Three-year Visiting Assistant Professor of Sport Management

Description

The Department of Sport Science and Health Education invites applicants for a full-time faculty position in Sport Management, with an initial 3-year contract, beginning with the 2025-2026 academic year. The department is seeking a dynamic candidate committed to teaching excellence to complement the department's current strengths while contributing their own area of expertise. Current strengths of the program include student engagement with the growing Des Moines sport market and a prominent alum base willing to assist.  

 

The selected candidate will:  

• Teach 24-28 credits per year, consistent with departmental need and candidate’s training and interests. Courses may include sport sales, sport finance, sport facility and event management, sport marketing, sport governance, and sport business courses applicable within the general education curriculum.  

• Contribute to student success and recruitment, enhance equity and an inclusive environment through engagement in the general education program, advising students, and incorporating experiential learning into coursework.

Qualifications

• Terminal degree in sport management or a related field. PhD or EdD required (ABD considered).  

• Evidence of successful, innovative college-level teaching experience with ability to utilize research and classroom technology. 

• Demonstrate on-going commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. 

• Demonstrate ability to develop partnerships and collaborate with colleagues to facilitate student experiential learning, research, and internship opportunities. 

• Willingness to participate in department activities, service to the college, and ability to work with faculty, staff, and students in a collegial and cooperative manner.

Application Instructions

To apply please submit: 1) a letter of application, 2) curriculum vitae, 3) a teaching statement, 4) graduate transcripts, 5) three professional references with contact information, 6) a diversity statement regarding teaching, scholarship, and/or service, and 7) teaching evaluations or other evidence of teaching effectiveness.

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.

Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. All applications received by November 15, 2024, will receive full consideration

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Simpson College shall abide by the requirements of 41 CFR §§ 60-1.4(a), 60-300.5(a) and 60-741.5(a). These regulations prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities, and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on their race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. Moreover, these regulations require that covered prime contractors and subcontractors take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status or disability.