East Stroudsburg University invites applicants for a full-time, tenure track position in Sport Management beginning August 2010. Positions typically fill at the Assistant Professor rank. As part of Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education (PASSHE), we offer competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefit package.
The successful applicant will teach courses in undergraduate and graduate sport management programs. Specifically, foundations of sport management and other courses based on the candidate's qualifications and experience. The successful candidate will also mentor and advise undergraduate and graduate students.
Required Qualifications: Earned doctorate in sport management or related discipline required. ABD candidates are encouraged to apply but should make clear what progress they have made on their dissertation. College teaching experience in sport management or related discipline required.
Preferred Qualifications: Earned doctorate in sport management or related discipline and college sport management teaching experience. Applicants who demonstrate a commitment to teaching and scholarship are preferred. We welcome applications from candidates who bring diverse cultural, ethnic and national perspectives to their creative work and teaching.
The University encourages applications from members of historically under-represented groups, including women, veterans, and persons with disabilities, and is an AA/EEO employer. East Stroudsburg University is interested in hiring employees who have extensive experience with diverse populations. To learn more about diversity at ESU and in our community, visit our website at
www.esu.edu/diversityTo Apply: Application deadline for consideration is January 11, 2010. Please apply on-line at
www.esucareers.com/applicants/Central?quickFind=50783. Applicants are to attach a cover letter, candidate's vitae, statement of teaching philosophy, statement of diversity and cultural awareness and a list of references.
Final selection will be based on excellence in scholastic achievement, professional activity, a review of the candidate’s vitae and a successful interview, which may include a teaching demonstration.
All candidates must provide proof of eligibility to work in the United States and official transcripts at time of employment. Offers of employment are contingent upon successful completion of a background check.
Located in the scenic Pocono Mountains within a 90-minute drive of New York City and two hours from Philadelphia, East Stroudsburg University is one of the fourteen universities in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. Founded in 1893, with a current enrollment of 7,300, the university maintains a rich academic tradition and continues to build on its sense of history with unique new undergraduate and graduate degrees programs and a major Science and Technology Center. Offering 68 undergraduate degree programs and graduate degrees in 22 fields of study, the university is experiencing increasing enrollments and is poised for continued growth. Adjacent to the unspoiled Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, the surrounding community offers options for suburban, small city, or country living.