PartTime Faculty: Sociology of Sport (71103) - BROOKLYN, NY, US
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Job Order ID :
NY1497309
# of Positions :
1
Minimum Education Level :
High School Diploma/GED
Experience Required :
Not Specified
Salary :
$2100.00 - $2500.00 other
Duration :
Part Time Regular
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Not Specified
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Part-Time Faculty: Sociology of Sport (71103)Location: Brooklyn, NYDescription:The Department of Social Science and Cultural Studies at Pratt Institute is calling for applicants towards the Fall 2024 semester to join our part-time faculty community. The Social Science and Cultural Studies program is home to an interdisciplinary major and several minors, and serves the Institute by providing courses towards Pratt's General Education core and post-core curriculum.The SSCS department is looking for instructors to teach one section ofSociology of Sport on Pratt's Brooklyn campus in Fall 2024. Pratt's Sociology of Sport course meets once per week for three hours. The section's scheduling is TBA.Sociology of Sport:This course will introduce students to the critical examination of sport in society. Sport is both a product of the society in which it takes place, and a reflection of social change, differences, conflicts, and politics. This course uses sport to introduce students to the uses of sociological theories and methods in the analysis of contemporary sports at the intersections of gender, race, class, nationalism, and disability. Attention will be given to how the critical analysis of sport helps us understand global and local networks of media, finance, aesthetics, embodiment, group identity and self expression.Qualifications:Masters degree in Sociology (ABD or PhD preferred). Previous experience teaching is preferred but not required.Salary is competitive and commensurate with experience and qualifications. Salary range is $2100-2500 per contact hour. About Pratt Institute:Pratt Institute provides the creative leaders of tomorrow the professional knowledge and experience to make a better world. A world-class and internationally ranked college with programs in art, design, architecture, liberal arts and sciences, and information studies, Pratt offers nearly 50 undergraduate and graduate degree programs. The Institutes impact expands beyond its 25-acre residential campus in Brooklyn to cutting-edge facilities throughout the borough, a landmark building and public gallery in Manhattan, as well as an extension campus, Pratt Munson College of Art and Design in Utica, New York. On Governors Island, Pratt is a core partner on the Stony Brook University team selected to develop the New York Climate Exchange, a research and educational hub poised to establish New York City as the global leader for the most pressing issue of our time: climate change. Another extension of Pratts campus is the Research Yard, a 20,000-square-foot facility that brings together the research activities of Pratt Institute under one roof in the Brooklyn Navy Yard (BNY).Application Instructions:<stron
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