Description

Centenary College of Louisiana invites applications for a tenure-track position at the assistant professor
level in the Frost School of Business beginning August 2026. Ideally, applicants will have a terminal
degree in Sport Management from an AACSB accredited institution, demonstrated strength or a
commitment to excellence in teaching, work experience in the profession, and a willingness to mentor
undergraduate students in research. Also preferred, the terminal degree will be earned in a program with
a traditional, campus-based doctoral program. ABDs within one year of degree completion will be
considered. We seek candidates whose research, teaching, and service have prepared them to
contribute to our commitment to the engagement and inclusion of culturally diverse audiences in higher
education, particularly in the sport management discipline.

Successful candidates will teach introductory and upper-level sport management undergraduate courses.
Teaching responsibilities include teaching three 4-credit hour courses per semester and holding on
campus office hours each week. Should a candidate move forward in the process, additional job
responsibilities will be provided. Qualified candidates are committed to excellent teaching, student
advising and mentoring, professional development and scholarship, and service to the profession and the
Centenary community. Centenary values interdisciplinary teaching and encourages faculty to contribute
to and connect course offerings and scholarship.

Centenary College of Louisiana is a selective, residential, national liberal arts college. Centenary’s
beautiful campus in Shreveport’s Highland neighborhood is home to a community of faculty, staff, and
students who encourage each other to think critically, care deeply, and achieve more. Centenary is
Louisiana’s only U.S. News & World Report Top National Liberal Arts College and is ranked as one of
Princeton Review’s “Best 388 Colleges.” The College is located in the Shreveport-Bossier City metroplex
in NW Louisiana which boasts a rich cultural heritage and easy access to other major cities in the South.

Centenary offers excellent benefits to faculty including comprehensive insurance options, retirement
matching, tuition remission, and exchange programs, free on-campus benefits including membership to
the campus fitness center and entry to all athletic and performance events, and annual support for
professional development. Start-up funds are available, along with professional development funds (e.g.,
for conference travel) and competitive internal research support.

Centenary College is committed to providing students with a firm foundation in the liberal arts and to the
value of civic debate, the integrity of science, and the inherent usefulness of the liberal arts to help
students lead lives of meaning. Centenary recognizes that diversity is essential to its goal of providing an
educational environment where students explore the unfamiliar, invent new approaches to understanding,
and connect their work and lives to the world at large. We thus encourage applicants who would add to
the College's diversity of ideas, beliefs, experiences, and cultural backgrounds. Women, minorities,
veterans, and people with disabilities are especially encouraged to apply. EOE.

For full consideration, applications should be submitted by February 25, 2026. Applicants should submit a
letter of application and a curriculum vitae. Candidate materials should address experience or
commitment to teaching and mentoring undergraduate students from diverse backgrounds and advancing
the College’s commitment to diversity.

Candidates who advance in the search will be asked to provide unofficial transcripts and the names,
telephone numbers, and email addresses of three references. Background checks are required before
candidates can be brought to campus for interviews. Official transcripts and a background check are
required before a candidate can be hired.

To apply, send application materials to hr@centenary.edu or:

Centenary College of Louisiana

Department of Human Resources 

2911 Centenary Blvd.

Shreveport, LA 71104 Email: hr@centenary.edu

Requirements

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

 MINIMUM

• Doctorate/terminal degree in related field is
• Candidates must possess demonstrable skills in, and commitment to, undergraduate teaching and research.

PREFERRED

• Undergraduate teaching