Thomas Baker, Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Sport Management, University of Florida
J.D., Loyola University School of Law
Area of Expertise: Sport Law
Research Interests: Sport Law and Risk Management

Kevin K. Byon, Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Sport Management, University of Florida
Areas of Expertise: Sport Marketing
Research Interests: Sport Consumer Behavior, Sport
Sponsorship, Sport Tourism, Measurement and Statistics

Rose Chepyator-Thomson, Professor
Ph.D., Physical Education/Educational Policy, University of Wisconsin at Madison
Areas of Expertise: Global and policy issues in sport and physical activity, multiculturalism in schools and higher education, and Globalization and African Sports
Research Interests: Gender, Race and Ethnicity in Physical Education and Sport; urban and transnational diversity in Physical Education and sport; international sport and public policy; colonialism and post colonialism in context of African sporting bodies

Billy Hawkins, Associate Professor, Program Coordinator
Ph.D., Sociology of Sport and Cultural Studies, University of Iowa
Area of Expertise: Sociology of Sport, Cultural Studies
Research Interests: Race and Sport, Religion and Sport, Collegiate Athletics

James J. Zhang, Professor and Director
International Center for Sport Management
Ph.D., Measurement/Sport Administration, Springfield College-Massachusetts
Areas of Expertise: Sport Consumer Behavior, Sport Organizational Behavior, Research Design, Measurement, and Statistics
Research Interests: Applied Measurement and/or Applied Studies Examining Sport Consumer and Organizational Behavior