STETSON UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
ASSISTANT/ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, SPORT MANAGEMENT
MARKETING DEPARTMENT
POSITION:
The School of Business Administration at Stetson University seeks to fill a tenure-track position in Sport Management at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor. This teacher-scholar will be a part of a successful, growing academic program ideally located in the highly active east central Florida sports market (LPGA, NASCAR), as well as the major sports markets of Orlando and Tampa. Stetson University has established ties in these industries (as well as others across the country) and seeks an individual who can add professional contacts and enthusiasm for program growth. The academic program recently moved to the AACSB, International accredited business school at the University, and the program has enormous market potential in business management in sports industries and NCAA Division I athletics.
QUALIFICATIONS:
The ideal candidate will have a Ph.D. in Sport Management or related business field with a particular research or teaching focus in sport issues (ABD considered). Candidates must demonstrate the ability to engage in learning in and out of the classroom, combine interdisciplinary and integrative learning, and foster relationships with various sport organizations for partnership and internship opportunities. Relevant industry work experience will be highly regarded.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
This faculty member will teach strategic sport management, sponsorship, and/or event management as part of the undergraduate Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Sport Management, and share, as appropriate, in first-year and junior seminars responsibilities in areas of specialty. Future opportunities may also include occasional graduate courses. Student advising and program management are jointly shared among faculty members in the department.
Candidates should demonstrate the highest quality of teaching, combined with the ability to produce rigorous academic scholarship. For more information on our expectations in teaching and scholarship, our tenure policies, and our support for faculty development, please see the Academic Affairs website: http://www.stetson.edu/administration/academic-affairs/newfac.php.
THE DEPARTMENT AND THE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION:
The Sport Management Program has approximately 100 majors, one of the largest in the University, and is housed in the Marketing Department in the School of Business Administration. The School of Business Administration offers Bachelor degrees and Master degrees in Business Administration (MBA, EMBA) as well as Accountancy (MAcc). The School houses the award-winning Roland George Investments Institute and the Family Enterprise Center, as well as the Prince Entrepreneurship Program and a summer study abroad program in Innsbruck, Austria. Stetson's School of Business Administration is one of only 35 private colleges and universities worldwide with AACSB accreditation at the undergraduate and graduate level in both business and accounting. Florida's first business program, the School has been empowering students to lead in a complex, global business environment since 1897. With programs on four campuses in DeLand, Celebration, Gulfport and Tampa, the School is positioned for continued growth in both its online and physical offerings.
THE UNIVERSITY:
Founded in 1883, Stetson University (http://www.stetson.edu) is a private, selective university comprised of a rich array of liberal arts and professional academic programs. Collectively, Stetson's teacher-scholar faculty works with 3,800 students in undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs. The University's historic main campus, located in DeLand, enrolls more than 2,500 students in undergraduate programs in the College of Arts and Sciences, the School of Business Administration, and the School of Music. Stetson University College of Law, Florida's first law school, moved from the main campus to Gulfport in 1945, and, with the addition of the Tampa Law Center, serves over 1,000 students working full-time or part-time toward J.D. or LL.M. degrees. Graduate programs offered at the main campus and at Stetson University Center in Celebration include Business, Educational Leadership, Reading, Education, Counseling, and English. Stetson has regularly been ranked among the best regional universities in the Southeast and was the first private college in Florida to be granted a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa.
Stetson University provides an inspiring education that engages students with rigorous academic and creative study grounded in liberal learning. Working closely with faculty, staff, and with one another, students cultivate abilities to explore issues deeply, think critically, reason empirically, speak persuasively, and connect ideas creatively. Stetson's academic program prepares and inspires students to dare to be significant™, realizing 21st century learning goals that will foster their ability and commitment to make a difference in the world. We seek faculty who themselves dare to be significant; think across disciplinary, methodological, and social boundaries; exercise pedagogical creativity and adaptability (including the use of technology to enrich and extend learning); and are passionate lifelong learners.
Stetson values the development of the whole person committed to engaging and building lifelong connections with the larger world through Personal Growth, Intellectual Development, and Global Citizenship. To that end, the University fosters policies, practices, and modes of inquiry to support and explore these values areas, integrated in a University-wide commitment to personal and social responsibility. Firmly committed to inclusive excellence, our vibrant community of teacher-scholars nurtures the potential of individual students to lead lives of significance and prepares each to meet the challenges of shaping the future—locally, nationally, and globally.
THE COMMUNITY:
DeLand is a picturesque residential community of 25,000 located 20 miles west of Daytona Beach and 35 miles northeast of Orlando. The area offers extensive cultural as well as recreational activities.
SALARY:
Salary is competitive.
STARTING DATE:
August 15, 2013
APPLICATION:
Applicants must send the following materials for consideration a detailed current vita, teaching evaluation summaries, and supply the names, addresses, and phone numbers of three references. Candidates are encouraged to highlight skills and experiences that demonstrate a commitment to social justice, diversity and inclusion. All information may be submitted electronically to Dr. Michelle DeMoss (mdemoss@stetson.edu) or mailed to the following address:
Dr. Michelle DeMoss, Department Chair
Department of Marketing
Stetson University
421 N. Woodland Blvd. Unit 8398
DeLand, FL 32723
All correspondence will be held in strictest confidence. The Search Committee will review applications until the position is filled.
Stetson University is an Equal Opportunity Employer that affirms cultural diversity and inclusion as a core value of academic excellence at Stetson University. We are committed to achieving equal access in education, employment, and participation through the recruitment and retention of outstanding faculty, staff, and students from diverse backgrounds, and to meaningful academic and intellectual transformation in curriculum, research and service. We are dedicated to actions and policies that foster a community in which individuals with various identities, cultures, backgrounds, and viewpoints work together to create opportunities for engagement through rewarding and fulfilling careers and personal experiences in a culturally and racially diverse society and a globalized world. We strongly encourage members of historically under-represented and economically-disadvantaged groups and women to apply for employment. Stetson University is an EEO, ADA, ADEA, and GINA employer.