Drawing upon more than 20 years of experience in sport management education, higher education administration, leadership development, and academic program oversight, this expert specializes in sport management leadership, collegiate athletics administration, curriculum development, educational assessment systems, accreditation processes, student-athlete development, and organizational strategy within university environments. Areas of expertise include sport branding and marketing education, leadership theory, faculty administration, diversity and inclusion initiatives, policy development, strategic planning, and academic program evaluation. The expert’s work has also involved Title IX-related scholarship, women’s athletics history, organizational identity analysis, experiential learning initiatives, and development of leadership programming for student-athletes and higher education populations. This expert holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Human Performance, Master of Science degrees in Higher Education and Student Affairs and Kinesiology, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Sport Studies.

Professional leadership experience includes service as department chair, graduate program coordinator, faculty assessment coordinator, program director, and founding director of a university-based institute dedicated to justice, accessibility, inclusion, diversity, and equity initiatives. Administrative responsibilities have included oversight of faculty and staff operations, departmental budgeting, curriculum revision, accreditation management, student recruitment, faculty evaluations, strategic planning, and implementation of university assessment systems utilizing TracDat software. Additional experience includes leadership of doctoral program revisions aligned with Carnegie Project on the Educational Doctorate standards, development of graduate and doctoral academic programs, creation of new academic minors and leadership curricula, and coordination of interdisciplinary educational and research initiatives. The expert has also collaborated extensively with university athletics departments, student affairs divisions, and institutional leadership regarding student engagement, leadership development, organizational effectiveness, and educational strategy.

Scholarly and professional contributions include extensive authorship of peer-reviewed publications, book chapters, encyclopedia entries, academic case studies, and national and international conference presentations involving sport management, leadership development, sport branding, student-athlete wellbeing, faculty retention, diversity initiatives, women in sport, and higher education administration. The expert has taught undergraduate and graduate coursework involving sport management, organizational behavior, intercollegiate athletic administration, leadership studies, sport marketing, facility and event management, sociology of sport, and higher education personnel management. National leadership and professional service activities include editorial board appointments, manuscript review responsibilities, accreditation and assessment initiatives, and executive leadership roles within sport management and sport marketing academic organizations. Additional professional activities include external promotion-review evaluations, faculty mentoring, experiential learning leadership, study abroad programming, and advisory responsibilities involving sport management education, academic leadership, and institutional assessment practices.