Instructor, Hospitality and Sport Business Management

University Of Delaware

Lerner College of Business and Economics

Department of Hospitality and Sport Business Management

The Department of Hospitality and Sport Business Management invites applications for a continuing track (non-tenure) position in Sport Management at the Instructor level to begin September 2026.  Candidates must hold a master’s degree or higher. Candidates will be responsible for potentially teaching from among the following list of classes at the undergraduate level: Introduction to Sport Management, Legal Aspects of Sport, Ethics and Issues in Sport Management, International Sport Management, Sport Event and Facility Management, Sport Public/Media Relations, or other Sport Management related courses.  Salary, benefits, and support are competitive. The teaching load will consist of seven courses per academic year with additional service responsibilities as assigned.

Founded in 1743, the University of Delaware (www.udel.edu) combines tradition and innovation, offering students a rich heritage along with the latest in instructional and research technology. Located on an attractive campus in Newark, Delaware, roughly an hour from Philadelphia and Baltimore, and about 2 hours from New York and Washington, D.C., the University is a state-assisted institution with a strong private endowment and selective admission. It is one of the oldest land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant institutions in the nation. The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching classifies University of Delaware as an R1 research university with very high research activity.

Lerner College has five departments, 42 academic programs, about 4,200 students, 160 faculty members, and state-of-the art facilities. Lerner College supports full-time, part-time, on-site corporate, and online MBA programs in addition to MS programs in functional business areas and non-degree executive education programs. All degree programs are fully accredited by the AACSB.  For more information on Lerner College, see lerner.udel.edu.

The Department of Hospitality and Sport Business Management is housed within the Lerner College and offers degree programs in Sport Management, Hospitality and Sport Business Analytics, Hospitality Industry Management, and Hospitality Business Management.  To learn more about the Department and its faculty members, please visit https://lerner.udel.edu/departments/hospitality-and-sport-business-management/. The department promotes a collegial, supportive environment and values candidates who share these values.

Salary, benefits, teaching load, and research support are highly competitive and commensurate with experience and qualifications. Ideal candidates have a record of highly effective teaching in undergraduate courses.

Applicants should submit a letter of interest, a current curriculum vitae, three (3) letters of reference, and recent teaching evaluations, if available. The letters of recommendation will be requested at time of application submission. Additional information may be requested after initial review of applicants. Submit inquiries, but not application materials or letters of reference, to the search committee chair, Dr. Timothy DeSchriver, deschriv@udel.edu.

The search committee will begin reviewing applications on November 1, 2026. Applications will be reviewed until the position is filled. We will conduct preliminary interviews via Zoom.