Instructor or Assistant Professor of Sport Management

Mitchell College is building on its long history of making education more accessible by pioneering an approach which is flexible, strength-based, and interest-driven. Our abilities-based approach to learning focuses on teaching adaptability through curriculum that provides multiple opportunities for students to apply learning in different classroom, social, and professional contexts. To keep this model innovative, vibrant, and responsive to students’ needs and interests, we hire staff and faculty who are invested in neuro-inclusivity, collaboration, and community building. Our approach to campus life ensures that students learn what they need to live life well, both professionally and personally.

Mitchell College seeks to hire a student-centered early career professor to serve as Instructor or Assistant Professor of Sport Management. The successful candidate will serve as curriculum subject matter expert for Sport Management in collaboration with faculty across the R. Carlson Division of Business. The Sport Management program is organized under the Business Division and Sport Management faculty report to the Division Chair.

In addition to acting as curriculum subject matter expert, the successful candidate will lead the continued development of Sport Management as an applied, interdisciplinary program within the R. Carlson Division of Business. Working collaboratively with Faculty, Athletics, Enrollment Management, Career Services, and external partners, the new faculty member will help build a distinctive program that integrates business fundamentals, sport-industry knowledge, experiential learning, and career preparation. The position requires an educator who can deliver outstanding student experience in and out of the classroom, while driving the strategic growth, differentiation, and long-term sustainability of the program.

Responsibilities:

• Teach 24 semester hours per academic year.
• As the division’s Sport Management subject matter expert, lead the review and redesign of Sport Management curriculum to ensure strong integration of business, management, marketing, finance, communication, data-informed decision-making, and emerging developments in the sport industry.
• Collaborate with Business and Hospitality faculty to develop shared courses, concentrations, certificates, and interdisciplinary pathways that reduce curricular duplication while expanding student choice.
• Assist the Division Chair in building the schedule of Sport Management classes each semester and in hiring and on-boarding part-time Sport Management faculty.
• Participate in student recruitment and retention activities as part of the Division of Business team.
• Build relationships with professional, collegiate, community, and youth sport organizations throughout southeastern Connecticut and the broader New England region.
• Work to achieve excellence in three criteria: Teaching & Mentoring, Professional Development Activities, College Involvement and Service to the Community.
• Fulfill the duties and responsibilities of a faculty member as defined in the Master Contract (American Federation of Teachers, Local #3249).
  

• At the Rank of Assistant Professor: An earned doctorate in business, management, or a related field, from an accredited institution, along with a masters degree related to the business of sports.
• At the Rank of Instructor: A masters degree in sport management and current enrollment or future plans to enroll in an accredited doctoral program in business, management or a related field.
• Demonstrated successful teaching at the college level.
• Experience developing and revising curriculum.
• Experience assessing student learning outcomes.
• Work experience in a management or professional capacity, ideally related to the business of sports.
• Preference for candidates who have experience in and passion for working with diverse learners.

The physical demands are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

A cover letter and CV are required. Application deadline is November 1, 2026. Projected start date is August 2027, with a potential early start date in January 2027 for the right candidate.

Please note that this is a fully in-person position located in New London, Connecticut.

Mitchell College is an Affirmative Action-Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, disability and genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization or other non-merit factors.