have to largely stand
alone.

Brighton Bandits (2007) -- first ever in-depth documentary about a gay soccer team
trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvKN3X_RCxY

Justin (2008) -- about gay footballer Justin Fashanu and a campaign against homophobia
trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=3_o1IEhRuiE&list=UUoLTOkSW0_Taj3iL9KTi44w&index=7

Algorithm (2012) -- gorgeous film about blind chess players in India
trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=pHVZD2yrb7k&list=UUoLTOkSW0_Taj3iL9KTi44w&index=5

River of Life – a non-fiction doc about the breast cancer survivor voyageur canoe team
"Paddlers Abreast" competing in the Yukon River Quest wilderness canoe race - 740 kms/460
miles in three days.Available for purchase (about $20 or so) through the NFB of Canada and
free here: http://www.nfb.ca/film/river_of_life/

30 for 30

I would encourage you to order the ESPN "30 for 30" series as well as HBO's "Real Sports"
series, which has several insightful documentaries.

The Two Escobars – lots of recommendations

Winning Time

Ghosts of Mississippi

Pony Excess - This is an ESPN 30 for 30 that covers the rise and fall of SMU football. I liked
it because it covers the intersection of commercialism, business, education and politics. The
students also really liked this one. It's available on youtube or on DVD.

Also, you might consider the movie series that is coming up on ESPN this summer. Here is the
list of documentaries: http://espn.go.com/espnw/nine-for-ix/

Role Tide War Eagle – ESPN documentary (Auburn Alabama rivalry)

No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson

Broke

Fab Five

Other Lists

I personally like http://www.filmsforaction.org/ It is a lacuna of documentary-style films that can
be used in the classroom. It does not always have films related to sport, but is definitely worth
using to talk about wider social issues: globalisation, consumerism, community, media, empire,
health... etc

good old wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sports_films

A broad list of sports movies: http://www.sportsinmovies.com/

CFP: Alternative Criminal Rehabilitation: Arts & Physical Engagement

Call For Abstracts for an Edited Collection

Working Title: Alternative Criminal Rehabilitation: Arts & Physical Engagement
Dr. Wesley Crichlow (Faculty of Social Science and Humanities, University of Ontario Institute of Technology) & Dr. Janelle Joseph (Faculty of Education, University of Ontario Institute of Technology)

There is a crisis in the criminal justice system in North America. The recent Toronto Star Newspaper article “Unequal justice: Aboriginal and Black inmates disproportionately fill Ontario jails” (2013/03/01) highlights which youth are at the centre of the crisis. The work of Michelle Alexander on Black male imprisonment in her text The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness” (2010) and the McMurty and Curling 2008 report The Roots of Youth Violence clearly explain that the current practices and policies of the criminal justice system, which focus almost exclusively on punishment, are racialized and are not only failing but also have become expensive. Alternative rehabilitation and early intervention strategies are long overdue and fundamentally necessary to reduce recidivism, especially in generating healthy individuals and safe communities. Studies on “Alternatives to Incarceration Programs” have demonstrated that these programs generate prosocial attitudes; improve mental, physical and spiritual health; and play an integral role in dispute resolution.

Our proposed Book “Alternative Criminal Rehabilitation: Arts & Physical Engagement” will bring together multiple perspectives on alternative rehabilitation as a contested and contestable space, and in doing so, highlight the complex interplay of social, creative, technical, economic and political factors that construct the landscape of alternative criminal rehabilitation today. This book will focus its attentions on the North American context and highlight the critical importance of arts, physical activity, and achievement for at-risk youth. We will detail how social media and digital technologies are essential for program development, sharing and evaluation.

We encourage abstracts that analyze multiple dimensions of (in)justice within criminal justice, therapeutic, and educational contexts within frameworks that recognize the salience of social identities, including but not limited to class, race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality and ability. Anchored in empirical evidence, this book will provide case studies of innovative and influential rehabilitative  interventions – from dance therapy, to music therapy, to mental health treatment through physical cultures. This comprehensive text will bring together a selection of internationally-recognised scholars to provide an overview for students and practitioners working in or concerned with Youth Alterative Criminal Rehabilitation models and best practices around the globe.

This call is seeking abstract submissions for chapters from any disciplinary area related to the themes of this book.  Possible chapter topics include (but are not limited to) criminal rehabilitation and:
•  Sport, dance, arts engagement, and art therapy programs
•  Physical activity community interventions
•  Arts therapies or interventions and achievement in at-risk youth
•  Clinical art/movement therapies
•  Specific populations (e.g. Black and racialized youth, mentally ill, women, Indigenous peoples)
•  Grassroots resistance
•  Program evaluation
•  Virtual/gaming intervention projects & supervision
•  Gamification
•  The role of the state/private interests
•  Changing paradigms of education/therapy
•  Urban education, physical education, and gang prevention
•  Issues of transnational information flows related to criminal (in)justice
•  Issues of informed consent and research with at-risk populations
•  Pre-trial diversion programs
•  Ethno-culturally specific interventions & programming
• Government housing-to-prison pipeline
•  School-to-prison pipeline

Please send a title, 300-word (max) chapter proposal, a 100-word bio, and references for two recent publications to janelle.joseph@uoit.ca and wesley.crichlow@uoit.ca by September 30 for consideration by Routledge Press. Complete chapters of 5000-6000 words will be due Dec 31, 2013. Please contact the editors with any questions.

CFP: Surveillance in Sport

Call for Papers. Special Edition of Surveillance and Society on Surveillance in Sport

This special edition of Surveillance and Society interrogates the complex relationships between surveillance and sport, by examining how surveillance is embedded in various methods of sports consumption, integrity management, athlete performance, patron safety and media dissemination practices. This edition seeks contributions that examine the relationship between surveillance and contemporary sport at professional, semi-professional or localised contexts.

Possible areas of examination may include, and are not limited to:

• Theorising surveillance and sport
• Historical perspectives on surveillance and sport
• Surveillance and sports governance (including financial surveillance, surveillance and rule making, surveillance and the law etc.)
• Surveillance deficits and integrity in contemporary sport
• Surveillance and the body of the athlete (genetic testing, gender testing, anti-doping etc.)
• Athletes, celebrity and privacy (intrusive reporting, new media etc.)
• Political economy of surveillance and sport (sports brands, intellectual property etc.)
• Surveillance, consumption and sports audiences (venue security and controls, fan violence, ticketing etc.)
• Surveillance and sports mega-events
• New/extreme sports and surveillance
• Sport and self surveillance, sousveillance, anti-surveillance etc.

For further information please contact Dr Ian Warren (ian.warren@deakin.edu.au) and/or Dr Nils Zurawski (nils.zurawski@uni-hamburg.de) and see: http://library.queensu.ca/ojs/index.php/surveillance-and-society/announcement/view/67

CFP: Contested relations – gender, sport and power in the mass media

Call for papers

Contested relations – gender, sport and power in the mass media

For large parts of the population in Western countries media sport is the sport reality which they consume in their everyday lives. However, “media sport” has its own aims and rules, and the media do not and cannot cover the multiple realities on and around sports grounds and gym halls. The media focus on the big games and on male athletes, but omit information on politics and economies, on the organization of sport and on sport for all, e.g. the sporting activities of children and seniors.

The mass media help to shape everyday knowledge about “real sport” and how it should be played. For the media “real sport” is men’s sport, and previous research has convincingly demonstrated that male athletes get more media coverage than sportswomen and that men and women are presented in different ways. Media sport contributes to the perpetuation of the gender hierarchy in sport and beyond. Here, questions about backgrounds and reasons, as well as about consequences, emerge.

In this issue we would like to gather together articles that will take up these questions and provide an in-depth insight into the gendered narratives of sports coverage. The articles could have a focus on alternative gender images, culture and sport, specific femininities and masculinities, techniques of gender constructions or media approaches to the gender difference paradigm. Questions such as the impact of the rising popularity of female athletes, e.g. during the 2012 Olympics, could also be addressed.

In addition, inclusion and exclusion processes as well as interrelations and interdependencies between all the players in and on the field, the athletes, the journalists, the media industry and the consumers must be taken into consideration.

Specific emphasis will be placed on power relations, in particular the power of the media to create images and narratives which contribute to a confirmation or to a change of the gender order in football and beyond. . 

The papers will undergo a peer review process. Authors will be notified in the summer of 2013.

Deadline for articles: 1 May 2013. The issue will be published in early 2014

Guest editors:

Professor Susanna Hedenborg, Malmö University

Professor Gertrud Pfister, Copenhagen University

Send your manuscript to: susanna.hedenborg@mah.se

JOB: Program Director - University of Houston

University of Houston

Title: Program Director1         Department: Health & Human Performance

Posting Number: 001091       Visit UH Career Site http://jobs.uh.edu

Job Duties: The Department of Health and Human Performance at the University of Houston is seeking a sport and fitness administration specialist with graduate academic credentials and demonstrable organizational skills for a full time staff position.

Directs an ongoing university program to ensure that prescribed activities are carried out in accordance with its mission and/or specified objectives. Prepares short- and long-term goals and objectives.

Plans, develops and administers methods, strategies and procedures for meeting program objectives; directs and oversees the daily activities of staff members.

Primary Responsibilities: Develop and implement student recruiting strategies designed to attract both undergraduate and graduate students into the department’s Sports and Fitness Administration degree program. Potentially teach graduate and undergraduate courses in sport and fitness administration.

Job Duties: Prepares and monitors the annual budget and ensures that expenditures are within budget allocation.

Directs and coordinates personally, or through subordinate personnel, activities concerned with carrying out the objectives of the program.

Directs the preparation of and reviews reports and records of activities to ensure progress is being accomplished toward specified program objectives; modifies or changes methodology as required to redirect activities and attains objectives.

Analyzes trends within program areas, maintaining expert awareness of program information and change needs.

Formulates, implements, and maintains appropriate policies and procedures concerning program administration.

Manages and administers grant for program, including meetings, communication coordination, scholarships and other operations.

May prepare or participate in the preparation of proposals to obtain grants from state and federal agencies, and private foundation sponsors. Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

Visit UH Career Site http://jobs.uh.edu if you are interested in applying for this position.

CFP: 4th Commonwealth Sports Development Conference

4th Commonwealth Sports Development Conference 
Monday 12 & Tuesday 13 August 2013
The Mitchell Library, Glasgow, Scotland

Sport and Empowering the Youth of the Commonwealth

Youth is the focus for this dynamic, two-day Conference bringing together outstanding speakers, workshops and panel debates.  It will include two key sub-programmes:  

• Disability Sport and Young People
• Empowering Girls and Young Women through Sport

The Conference will also input into the development of a Youth Sport Charter that aims to focus the contributions sport stakeholders can make to youth empowerment in the Commonwealth.


Programme Details and Online Booking Now Available: www.regonline.co.uk/commonwealthconference2013  


If you have any questions about the event, email: commonwealthconference@firstcityevents.co.uk or call +44 (0) 1577 865498.