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College Sport Research Institute

 

The CSRI Faculty Affiliates

 

 

 
 

One of the College Sport Research Institute's most important functions is supporting, recognizing, and disseminating the college-sport research of faculty from across the United States and around the world.

 

The CSRI Faculty Affiliate program is designed to fulfill this function.
 

Many of the institute's faculty affiliates have a long tradition of advancing knowledge of college-sport issues in formative ways, often bringing insight from basic disciplines, such as law, economics, management, and sociology to inform discussions of college sport issues and policy development in response to such issues. The topics examined by CSRI faculty affiliates are as diverse as the choices and challenges facing today's college-sport leaders.

 

BENEFITS

CSRI faculty affiliates receive the following benefits:

  • The opportunity to have their research highlighted by CSRI.

  • Collaborative research opportunities with other CSRI faculty affiliates.

  • Support of submitted college-sport research projects.

  • As CSRI continues to develop funding sources, CSRI faculty affiliates have the opportunity to apply for and receive CSRI funding to support submitted research projects.

  • The ability to actively engage in and support CSRI's efforts to encourage and support interdisciplinary and interuniversity collaborative college-sport research.


How To Become a CSRI Faculty Affiliate

If you are interested in being a CSRI Faculty Affiliate, please forward the following items to us at csri@unc.edu for inclusion on the CSRI website (www.unc.edu/csri)

Faculty Affiliate Items:

  1. Your contact information, as you want it to appear.

  2. A copy of your curriculum vitae in pdf format (please name the pdf file - inserting your last name - example: "smith_cv" ).

  3. A jpg photo file (head shot, please) (please label the jpg file - inserting your last name - example "smith_photo")

  4. APA citations of college-sport research articles you have authored/coauthored for inclusion in our faculty-affiliate research listing.

  5. A listing of your area(s) of expertise related to college sport


Additional Information

If you would like additional information about the CSRI Faculty Affiliate Program feel free to contact:

CSRI - Office Manager
Mr. Scott Palanjian
Department of Exercise and Sport Science
Sport Administration
The University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Evergreen House, CB 8162
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
919-843-9627
csri@unc.edu


CSRI Faculty Affiliates

 

Eric Anderson

University of Bath-England

Coach Education and Sports Development Program

Email: ea217@bath.ac.uk

 


Paul Anderson

Marquette University

Associate Director of National Sport Law Institute 

Professor at Marquette University Law School

Phone: 414-288-5816

Email: paul.anderson@marquette.edu


Herb Appenzeller, EdD

President of Appenzeller and Appenzeller 

From the Gym to the Jury, Editor

7503 Somersby Dr.

Summerfield, NC 27358 

Office: 336-643-4620

Fax: 336-643-5206

                                 


John Barnes, PhD

Assistant Professor

Sport Administration

University of New Mexico 

Johnson Center 

Office: 505-277-3540

Email: jbarnes@unm.edu


Lydia F. Bell, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Center for the Study of Higher Education
University of Arizona
PO Box 210069
Tucson, AZ 85721
Email: lfbell@email.arizona.edu

Curriculum Vitae


Richard Bell, JD, EdD

Department of Kinesiology

Sport Management Program Coordinator 

Mesa State College 

1100 North Ave.

Grand Junction, CO 81501-3122

Office: 970-248-1365

Fax: 970-248-1980

Email: rbell@mesastate.edu  


Dallas Branch, Jr. PhD

Associate Professor 

Sport Management Program

West Virginia University

PO Box 6116 Rm. 263 Coliseum Morgantown, WV 26506-6116

Office: 304-293-3295 ext 5264

Fax: 304-293-4641

Email: dbranch@wvu.edu

Curriculum Vitae 


Kelly A. Brooks, Ph.D., HFS, CSCS, EPC
Assistant Professor
Department of Kinesiology
Louisiana Tech University
303 Memorial Gym
Ruston, LA 71272
(318) 257-5460
kbrooks@latech.edu

Curriculum Vitae


William Broussard, PhD
Executive Director: Northwestern State University Athletic Association
Northwestern State University

Field House
Natchitoches, LA 71497              Office:318-663-5700

Email: broussardw@nsula.edu 

Curriculum Vitae


Dr. Kevin Burke, Editor
Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics: CSRI
Department of Kinesiology and Recreation
Campus Box 5120

Illinois State University

Normal, IL 61790-5120
Office:
309-438-8661
Email:
kburke@ilstu.edu


Aaron W. Clopton, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Division Leader

Louisiana State University

Division of Sport Management

112 Huey P. Long Fieldhouse

Baton Rouge, LA  70803

Office: 225-578-0849

Fax: 225-578-3680

Email: awc@lsu.edu

Curriculum Vitae

 


John Colombo, AB,JD

University of Illinois College of Law

504 East Pennsylvania Ave.

Champaign, IL 61820 

Office: 217-333-7985

Email: jcolumbo@illinois.edu         


Coyte Cooper, Ph.D.
Sport Administration
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
05 Smith Bldg. CB 3182 Chapel Hill, NC 27599
Office: 919-843-6774

Curriculum Vitae

             


Doris Corbett, PhD

Sport Sociologist, Professor and Chair Department of Health, Human Performance and Leisure Studies Howard University

Burr Gymnasium-Main Office

Office: 202-806-7142

Email: dcorbett@howard.edu 

            


Brian Crow, PhD

Slippery Rock University 

President-Elect of North American

Society for Sport Management 

227 West Gym 

Slippery Rock, PA 16057 

Office: 724-734-2392

Email: brian.crow@sru.edu   


Stephen W. Dittmore, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Health Science, Kinesiology, Recreation & Dance
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR 72701
Office: 479-575-2900

Email: dittmore@uark.edu

Curriculum Vitae


Marlene Dixon

University of Texas-Austin

Department of Kinesiology and Health Education 

Office: 512-232-2116

Email: madixon@mail.utexas.edu


John Dollar, PhD

Health and Human Performance Department Head 

Rm.139 Health & PE Bldg. Bldg.

Office: 318-357-5126

Email: dollarj@nsula.edu

            


Joris Drayer
Assistant Director: CSRI
Department of Health and Sport Sciences
Sport and Leisure Commerce
The Univeristy of Memphis
208 Elma Neal Roane Fieldhouse Memphis, TN 38152
Office: 901-678-3486
Fax: 901-678-3471

Email: jdrayer@memphis.edu


Bob Epling, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Chair, Sport Studies
Reinhardt College
Waleska, GA 30183
Office: 770-720-5615
Fax: 770-720-5602


C. Bonnie Everhart, Ph. D.

Assistant Professor

Program Director for Sport Management

Division of Business Management

Cazenovia College

7 Nickerson Street

Cazenovia, NY 13035

Office: 315-655-7992

Email:  cyeverhart@cazenovia.edu


Peter Finley, PhD

Assistant Professor of Sport Management

Nova Southeastern University

Office: 954-262-8115

Email: pfinley@nova.edu 


John Gerdy, PhD

Visiting Professor

Sport Administration

Ohio University

409 Sickmans Mills Rd.

Conestoga, PA 17516

Office: 717- 871-1710

Email: johngerdy@aol.com

Curriculum Vitae


Emmett Gill. PhD

Assistant Professor

Rutgers University-New Brunswick

School of Social Work

536 George Street

New Brunswick, NJ 08901

Office: 732-932-8003

Email: egill@rutegers.edu 


Ben Goss

Missouri State University

Glass Hall 403

901 S. National Ave

Springfield, MO 65897

Office: 417-836-6592

Email:bengoss@missouristate.edu  


Peter Han
Assistant Director:

CSRI Technology             

SUNY-Cortland
Sport Management Department
156-D Studio West
State University of New York
Cortland, NY 13045
Office: 607.753-5799
Email: peter.han@cortland.edu


Dr. Rob Hardin

Associate Professor

Exercise, Sport, and Leisure Studies

University of Tennessee

1914 Andy Holt Ave., Room 335

Knoxville, TN 37996

865-974-1281 - Office

865-974-8981 - Fax

robh@utk.edu

Curriculum Vita


John Harris, PhD

Associate Professor

Gym Annex 263E

School of Exercise, Leisure & Sport

Kent State University

Kent, OH 44242

Office: 330-672-0235

Email: jharri01@kent.edu

 


Louis Harrison, Jr.
Associate Professor & Chair
Department of Curriculum & Instruction
The University of Texas at Austin
1 University Station,

UT Mail Code D5700
Austin, TX 78712-0379
Phone: (512) 232-4785
Fax: (512) 471-8460
E-Mail: lharrison@mail.utexas.edu


Algerian Hart 

Assistant Professor Interdisciplinary Degree Program

College of Liberal Arts

University of Nevada Las Vegas

Office: 702-895-3177

Email: algerian.hart@unlv.edu

 


Angela Hattery 

Department of Sociology & Anthropology 

Colgate University

Alumni 413

Hamilton, NY 13346

Office: 315-228-6091

Email: ahattery@mail.colgate.edu


Billy Hawkins
Department of Kinesiology
University of Georgia
367 Ramsey Student Center
Athens, Georgia 30602
Office: 706-542-4427
Email: bhawk@uga.edu

Curriculum Vitae


Lisa Hobson Horton                                

University of Memphis  

Assistant Professor Leadership                                                                      123 A Ball Hall

Office: 901-678-4072

Email: hlhobson@memphis.edu

 


Gordie Howell, EdD

Rollins College 

Associate Professor 

Sociology of Sport 

Raymond W Greene Chair

Physical Education and Athletics

Office: 407-646-1531

Email: ghowell@rollins.edu


E. Newton Jackson, Jr. PhD

Professor of Sport Management and Chairperson

Dept of Leadership, Counseling and Instructional Technology

College of Education and Human Services

University of North Florida

1 University of North Florida Drive

Jacksonville, FL 32224

Office: 904-620-2990

Fax: 904-620-2982
Cell: 850-321-7891

Email: newton.jackson@unf.edu

 


C. Richard King
Associate Professor and Chair
Department of Comparative Ethnic Studies
Washington State University
P.O. Box 644010
Pullman, WA 99164-4010
Office:509-335-5113
Fax: 509-335-8338

Email: crking@wsu.edu

Curriculum Vitae
http://libarts.wsu.edu/ces/richard_king.php


Heather Lawrence, Ph.D.

Ohio University

School of Recreation and Sport Sciences

Grover E 180

Athens, OH 45701

Office: 740-590-9463

Fax: 740-593-0284

 


David Legg, PhD

Department of Physical Education and Recreation Studies 

Coordinator, Business and Entrepreneur for Sport and Recreation

Mount Royal College       

4825 Mount Royal Gate, SW Calgary Alberta, Canada, T3E 6K6

Office: 403-440-6495

Fax: 403-440-6744

Email: dlegg@mtroyal.ca


Wib Leonard

Illinois State University

Sociology and Anthropology

Office: 309-438-8073

Email: wleonard@ilstu.edu http://lilt.ilstu.edu/wleonard


Adam Love
Assistant Professor, Division of Sport Studies
Department of Kinesiology
Mississippi State University
PO Box 6186
Mississippi State, MS 39762
Office: 662.325.2784
Email:alove@colled.msstate.edu 
Web:kinesiology.msstate.edu/faculty/bios/love.php

Curriculum Vitae


Dan Mahony                                         

Kent State University

College and Graduate School of Education, Health and Human Services

408 White Hall

Office: 330-672-2202

Fax: 330-672-3407

Email: dmahony@kent.edu


Michael Malec
Dept. of Sociology
402 McGuinn Hall
Boston College
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
Office617-552-4131
Fax: 617-552-4283
Email: malec@bc.edu http://www2.bc.edu/~malec


Trey Martindale

Associate Professor University of Memphis Instructional Design and Technology Program:

http://idt.memphis.edu 

Associate Director ASL Workshop Co-Lab http://workforcecolab.org

404 Ball Hall

Office: 901-678-3451

Cell: 901-870-6926

Email: emartndl@memphis.edu  http://teachable.org 


Anne Marx, PhD
Holland House, 106
2350 Campus Box
Elon, NC 27244
Office: 336-278-5803

Email: amarx@elon.edu


Michael McCann, JD

Visiting Professor 

Boston College Law School

Office: 617-552-6373

Email: mccannmw@bc.edu

Curriculum Vitae


Chad McEvoy, PhD

Associate Professor
Coordinator of the Sport Management Graduate Program
Illinois State University
McCormick 210
Normal, Illinois  61790-5121
Office: 309-438-2337
Email: cdmcevo@ilstu.edu
www.castonline.ilstu.edu/mcevoy

 


Anita Moorman

University of Louisville

Department of Health and Sport Sciences

Rm. 102 HP/Studio Arts

Office: 502-852-0553

Email: amm@louisville.edu 


Dr. Alan L. Morse

Assistant Professor

Mississippi State University

Sport Studies Program

119 McCarthy Gymnasium

Mississippi State, MS  39762

Work Phone: (662) 325-2789

Email:amorse@colled.msstate.edu

Curriculum Vitae

                 Dr. Alan Morse


Christian Mueller

University of Memphis

Assistant Professor 

Counseling Educational Psychology

and Research

100 Ball Hall

Office: 901-678-4392

Email: cemuellr@memphis.edu


Mark Nagel
Associate Director: CSRI
Sport and Entertainment Management
2012 Carolina Coliseum
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC 29208
Office: 803-777-3751
Fax: 803-777-8788

Email: nagel@sc.edu


Howard L. Nixon II

Professor of Sociology 

Towson University

Department of Sociology, Anthropology & Criminal Justice

Towson, MD 21252-0001

Office: 410-704-2283

Email: hnixon@towson.edu


Barbara Osborne, JD  

Associate Professor 

Sport Administration

Exercise and Sport Science

University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

CB 3182 Smith Bldg 03

Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3182

Office: 919-962-5173

Fax: 919-962-6325

Email: sportlaw@unc.edu


Kadence Otto, PhD

Assistant Professor

Director, Undergraduate Sport Management Program

West Carolina University 

Cullowhee, NC 28723

Office: 828-227-3548

Email: kotto@wcu.edu 


Steve R. Parker, EdD 

Associate Professor 

University of Kentucky 

Department of Kinesiology and Health Promotion

201 Seaton Center

Lexington, KY 40506

Office: 859-257-7904

Email: spark01@uky.edu

Curriculum Vitae


Cynthia Fabrizio Pelak
Assistant Professor
Department of Sociology
University of Memphis
231 Clement Hall
Memphis, TN 38152

Office: (901) 678-3778

Email: cpelak@memphis.edu

Curriculum Vitae
http://sociology.memphis.edu/facultypelak.htm

         


Fritz Polite, PhD
Department of Exercise, Sport, and Leisure Studies
University of Tennessee
1914 Andy Holt Ave
342 HPER
Knoxville, TN 37996
Office: 865-974-1276

Email: fpolite@utk.edu

Curriculum Vitae


James T. Reese, EdD

Associate Professor/Graduate Coordinator

State University of New York at

Cortland

Sport Management Department 

Studio West 156-E

Cortland, NY 13045

Office: 607-753-4118

Email: james.reese@cortland.edu 


B. David Ridpath, EdD

Assistant Professor, Sports Administration

Ohio University

Grover Center E173 

Athens, OH 45701

Office: 740-593-9496

Fax: 740-593-0284

Cell: 740-707-8955

Email: ridpath@ohio.edu


Sally Ross, PhD

University of Memphis 

Assistant Professor 

School of Human Movement, Sport and Leisure Studies

Email: ross3@memphis.edu

 


Allen Sack

Department of Management

University of New Haven

West Haven, Connecticut 06516

Office: 203-932-7090

Email: asack@newhaven.edu

Curriculum Vitae


Michael Sagas, PhD

Professor and Chair
Dept. of Tourism, Recreation and Sport Management
University of Florida
FLG 300
P.O. Box 118208
Gainesville, FL 32611
Office: 352-392-4042  Ext. 1415
Email: msagas@ufl.edu

Curriculum Vitae


Robert C. Schneider, EdD

Associate Professor

The College at Brockport, SUNY

350 New Campus Drive

Brockport, NY 14420

Office: 585-395-2587

Email: rschneid@brockport.edu


Dr. Brad Schultz

Associate Professor  

Department of Journalism 

University of Mississippi 

Journal of Sports Media Editor 

130 Farley Hall

Office: 662-915-5161

Email: bschultz@olemiss.edu

Dept. of Journalism/schultz


Eric Schwarz, PhD

Associate Professor of Sport Business

Department of Sport Business and International Tourism

School of Business

Saint Leo University

33701 State Road 52

PO Box 6665 - MC2067

Saint Leo, Florida  33574-6665

Office:  352-588-7326

Fax:  352-588-8912

E-Mail:  eric.schwarz@saintleo.edu Curriculum Vitae


Stephen Shapiro, PhD

Assistant Professor 

Sport Management Program 

Old Dominion University

129E Spong Hall Norfolk, VA 23529

Office: 757-683-5078

Fax: 757-683-4270

Email: sshapiro@odu.edu 


Linda Sharp
Professor of Sport Administration
College of NHS
University of Northern Colorado
Greeley, CO 80639
Office: 970-351-1708
Email: Linda.Sharp@unco.edu

Curriculum Vitae


John Singer, PhD

Texas A&M University

Department of Health and Kinesiology Division of Sport Management

4243 T A&M U 121Dullie Bell Bldg

Office: 979-845-5497

Email: singerjn@hlkn.tamu.edu  


Earl Smith

Colgate University

Professor of Sociology

Office: 315-228-6092

Email: easmith@mail.colgate.edu 


Elizabeth Sorensen, Ph.D., RN, CNOR
Assistant Professor
College of Nursing and Health
NCAA Faculty Athletics Representative
Wright State University
Office: 937-775.2597
Fax 937-775.4571

Email: elizabeth.sorensen@wright.edu


Deborah Southall, MA
CSRI Issues in College Sport Conference Director 
Department of Exercise and Sport Science
Sport Management
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
CB 3182 Smith Bldg 07
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
Office: 919-962-3508
Email: djsothll@email.unc.edu


Richard Southall, PhD
Director: CSRI
Department of Exercise and Sport Science
Graduate Coordinator of Sport Administration Program
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
CB 3182 Smith Bldg 05

Chapel Hill, NC 27599
Office: 919-962--3507
Fax: 919-962--6325
Email: southall@email.unc.edu

Curriculum Vitae


Ellen Staurowsky, EdD       

Professor and Graduate Chair
Department of Sport Management and Media
Ithaca College
Ithaca, NY 14850
Office: 607-274-1730
Fax: 607-274-5792
Email: staurows@ithaca.edu
Curriculum Vitae


Deborah Stroman, PhD

Visiting Adjunct Assistant Professor

Exercise and Sport Science

University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

CB 3182 Smith Bldg. 04

Chapel Hill, NC 27599

Office: 919-843-0336

Email: dstroman@email.unc.edu

                 


Matt Vassar, PhD 

OSU Center for Health Sciences

Education Research and

Development  Curriculum and

Outcomes Assessment Coordinator

1111 W 17th St.

Tulsa, OK 74017

Office: 918-561-8497

Email: matt.vassar@okstate.edu


Marvin Washington, PhD

Associate Professor of Physical Education & Recreation
and Strategic Management & Organization Faculties
W1-16E Van Vliet Centre
University of Alberta
Edmonton AB T6G 2H9
Office: 780 492-2311
Email:marvin.washington@ualberta.ca


Boyce Watkins, PhD

Assistant Professor of Finance

Syracuse University

Room 626

Office: 315-443-3486

Email: bowatkins@syr.edu


Tony Weaver, PhD

Assistant Professor

Leisure and Sport Management Holland House 104 

2350 Campus Box

Elon, NC 27244

Office: 336-278-5844

Email: tweaver@elon.edu 


Stephanie Webster

Lecturer 

University of Florida 

Rolfs Hall

Office: 352-392-5421

Email: swebster@ufl.edu

 


Andrew Zimbalist, PhD
Robert A. Woods

Professor of Economics
Smith College
Northampton, MA 01063
Office: 413-585-3622
Fax: 413-585-3389
Email: azimbali@email.smith.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Website: www.smith.edu/~azimbali/

 

   

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