Deadline for applications is October 10, 2008.   

Sport Humanities Assistant Professor

Department of Kinesiology & Health Education

The University of Texas at Austin

Job Description

The Department of Kinesiology and Health Education at The University of Texas at Austin invites applications for a full-time (nine month) tenure-track Assistant Professor position beginning in August 2009 to teach in a new sports humanities major called Physical Culture and Sports.  All candidates are expected to have:

1)     A doctoral degree in Sport History, Sport Philosophy, or other field  in the Sport Humanities,  Social Sciences of Sport, or Sport Management;

2) An established record of scholarly publication with an emphasis on sport history, sport philosophy, or other areas of the sport humanities or social sciences.

3) Extramural funding or demonstrated potential for extramural funding; 

4) Ability to teach classes in sport history, sport philosophy, sport law, sports and media, or other allied areas of the sport humanities and social sciences.  We are especially interested in candidates who have a background well-suited to the teaching of courses with substantial writing content. 

The successful candidate will be asked to:  a) actively engage in scholarly research and publication;  b) recruit graduate students and supervise theses and dissertations; c)  teach undergraduate courses in the new major in Physical Culture and Sports, and teach graduate courses suitable for students in the  Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program in Sport Studies and the graduate program in Sport Management;  d) write grants and seek extramural funding;  and,  e)  participate in the advising of Sport Management interns.   The normal teaching load for tenure-track faculty in our Department is 2-1.   The Interdisciplinary Ph.D. program enjoys an excellent relationship with both the American Studies Program and the Department of History at UT, which provide opportunities for collaborative research and interaction.  The opening of the Department of Kinesiology and Health Education’s new research center and library—The H.J. Lutcher Stark Center for Physical Culture and Sports in the Spring of 2009—will also provide a variety of resources for historical and philosophical research and interaction (www.edb.utexas.edi/todd-mclean/). 

Applicants are encouraged to visit our Department website at: www.edb.utexas.edu/education/departments/khe

Applicant Instructions:

Application Deadline:   October 10, 2008 .   Those interested should send a letter of application that includes a discussion of research, funding, and teaching interests; a curriculum vitae; reprints/preprints of published articles; and three letters of recommendation to:  Committee Chair, Physical Culture and Sports Search, c/o Dolores Groves, Room 107, Anna Hiss Gym,  Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, 1 University Station, A2000, Austin, Texas 78712-0360. 

For additional information please contact the search committee chair: Jan Todd, 512-471-4890 or at: j.todd@mail.utexas.edu.

The University of Texas is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.

Jan Todd, Ph.D.

Professor, Roy J. McLean Fellow in Sport History

Co-Director, H. J. Lutcher Stark Center for Physical Culture and Sports

AHG 22, Mail Code, A2000

Department of Kinesiology and Health Education

The University of Texas

Austin, Texas 78712

512-471-4890 (office)

512-694-6237 (cell)

512-494-5000 (home)

jtodd001@austin.rr.com

j.todd@mail.utexas.edu