Assistant Professor of Sport Management

Centenary College of Louisiana invites applications for a tenure-track position at the assistant professor level in the Frost School of Business beginning August 2027. Ideally, applicants will have a terminal degree in Sport Management from an AACSB accredited institution, demonstrated strength or a commitment to excellence in teaching, work experience in the profession, and a willingness to mentor undergraduate students in research. Also preferred, the terminal degree will be earned in a program with a traditional, campus-based doctoral program. ABDs within one year of degree completion will be considered. We seek candidates whose research, teaching, and service have prepared them to contribute to our commitment to the engagement and inclusion of culturally diverse audiences in higher education, particularly in the sport management discipline. Successful candidates will teach introductory and upper-level sport management undergraduate courses. Teaching responsibilities include teaching three 4-credit hour courses per semester and holding on campus of f ice hours each week. Should a candidate move forward in the process, additional job responsibilities will be provided. Qualified candidates are committed to excellent teaching, student advising and mentoring, professional development and scholarship, and service to the profession and the Centenary community. Centenary values interdisciplinary teaching and encourages faculty to contribute to and connect course offerings and scholarship. Centenary College of Louisiana is a selective, residential, national liberal arts college. Centenary’s beautiful campus in Shreveport’s Highland neighborhood is home to a community of faculty, staff, and students who encourage each other to think critically, care deeply, and achieve more. Centenary is Louisiana’s only U.S. News & World Report Top National Liberal Arts College and is ranked as one of Princeton Review’s "Best 388 Colleges." The College is located in the Shreveport -Bossier City metroplex in NW Louisiana which boasts a rich cultural heritage and easy access to other major cities in the South. Centenary offers excellent benefits to faculty includingcomprehensive insurance optionsretirement matchingtuition remissionexchange programsfree on-campus benefits including membership to the campus fitness center and entry to all athletic and performance eventsannual support for professional development Start-up funds are availableprofessional development funds (e.g., for conference travel)competitive internal research support Centenary College is committed to providing students with a firm foundation in the liberal arts and to the value of civic debate, the integrity of science, and the inherent usefulness of the liberal arts to help students lead lives of meaning. Centenary recognizes that diversity is essential to its goal of providing an educational environment where students explore the unfamiliar, invent new approaches to understanding, and connect their work and lives to the world at large. We thus encourage applicants who would add to the College's diversity of ideas, beliefs, experiences, and cultural backgrounds. Women, minorities, veterans, and people with disabilities are especially encouraged to apply. EOE.Candidates who advance in the search will be asked to provide unofficial transcripts and the names, telephone numbers, and email addresses of three references. Background checks are required before candidates can be brought to campus for interviews. Official transcripts are required before a candidate can be hired.