Department of Exercise and Sport Science
CB# 8605, 309 Woollen Gym
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-8605

(919) 962-5173
(919) 962-6325 (FAX)
 

b_osborne@unc.edu

Professional Summary

Barbara Osborne, J.D., is an Associate Professor teaching in the Sport Administration specialization.  Prior to her appointment at UNC in 1998, she worked for 14 years as an athletics administrator in intercollegiate athletics.  While working at Brandeis University as the Senior Woman Administrator and Associate Athletics Director, Barbara completed her law degree at Boston College Law School.  She also has experience as a coach, public relations coordinator, television sports commentator, publisher, and sports information director.  Barbara teaches Legal Issues in College Sport, NCAA Governance and Compliance, and the Sport Administration Leadership Seminar in the graduate program, as well as Legal Aspects of Sports, Introduction to Sport Administration, and Women and Sport in the undergraduate program.  She is also an Adjunct Professor teaching Sports Law at the UNC Law School.  Barbara advises the Carolina Sports Business Club and the Sport and Entertainment Law Association student organizations..

AREAS OF INTEREST AND CURRENT RESEARCH

• Legal issues in intercollegiate athletics including Title IX, Title VII, sex discrimination, sexual harassment, and sexual orientation discrimination

• Women’s issues in intercollegiate athletics

• Regulating student-athlete conduct

• Eating disorders in athletics populations

EDUCATION

J.D., Boston College Law School, Newton, MA, 1997.

M.Ed., Human Movement (Sport Management Concentration), Boston University, Boston, MA, 1989.

B.A., cum laude, Communication, University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, WI, 1982.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

North Carolina Bar Association, admitted October 2002.

Massachusetts Bar Association, admitted October 1997.
National Sports Law Institute, member, 1998 - present.
North American Society for Sport Management, member, 1998 - present.
National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics, member, 1990 - present.
National Association of Collegiate Women Athletic Administrators, member, 1991 - present.
Sport and Recreation Law Association, 1999 - present.

Sports Lawyers Association, 1999 - present.

Women's Sports Foundation, member, 1990 - present.
Association of Women Faculty and Professionals, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, member, 1998 - present.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Osborne, B. (2007)  Case Brief:  Facenda v. N.F.L. Films, Inc., International Journal of Sports Communications (in press).  

Bruening, J.,  Dixon, M., Lough, N., Sweeney, K., Osborne, B., Tiell, B. (2007) “The Role of the Supervisor in the Work-Life Culture of Collegiate Athletics.”  International Journal of Sport Management (in press). 

Osborne, B.  (2007)  “No Drinking, No Drugs, No Lesbians” —Sexual Orientation Discrimination in Intercollegiate Athletics,  Marquette Sports Law Review,  17(2), p. 481 – 502.

Osborne, B.  (2006)  Gender, Employment, and Sexual Harassment Issues in the Golf Industry, Journal of Legal Aspects of Sport,  16(1), p. 25-84.

Osborne, B. and Duffy, C. (2005)  Title IX, Sexual Harassment, and Policies at NCAA Division IA Athletics Departments, Journal of Legal Aspects of Sport, 15(1), p. 59 – 94.

Osborne, B. (2003) Title IX in the 21^st Century, Marquette Sports Law Review,  14(1), p. 141-162.

Osborne, B. (2003)  Wrestling with Title IX, Entertainment Law, accepted and under revision for Winter 2003 publication.

Laucella, P. and Osborne, B. (2002)  Libel and College Coaches.  Journal of Legal Aspects of Sport, 12(2) p. 183-204, R.

Osborne, B. (2001)  Principles of Liability for Athletic Trainers:  Managing Sport-Related Concussion.  Journal of Athletic Training, 36(3):316-321, R.

Osborne Bickford, B. and Yarbrough, M.V. (2001)  Pay Equity for Coaches and Administrators in College Athletics:  An Element of Title IX?  University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform, 34(1) p. 231-251, R. 

Bickford, B.  (1999) The Legal Duty of a College Athletics Department to Athletes with Eating Disorders: A Risk Management Perspective.  Marquette Sports Law Journal, 10(1) p 87-116, R.

CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

Osborne, B. (2007)  Sexual Harassment in Cotten, D. and Wolohan, J. (eds.)  Law for Recreation and Sport Managers, 4th Ed., Kendall Hunt Publishing Company, Dubuque, IA, p. 566-576. 

Osborne, B. (2007)  Criminal Liability for Violence in Sports in Cotten, D. and Wolohan, J. (eds.)  Law for Recreation and Sport Managers, 4th Ed., Kendall Hunt Publishing Company, Dubuque, IA, p. 230-238. 

Osborne, B. and Pittman, A. (2007)  Sport Related Crimes:  Gambling, Ticket Scalping and Wire and Mail Fraud in Cotten, D. and Wolohan, J. (eds.)  Law for Recreation and Sport Managers, 4th Ed., Kendall Hunt Publishing Company, Dubuque, IA, p. 261-272. 

Osborne, B. and Yarbrough, M. (2005)  Pay Equity for Coaches and Athletic Administrators:  An Element of Title IX? in, Cozzillio, M.J. and Hayman, R.L. (eds.)  Sports and Inequality, Carolina Academic Press, Durham, NC, p. 631-640 (reprint). 

Osborne, B.  (2005)  Title IX Fundamentals in  Appenzeller, H.  (ed.) Risk Management in Sport:  Issues and Strategies, 2^nd Ed., Carolina Academic Press, Durham, NC, p. 379-388.

Osborne, B. (2003)  Criminal Liability for Violence in Sports in Cotten, D. and Wolohan, J. (eds.)  Law for Recreation and Sport Managers, 3^rd Ed., Kendall Hunt Publishing Company, Dubuque, IA, p. 230-239.

Osborne, B. and Pittman, A. (2003)  Sport Related Crimes:  Gambling, Ticket Scalping and Wire and Mail Fraud in Cotten, D. and Wolohan, J. (eds.)  Law for Recreation and Sport Managers, 3^rd Ed., Kendall Hunt Publishing Company, Dubuque, IA, p. 271-281.

Osborne, B. (2001)  The Revolution of Women in Sport in Silva, J.M. and Stevens, D.E. (eds.) Psychological Foundations of Sport, Allyn Bacon, Boston, MA, p. 396-410.

Stevens, D.E.,  Osborne, B, and Robbins, J.  (2001)  Psychosocial Issues and the Female Athlete in Silva, J.M. and Stevens, D.E. (eds.) Psychological Foundations of Sport, Allyn Bacon, Boston, MA, p. 411-427.

Osborne, B.  (2001)  Coaching the Female Athlete in Silva, J.M. and Stevens, D.E. (eds.) Psychological Foundations of Sport, Allyn Bacon, Boston, MA, p. 428-437.

Osborne, B. (2001)  Issues Related to the NCAA in Sports and Entertainment Law:  Keys to Representing Athletes, Musicians and Teams.  North Carolina Bar Association Foundation, p. IX-1 – IX-108.