Assistant/ Associate Professor, Health, Physical Education & Sports Studies

Winston-Salem State University•Winston Salem, NC

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About The Position

The Department of Health, Physical Education and Sport Studies a leader at Winston-Salem State University. We provide courses in several critical content areas. We currently serve the WSSU community through our Health Education offering. Additionally, we offer undergraduates the chance to earn their Bachelor of Science in the following areas: Motorsports Management, Physical Education, and Sport Management. Additionally, Health & Physical Education and Sport Sciences offers minors in coaching, recreation, and sports medicine. Duties include teaching, advising, coordinating, mentoring and supervising students for required experiential learning events; conducting scholarly research which results in publication; participation in the development of the academic curriculum; participation in the development of internship opportunities for students; participation in departmental, university, and professional service opportunities.

Requirements

Applicants must have a doctoral degree in Sport Management or a related discipline from a regionally accredited four-year institution of higher education.
Must provide evidence of mentoring students through research experiences with a focus in Sport Management.
Ability to participate in interdisciplinary teaching and research collaborations at the university, across universities, or within the broader community.
Must demonstrate the ability to participate in interdisciplinary teaching and research collaborations with professional colleagues at the university, across universities, or within the broader public.
Must demonstrate experience in the sport industry and an ability to work collaboratively with colleagues to enhance curricular and co-curricular programs.
Must illustrate commitment to their professional growth and development via engagement in professional organizations and professional conferences.

Nice To Haves

Have experience in teaching and enhancing curriculum.
Have developed new courses in Sport Analytics
Have provided program assessment.
Have leadership experience within professional organizations.

Responsibilities

Teaching Sport Management courses
Participation in scholarly activities and research
Participation on departmental, school and university committees
Assisting the sport management program coordinator in the re-accrediting process for the sport management program (Commission On Sport Management Accreditation)
Teach Sport Management courses primarily face-to-face but should have the ability to teach in online and hybrid formats
Construct detailed course syllabi
Facilitate high quality, engaging instruction
Leverage various technologies (e.g., Canvas, EAB Navigate) to communicate regularly with students, monitor student progress, and provide feedback on student success outcomes
Engage with students during mandatory office hours each week
Serve as an academic advisor
Work collaboratively to enhance the strengths of our Sport Management curricular and co-curricular programs
Work collaboratively to develop an Esports Management curriculum
Have an explicit research agenda
Produce scholarly research that results in publications in peer-reviewed journals in the Sport Management discipline
Facilitate presentations at well-respected local, state, national and international professional conferences, and meetings within the discipline
Engage in procuring sponsored research with interdisciplinary teams
Consistently attend departmental and College meetings
Serve on departmental-level committees
Serve on College- and university-level committees
Maintain membership in discipline-specific professional organizations
Assist discipline-specific professional organizations with reviews of conference proposals, peer-reviewed journal articles, and other professional engagement opportunities
Serve on community-oriented committees, boards, and commissions related to Sport Management