Brian Avery

Lecturer
Department Sport Management

Primary fields of interest:

• Event, tourism, and attraction management
• Event, tourism, and attraction risk and safety management
• Event, tourism, and attraction regulations, standards, and practices
• Event design and execution
• Amusement ride and device safety

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Dr. Yonghwan Chang

Assistant Professor
Department of Sport Management

Primary fields of interest:

• Sport Consumer Psychology
• Quantitative Sport Marketing

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Dr. Dan Connaughton

Professor
Department of Sport Management

Primary fields of interest:

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Dr. Doug DeMichele

Instructional Professor, Internship Coordinator, Associate Chair
Department of Sport Management

Primary fields of interest:

• The construction/renovation and development of commercial, private and public recreation and athletic facilities
• The approaches to facility design necessary to meet the needs and interests of casual and serious participants, elite athletes and spectators
• Leadership and administration, and how leaders in the professions of Tourism, Recreation and Sport Management create opportunities for personal growth and professional advancement

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Dr. George Cunningham

UAA Endowed Professor and Chair
Department Sport Management

Primary fields of interest:

• Diversity and inclusion in sport and physical activity
• Examine ways to improve access to and experiences while participating in sport and physical activity
• Explore strategies that sport organizations can use to create and sustain diverse and inclusive workplaces

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Dr. Gidon Jakar

Assistant Professor
Department of Sport Management

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Dr. Kyriaki Kaplanidou

Professor, Graduate Coordinator
Department of Sport Management

Primary fields of interest:

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Dr. Yong Jae Ko

Professor
Department of Sport Management

Primary fields of interest:

• Consumer behavior research focused on socio-psychological variables that influence sport consumption behavior
• Service marketing research focused on consumers’ quality and value perceptions toward a variety of sport services
• Sponsorship and sport branding

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Dr. Christopher McLeod

Assistant Professor
Department of Sport Management

Primary fields of interest:

• Labor Studies
• Athlete Development
• Sports Leagues
• Market Entry
• Sport Ecology

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Dr. Michael Sagas

Professor
Department of Sport Management

Primary fields of interest:

• Discrimination and Diversity in Sports
• Intercollegiate Athletics
• Youth Sports

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Dr. Alyssa Tavormina

Instructional Associate Professor, Director of the Online Sport Management Program
Department of Sport Management,
Online Sport Management Master’s Program

Primary fields of interest:

• Sport Branding (e.g., sport brand love)
• Sport Consumer Behavior ( e.g., factors that affect consumers’ decisions to attend games)

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Dr. Cyntrice Thomas

Instructional Associate Professor, Associate Chair
Department of Sport Management

Primary fields of interest:

• Legal aspects of sports
• The application of antitrust law in sports
• Collective bargaining and labor issues in sports
• Social issues in sports

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Dr. Christine Wegner

Instructional Associate Professor, Director of the Institute for Coaching Excellence
Department of Sport Management

Primary fields of interest:

• Organizational and Social Identities
• Sport for Social Change

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Dr. Cynthia Willming

Instructional Associate Professor, Undergraduate Coordinator
Department of Sport Management

Primary fields of interest:

• Event Management
• Perceived Racial Discrimination and Leisure Travel
• Race and Leisure Travel

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