implementing department goals, managing academic programs, recruiting and evaluating faculty, managing budgets, promoting diversity). Gmelch and Miskin ( 2004 ) highlighted 12 of a department chair’s most common responsibilities and organized them into four broad categories: department manager (e
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Evaluating Kinesiology Faculty: Best Practices, Challenges, and Innovative Approaches
Philip E. Martin, Mary E. Rudisill, Bradley D. Hatfield, Jared Russell, and T. Gilmour Reeve
Work Motivation and Job Satisfaction of Sport Management Faculty Members
Sarah Stokowski, Bo Li, Benjamin D. Goss, Shelby Hutchens, and Megan Turk
, making it one of the largest industries in the world ( Belzer, 2013 ). With the sport industry constantly surging as a lucrative global enterprise, opportunities for sport professionals have become seemingly innumerable, justifying the importance of a growing sport management faculty presence in higher
Bridging The Gap: Promoting Faculty Diversity to Align With Student Demographics
Moh H. Malek, Melissa A. Mache, Gerald J. Jerome, Matthew W. Miller, and Christopher A. Aiken
There is a changing demographic profile of undergraduate and graduate students within kinesiology and health care science disciplines; however, the faculty in these departments may not be reflecting the changing student demographics. Having diversity in a faculty that is reflective of the student
Occupational Socialization of Sport Pedagogy Faculty: Two German Case Studies
Anne M. Merrem and Matthew D. Curtner-Smith
amount of research on sport pedagogy doctoral students ( Casey & Fletcher, 2012 ; Dodds, 2005 ; Lee & Curtner-Smith, 2011 ; Napper-Owen, 2012 ). Again, the objective of such research has been to explain why prospective sport pedagogy faculty possess certain perspectives and beliefs and engage in
My, How You Have Changed, PETE: An Updated Demographic Profile of U.S. Teacher Education Faculty
Kim C. Graber, Amelia Mays Woods, Chad M. Killian, K. Andrew R. Richards, and Jesse L. Rhoades
investigation revealed that the majority of PETE faculty members were female (56.00%), and 46.10 was the average age. At that time, 51.00% of PETE faculty held a doctorate degree, 67.00% had achieved tenure, and the average work week was 50.30 hr. Faculty reported publishing fewer than four refereed articles
U.S. Physical Education Teacher Education Faculty Members’ Workplace Perceptions Across Gender and Institution Type
K. Andrew R. Richards, Kim C. Graber, Amelia Mays Woods, Shelby E. Ison, and Chad M. Killian
designing effective teacher recruitment, education, and continuous professional development programs ( Richards, Pennington, & Sinelnikov, 2019 ). In contrast, research related to the socialization of physical education teacher education (PETE) faculty members working in higher education contexts remains
Finding a Place Within the Academy: Sport Management and Faculty Entrepreneurship
Heather J. Lawrence, James Strode, Robert E. Baker, and Paul C. Benedict
Expectations of sport management faculty vary greatly based on the type of institution, academic unit (e.g., business, kinesiology, recreation, tourism, leisure, etc.), accrediting standards (e.g., Commission on Sport Management Accreditation and Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of
Recognizing the Impact of Bias in Faculty Recruitment, Retention, and Advancement Processes
Jared A. Russell, Sheri Brock, and Mary E. Rudisill
Of upmost importance to effective academic leadership is developing and sustaining an environment, climate, and culture within the unit that demonstrates a commitment to inclusive excellence ( Russell, in press ; Smith, 2015 ; Williams, 2013 ) in which all faculty and staff perceive themselves to
Historically Black College and University Faculty’s Perception of Commission on Sport Management Accreditation and Perceived Barriers
Rennae Williams Stowe and Charles Crowley
recently granted accreditation in 2021. A second HBCU sport management program holds Candidacy Status, the first step in the accreditation process. Two other HBCUs were former members of COSMA, but dropped out of the accreditation process, and 13 faculty from HBCUs are members of COSMA (H. Alderman
The Role of Emotional Intelligence and Resilience in Physical Education Teacher Education Faculty Perceived Mattering
K. Andrew R. Richards, Alyssa M. Trad, Christopher J. Kinder, Kim C. Graber, and Amelia Mays Woods
mattering ( Richards et al., 2019 ), that can build resilience to better cope with stress and prevent burnout ( Richards, Levesque-Bristol, Templin, & Graber, 2016 ). Compared with in-service teachers, little is known about the socialization experiences of physical education teacher education (PETE) faculty
