This is a nine-month, tenure track position beginning August 15, 2010.  Summer funding possible.  It is anticipated that the successful candidate will work as a member of a faculty team and be student-oriented in their teaching, service, and scholarship.  Active in developing research and scholarship is a must.  Interest in being a member of a research team, both within the unit as well as across disciplines is desirable.  The successful candidate will demonstrate the potential to develop a strong service and scholarship reputation in the field.  This position is contingent upon available funding. 

Qualifications: Doctoral degree in Recreation and Leisure Studies or related field required.  Academic preparation and experience related to teaching responsibilities with Leisure Studies desirable.  Successful candidate must be eligible to meet requirements for appointment as a member of the Graduate Faculty.  Involvement in appropriate professional service organizations and ability to demonstrate independent and collaborative scholarship/research/grant writing desirable. 

Responsibilities: Oklahoma State University is an NRPA COA-Accredited Leisure Studies Program with accredited options in Leisure Service Management and Therapeutic Recreation.  Teaching responsibilities will be within the Leisure Service Management option.  Duties include teaching of theory classes at the undergraduate, master’s and doctoral levels and supervision of field experiences.  The successful candidate is expected to mentor/advise Master of Science and Doctor or Philosophy students. 

Application process: Screening of applications will begin December 15, 2009 and will continue until the position is filled. Please submit a letter of interest, vita, selected reprints/preprints, three current letters of recommendation and transcripts of graduate work to: Marta Kochenower, Leisure Studies Search Committee, School of Applied Health and Educational Psychology, Oklahoma State University, 434 Willard, Stillwater, OK 74078-3063. 

Oklahoma State University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity/E-Verify employer committed to diversity. OSU-Stillwater is a tobacco-free campus.

Oklahoma State University is a modern comprehensive land grant university that serves the state, national and international communities by providing its students with exceptional academic experiences, by conducting scholarly research and other creative activities that advance fundamental knowledge, and by disseminating knowledge to the people of Oklahoma and throughout the world.

The OSU System comprises OSU-Stillwater, OSU-Tulsa, OSU-Oklahoma City, OSU-Okmulgee, the OSU Center for Health Sciences in Tulsa, the OSU College of Veterinary Medicine, the Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station and the Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service.