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Title: Assistant Professor of Sport Management

Department of Sport Management

Position Summary

Elon University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Sport Management, beginning August 2025. The Sport Management major prepares students for the business of sport, including professional sport, college athletics, and sport-related agencies. Through extensive practical applications, students in Elon’s Sport Management program develop an understanding of community and global service, with an emphasis on leadership and professional skill development. Additionally, Elon Sport Management faculty are able to engage in meaningful experiences with students including innovative teaching, mentorship programming, undergraduate research, and engagement in the Elon in Charlotte National Campus.

The successful candidate’s primary teaching responsibility at the undergraduate level (B.S.) will be to teach six undergraduate courses each academic year in classes such as Contemporary Sport Management, Sport Data and Research, Sport Marketing, Sports Media, Sport Law, Sport Finance, and Event and Venue Management, which are all courses required as part of the Sport Management major.

Depending on the candidate’s qualifications, other courses assigned could support the department’s elective offerings, the school’s other undergraduate majors, and the university core curriculum. Additional duties include regular service on departmental and university committees, academic advising and mentoring of undergraduate students, and exploring potential curricular development as appropriate to the interests of the successful candidate.

Advancing Equity Requirement (AER) Equity Scholars Cohort

A commitment to pedagogy and/or research in diversity, equity and inclusion in the sport industry is important as this candidate will join the university’s Advancing Equity Scholars cohort. This cohort supports Elon’s Advancing Equity Requirement (AER) initiatives such as 1) including methods in a course(s) to address or remedy injustice and inequality and/or (2) teach a course with an assignment focused on racial equity in the United States. Participation in this cohort includes course development funds and other benefits. 

Minimum Required Education and Experience

Candidates must have a terminal degree in a related discipline and a track record of peer-reviewed scholarship commensurate with the appointed rank. Applicants who are ABD with dissertations near completion before August 2025 will be considered.

Required Application Materials

Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. Applications that are received by Monday, November 4th, will be assured of consideration. Please submit a cover letter, curriculum vita, research statement, and specific examples of your commitment to advancing equity in the discipline in the "Required Supporting Document" space. For more information, contact Dr. Khirey Walker, chair of the search committee, at kwalker8@elon.edu.

Candidates who have experience working with a diverse range of people are encouraged to identify their experiences in contributing to a climate of inclusivity in their cover letters. Elon is a dynamic private, coeducational, comprehensive institution that is a national model for actively engaging faculty and students in teaching and learning in a liberal arts based residential campus. To learn more about Elon, please visit the University website at www.elon.edu . 

About Elon University and the School of Communications

Elon University is a nationally recognized leader in engaged, experiential learning that prepares graduates to be creative, resilient, ambitious and ethical citizens of our global culture.

At Elon, more than 7,000 students learn through hands-on experiences and close working relationships with faculty and staff whose priorities are teaching and mentoring. The curriculum is grounded in the liberal arts and sciences with emphasis on global experiences and career development. More than 70 undergraduate majors are complemented by professional and graduate programs in law, business, education and health care. Elon is ranked No. 1 for excellence in undergraduate teaching by U.S. News & World Report.

Established in 2000, the Elon School of Communications inspires graduates to be thought leaders committed to the public good in this diverse, rapidly evolving landscape of digital communications. Teacher-scholars with decades of collective professional experience educate students studying cinema & television arts, communication design, journalism, media analytics, sport management and strategic communications.

The school’s quad serves as a 105,000-square-foot learning laboratory and brings together approximately 1,400 students and more than 80 faculty and staff. Facilities feature state-of-the-art television studios, video editing suites, classrooms and faculty offices, a movie theater, and a virtual studio with a green hard-wall cyclorama. The school has been touted by the Broadcast Education Association, PRNEWS, and Society for American Baseball Research for preparing industry-ready professionals who grasp the changing nature of communication, entertainment, news and sport. Alumni work worldwide at organizations such as Amazon, CNN, ESPN, Golin, NASCAR, Nike, The New York Times, Univision, and numerous other employers.

Since 2007, the school has housed the Sunshine Center, which serves as the educational arm of the NC Open Government Coalition, facilitating outreach efforts promoting the importance of government transparency. Additionally, in 2020, the school established the NC Local News Workshop, a statewide initiative that provides programming, resources and support for news organizations and journalists serving North Carolina communities.

The School of Communications is among 18 private colleges and universities accredited by the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications. Its Department of Sport Management earned accreditation in 2023 from the Commission on Sport Management Accreditation.

Elon University values and celebrates the diverse backgrounds, cultures, experiences, and perspectives of our community members. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and will consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, genetic information, or veteran status. Further, our employees are people who foster respect for human differences, passion for lifelong learning, personal integrity, and an ethic of work and service. All our employees’ points of view are key to our success, and inclusion is everyone's responsibility.