Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

Summary: The Blair College of Health at Queens University of Charlotte invites applications for in-person adjunct (part-time) faculty positions in Exercise and Sport Science, beginning August 2025, for the 2025-2026 academic year.

We seek an energetic faculty member who will contribute to the student experience and the mission of the department and college. The growing Exercise and Sport Science curriculum includes robust internship opportunities and satisfies the necessary prerequisites for most physical therapy and occupational therapy graduate programs. The position reports to the Chair of the Health and Human Performance Department.

This position is exempt from provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and is not eligible to earn overtime pay or compensatory time off for additional hours worked. This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

Experience, Knowledge and Skills Required :

• A minimum of a master’s degree in Exercise and Sport Science or a related field.
• Teaching experience (classroom or online) at the university level in one or more of the following areas:
  1. Foundations of Exercise and Sport Science
  2. Motor Behavior
  3. Exercise and Sport Physiology Lecture and Lab
  4. Principles of Strength and Conditioning Lecture and Lab
  5. Nutrition for Exercise and Sport
  6. Biomechanics
  7. Senior Seminar in Exercise and Sport Science
• Preference will go to candidates with prior undergraduate teaching experience and evidence of teaching excellence.
• Commitment to cultivating learning environments that foster a sense of belonging for all students.

Application Process

Does this sound like a good fit? Click on the blue “ Apply ” button and submit:

1. A cover letter addressing the position qualifications and experience
2. Current CV
3. Contact information for three professional references.

Queens will continue to accept applications until the position is filled.

About Queens University of Charlotte

Located in the heart of the nation’s second fastest growing metropolitan area, Queens University of Charlotte leverages the city’s diverse and thriving environment as an extended classroom. Nationally recognized for undergraduate programs in international and interdisciplinary education, Queens blends the best of liberal arts learning with professional preparation and community engagement . Focused on supporting success for diverse learners, faculty build close and collaborative relationships with students and help them build intentional and individualized roadmaps for flourishing at Queens and beyond. At the graduate program level, the University offers innovative educational experiences that help learners advance professionally and retool for new opportunities. Our environs afford faculty myriad opportunities to advance their own professional growth and teaching and research interests by collaborating with vibrant industry, non-profit, and community organization sectors.

Because of our history of innovation and our legacy of strong leadership , Queens is positioned to be among the new forerunners of American higher education. This is a defining moment for Queens. While other institutions are focused on sustaining and surviving, we are thinking much bigger.

Institutions that understand what is needed and are willing to reimagine what is possible can position themselves to thrive and strengthen their market position after the pandemic with innovative approaches that are deeply connected to the world and its greatest challenges.

By 2030, Queens aspires to become the leading, private, national university of Charlotte with deep, meaningful, and reciprocal connections to the needs of our local community and economy; inventive and multidisciplinary academic programs that are connected to the world’s most pressing challenges and biggest areas of opportunity; a fully connected, integrated, and innovative set of experiences that support holistic wellness and wellbeing; a culture of continuous improvement and investment that enables faculty and staff to flourish and achieve their full potential; and a comprehensive approach to diversity, equity, and inclusion that begins on campus and radiates throughout the community.

Queens University of Charlotte aims to be a leading comprehensive university, distinguished by its commitment to transforming the lives of its students and enhancing the intellectual and cultural fabric of its community. Queens is a campus where diversity, equity, and inclusion are core values. The mission of Queens is to provide transformative educational experiences that nurture intellectual curiosity, promote global understanding, encourage ethical living, and prepare individuals for purposeful and fulfilling lives. To this end, the University recruits talented faculty, staff, and students from across the United States and around the world. Queens encourages applications from women, people of color, people with disabilities, and members of other protected classes and historically minoritized communities. The University also invites applications from individuals who are prepared to provide a rich and varied educational experience to our increasingly diverse student body and to collaborate with colleagues to make Queens an equitable and inclusive place to live, learn, and work.

Queens works to provide an accessible living, learning, and working environment for current and prospective faculty, staff, and students and visitors to our campus. If there are accommodations, we can provide to make your application process more accessible, please contact the Director of Human Resources (hr@queens.edu, 704-337-2297). The position duties and responsibilities listed above should be able to be completed with or without reasonable accommodations. HR works in partnership with employees to manage the workplace accommodations process.

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