Assistant Professor of Tourism Management, Health and Human Performance

Assistant Professor of Tourism Management, Health and Human Performance – 22000002FA

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Assistant Professor of Tourism Management

Health & Human Performance

University of Tennessee, Chattanooga

The Department of Health and Human Performance at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga College of Health, Education & Professional Studies invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Tourism Management beginning August 1, 2023 . 

 

The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC) invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position at the Assistant Professor level in the broad area of Sport, Outdoor Recreation, and Tourism Management (SORT). A program that recognizes the intersection of these disciplines is seeking a candidate with a tourism background who can teach existing undergraduate courses in the core curriculum and develop topical courses within the candidate’s expertise. The program’s focus is to highlight the economic and social impacts of tourism to the southeast Tennessee region, rather than an emphasis on hospitality. Preference will be given to candidates with work experience in tourism and/or special events. The successful candidate will be expected to provide leadership for the tourism discipline; supervise internships and field experiences; advise undergraduate students; engage in community-based projects; demonstrate productive scholarly activity including supervising student research; interact positively with colleagues; and serve on department/university committees. 
UTC’s blended sport, outdoor recreation, and tourism program offers a unique opportunity to capitalize on Chattanooga’s emergent tourism destination status. Voted twice as America’s “Best Outdoor City,” Chattanooga provides a world-class platform to research and instruct sport and outdoor-related tourism concepts.  Benefiting from regional growth, the SORT program has developed relationships with a number of community organizations to provide applied learning experiences for students, including both on and off-campus events, community-based projects, undergraduate research, field experiences, and culminating internships. 
Housed within the department of Health and Human Performance, SORT students and faculty alike, take full advantage of the thriving downtown metropolitan location, innovative city-planning, and surrounding outdoor amenities.  Moreover, Chattanooga is located just 2 hours from Atlanta, Nashville, and Knoxville.

Required Qualifications:

• Earned doctorate in Tourism or related field at the time of appointment.
• Ability to teach in the core SORT curriculum and tourism-specific courses, such as Principles of Tourism, Tourism Impacts, and Tourism Planning
• Previous experience collaborating with community partners
• Demonstrate an ability to produce scholarly work
• Experience with multi-modal course delivery
• Outstanding verbal and writing skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Previous university teaching experience
• Evidence of cultivating community partnerships
• Professional experience in the tourism industry
• Demonstrated experience teaching, researching and/or design & implementations of outdoor and sport-related special events, festivals, etc.
• Experience with new course development
• Experience with advising and field/internship placements

Application Procedures:

Applicants should prepare to submit the following information within our online application system for consideration:

• Cover letter/letter of interest
• CV, including up-to-date, personal contact information (email, phone, etc.)
• Unofficial transcripts
• Research agenda detailing interest and projected line of scholarly work
• Name and contact info for three references (these will not be contacted until the candidate progresses to formal interviews).

Review of applicants will begin on 12/9/2022 and continue until the position is filled.

Applications must be submitted electronically through the UTC Faculty Career Site.

The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga is the second-largest campus in the University of Tennessee System and serves a diverse student body of more than 11,000 undergraduate and graduate students through five academic colleges. Since its founding as Chattanooga University in 1886, UTC has established a reputation for excellence built on a unique blend of the private and public traditions of American higher education. Today, UTC brings a passion for excellence in all pursuits and is dedicated to making a difference in our community and in the lives of our students.

At UTC, we welcome and cultivate diverse perspectives and populations—whether shaped by race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, age, physical abilities, religious beliefs, intellectual diversity, political beliefs and other life experiences and ideologies—and embrace equity and inclusion.

UTC is a university distinguished by respect for the dignity, uniqueness, and value of every individual. We foster a campus community that is welcoming and inclusive of all. We value diversity in our workplace and learning environments, benefiting from the varied backgrounds and abilities of our campus community. The diversity of our voices and experiences is vital to our pursuit of excellence and fulfillment of our mission.

UTC is in the heart of Tennessee’s fourth-largest city, located in the southeastern part of the state near the border with Georgia and at the junction of four interstate highways. Conveniently situated within just a two-hour drive from Atlanta, Nashville, Knoxville and Birmingham, Chattanooga, offers the opportunity to live and learn in an exciting and enchanting environment. Dubbed the ‘Scenic City,’ and endowed with incredible vistas and popular area attractions, the city has been recognized nationally for its downtown renaissance and a revitalized riverfront that has become the blueprint for other cities to emulate. Chattanooga achieved the first gig internet capacity in the country, and today has the nation’s fastest internet service with a 100% fiber network that links every residence and business in a 600-square mile area.

The city is home to companies such as Unum, McKee Foods, U.S. Xpress, Volkswagen, Coke United, and Amazon, and a number of tech startups attracted to its blazing fast internet and low cost-of-living. Thousands of visitors are drawn yearly to the Tennessee Aquarium, Lookout Mountain, Civil War battlefield sites, the Bessie Smith Cultural Center—Chattanooga African American Museum, Creative Discovery Museum for Children, Riverbend Festival, and the weekly Nightfall Summer Concert Series held in the heart of downtown. Chattanooga also has a long and rich history interwoven with the Civil Rights movement and Native American heritage. The Trail of Tears National Historic Route runs through the city and is on the traditional territory of Tsalaguwetiyi (Cherokee, East).

Whether it’s Chattanooga’s ideal geographical location with comfortable temperatures year round to suit an active lifestyle, its cultural and culinary diversity, reasonable cost of living, world-class healthcare facilities, reputable educational institutions like UTC, or countless other reasons, it’s no wonder more and more people are choosing to make Chattanooga their home.

The University of Tennessee Chattanooga is an EEO/AA/Title VI/Title IX/Section 504/ADA/ADEA institution. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, or protected veteran status.

 

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Job
 Faculty  
Primary Location
  US-Tennessee-Chattanooga 
Organization
  Health & Human Performance 
Campus/Institute  Chattanooga 
Schedule
  Full-time 
Job Posting
  Oct 25, 2022, 2:26:06 PM