Will kinesiology professors be replaced by AI?
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Kinesiology professors score 53 out of 100 for AI exposure. AI helps with 53% of their task time, and they stay in charge. AI can do another 15%. 32% needs a person.
- 15% AI can do it
- 53% AI helps
- 32% Needs a person
High exposure
Higher than 81% of the 923 jobs we scored.
Task by task
We graded 23 tasks, most exposed first. AI can do 3 of them, helps with 12 and leaves 8 to people.
| Task | AI exposure |
|---|---|
| Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records. Records and gradebook entries are routine digital data work. | 80% AI can do it |
| Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts. AI drafts syllabi, assignments and handouts well; instructor refines. | 75% AI can do it |
| Compile bibliographies of specialized materials for outside reading assignments. Bibliography compilation is a strong AI task; still verify citations. | 75% AI can do it |
| Evaluate and grade students' class work, assignments, and papers. AI can draft feedback and score written work; teacher verifies. | 60% AI helps |
| Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others. AI can draft exam items and score answers; faculty review. | 60% AI helps |
| Write grant proposals to procure external research funding. AI drafts proposal sections well; funder relationships remain human. | 55% AI helps |
| Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as anatomy, therapeutic recreation, and conditioning theory. AI speeds lecture prep; live delivery stays with the teacher. | 45% AI helps |
| Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, course materials, and methods of instruction. AI helps benchmark and redraft curricula; faculty decide direction. | 45% AI helps |
| Conduct research in a particular field of knowledge and publish findings in professional journals, books, or electronic media. AI speeds literature review and drafting; lab work stays human. | 45% AI helps |
| Select and obtain materials and supplies, such as textbooks. Ordering and comparing textbooks is partly automatable procurement. | 40% AI helps |
Show the other 13 tasks
| Task | AI exposure |
|---|---|
| Keep abreast of developments in the field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional conferences. Literature summaries are AI assisted; conferences and networking stay human. | 35% AI helps |
| Participate in student recruitment, registration, and placement activities. Registration and placement are partly software; advising stays personal. | 35% AI helps |
| Perform administrative duties, such as serving as department heads. Admin paperwork can be drafted with AI; leadership stays human. | 35% AI helps |
| Advise students on academic and vocational curricula and on career issues. Career and academic advice needs personal context and trust. | 30% AI helps |
| Provide professional consulting services to government or industry. Expert consulting relies on client trust, judgement and site visits. | 25% AI helps |
| Collaborate with colleagues to address teaching and research issues. Collaboration is mostly human conversation and shared judgement. | 20% Needs a person |
| Supervise undergraduate or graduate teaching, internship, and research work. Supervising people and research relationships stays largely human. | 18% Needs a person |
| Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions. Live moderation needs people reading the room in real time. | 15% Needs a person |
| Serve on academic or administrative committees that deal with institutional policies, departmental matters, and academic issues. Committee meetings involve negotiation and institutional politics. | 15% Needs a person |
| Prepare students to act as sports coaches. Coaching students needs hands on practice and physical demonstration. | 15% Needs a person |
| Maintain regularly scheduled office hours to advise and assist students. Office hours are live, personal interactions with students. | 10% Needs a person |
| Act as advisers to student organizations. Student organization advising is ongoing personal relationship work. | 10% Needs a person |
| Participate in campus and community events. Attending events in person is physical presence work. | 5% Needs a person |
How kinesiology professors compare
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Pay and outlook in the US
- Median pay
- $77,270 a year, May 2025
- People employed
- 12,630 in the US, May 2025
- Projected change in jobs
- +2.2% from 2024 to 2034
Skills to build
- Verify AI-compiled bibliography citations against sources in Google Docs
- Lead live seminar discussions and moderate student debate in class
- Teach exercise physiology labs with hands-on physical demonstration
- Audit gradebook and attendance records in Microsoft Excel
- Write external research grant proposals and maintain funder relationships
- Advise student organizations and hold in-person office hours
Safer roles nearby
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Questions about kinesiology professors and AI
Will AI replace kinesiology professors?
Partly. About 4 in 10 working hours go to tasks AI can already do, mostly maintaining attendance records and gradebook entries plus preparing course materials such as syllabi and handouts. Live teaching, office hours, and student advising stay with the professor because they depend on a person being present with students.
Which kinesiology professor tasks is AI taking over?
Maintaining student attendance records and grades scores 80 on exposure, the highest in this job, because it is routine digital data work. Preparing syllabi, homework, and handouts scores 75, and compiling bibliographies also scores 75, since AI drafts these well and the professor refines the result.
Which kinesiology professor tasks stay human?
Participating in campus and community events scores 5 on exposure, the lowest in this job, because attending in person is physical presence work. Office hours score 10 and moderating classroom discussions scores 15, since both need live interaction with students and real time reading of the room.
How can kinesiology professors stay valuable as AI spreads?
Verify every AI-generated citation against the original source before it reaches a reading list in your learning management system. Use AI to draft syllabi and exam items, then rewrite them yourself in Microsoft Word. Spend the time saved on lab demonstrations, office hours, and grant proposals, where personal relationships and physical demonstration carry the work.
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