I am a Professor of Sport Management in the College of Education & Human Ecology at The Ohio State University. I earned my Bachelor of Science degree in Secondary Education from Baylor University and my Masters of Education degree in Physical Education from Tarleton State University. I received my Ph.D. in Sport Management from Ohio State in 2001. Prior to my current position, I served three years as the Director of Sport Management at DeSales University and one year as a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Oklahoma. I have published over 50 peer-reviewed articles and made over 100 presentations at national and international conferences. Additionally, I co-edited the textbook Marketing for Sport Business Success. I was past co-editor for the Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics and currently serves on five other editorial review boards. In 2007, I was named a North American Society for Sport Management (NASSM) Research Fellow and in 2017 I was named NASSM's Distinguished Educator of the Year. I currently serve on the Athletic Council at Ohio State and formerly chaired the University’s Fiscal Committee.

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