2019 COSMA Conference
The 2019 COSMA Conference was held in Atlanta, GA on February 7-8, 2019. The theme of the Conference was Academics & Practitioners: Building Bridges. Presentations are listed below.
Opening Panel: Building Bridges: Strategies for Success
Introduction: "Building Bridges to Reach my Destination," Antwon Woods, Belhaven University
Moderators: Suzannah Armentrout, Minnesota State University; Julia Dutove, Grande Prairie Regional College
The Sport Pracademician: To Be or Not to Be?
Panelists: BerNadette Lawson-Williams, Karla Jones, Joseph Martin-Toney, Johnson C. Smith University; Rennae Williams Stowe, Winston Salem State University.
Panel Session: Student Success Strategies in Sport Management: A Focus on High Impact Practices, Hal Walker, Young Do Kim and Anthony Weaver, Elon University
Title: Peer Review is Not Enough: CrossFit, Inc. v. NSCA and the Perils of Publishing
Presenter: Anne DeMartini, Flagler College
Principle 5: Scholarly and Professional Activities
Title: COSMA's Role in Advancing the Field Through Research
Presenters: G. Clayton Stoldt, Mark Vermillion, Wichita State University; Heather Alderman, COSMA Principle 1: Outcomes Assessment, Principle 5: Scholarly and Professional Activities, Principle 7: Internal and External Relationships, Principle 6: Resources, Principle 4: Faculty
Title: Experiential Learning in Organizing Sporting Events – Special Olympics and Campus Recreation
Presenters: Edward J. Arner, Jaedeock Lee, Minkyo Lee, Xiaochen Zhou, East Stroudsburg University
Principle 1: Outcomes Assessment, Principle 7: Internal and External Relationships, Principle 8: Educational Innovation, Principle 3: Curriculum
Title: The COSMA Effect
Presenter: Dina Gentile, Endicott College
Principle 2: Strategic Planning, Principle 4: Faculty
Title: Who’s On First? Confusion Surrounding Internship Liability
Presenters: Jennifer Kane, Jason W. Lee, University of North Florida
Principle 7: Internal and External Relationship
Title: Let’s Work Together: Scholarly Collaborations between Academia and the U.S. Sport Industry
Presenters: Noni Zaharia, Jillian McNiff, Flagler College
Principle 4: Faculty, Principle 5: Scholarly and Professional Activities, Prinicple 7: Internal and External Relationships
Title: Looking into Your Crystal Ball: A Guide to Strategic Planning
Presenter: Margaret Tudor, University of Tampa
Principle 2: Strategic Planning
Title: Social Media Usage within a Sport Management Department: A Strategic Audit
Presenters: Mark Vermillion, G. Clayton Stoldt, Wichita State University
Principle 2: Strategic Planning, Principle 7: Internal and External Relationships
Title: Study of Authentic Leadership Change Effect in Mid-Major College Athletic Departments
Presenters: Nicholas Williams, Dan Ballou, Rachael Starr, Central Michigan University
Principle 5: Scholarly and Professional Activities, Principle 7: Internal and External Relationships, Principle 8: Educational Innovation, Principle 4: Faculty
Title: The State of the Sport Education Industry
Presenters: Gil Fried, University of New Haven (COSMA BOD); Curt Laird, Columbus State Community College (COSMA BOC); Daniel Kelly, Georgetown University (COSMA BOC); Nalani Butler, University of Tampa (COSMA BOC).
Principle 8: Educational Innovation
Title: When The Textbook Plays Catch Up: Using Sport Management Practitioners To Explain Course Content
Presenter: Lequez Spearman, St. John's University
Principle 6: Resources, Principle 7: Internal and External Relationships, Principle 8: Educational Innovation, Principle 3: Curriculum
Title: Examining the Use of Sport Management Research Institutes to Enhance Faculty and Student Engagement with Industry Professionals
Presenters: Robert Romano, Simon Pack, St. John's University
Principle 2: Strategic Planning, Principle 1: Outcomes Assessment, Principle 5: Scholarly and Professional Activities, Principle 6: Resources, Principle 4: Faculty
Title: 2 for 1: The Effective Use of Double-Dipping to Provide Real-World Application in a Sport Management Curriculum
Presenters: Jennifer VanSickle, Isabell Mills, University of Indianapolis
Principle 3: Curriculum
Title: Working with Special Populations Provides New Possibilities
Presenter: Sandra Shawver, Midwestern State University Texas
Principle 7: Internal and External Relationships, Principle 8: Educational Innovation, Principle 3: Curriculum
Title: Integrating the COSMA Principles into Sport Management through Experiential Learning
Presenter: Vincent Mumford, Central Michigan University
All 8 Principles
Title: Partnership with an External Organization for Enhancing Student Learning Experiences in Sponsorship Proposal Development
Presenter: Michael Diacin, University of Indianapolis
Principle 3: Curriculum, Principle 7: Internal and External Relationships
Title: Building International Bridges through Sports Management
Presenters: Terry Shannon, Win Koo, Sheryl Keck, Oral Roberts University; Samantha Ellis, Troy University
Principle 7: Internal and External Relationships, Principle 8: Educational Innovation
Title: Project Based Learning: Developing Best Practices with Corporate Partnerships and Faculty
Presenters: Timothy Liptrap, Brittany Jacobs, Nichols College
Principle 7: Internal and External Relationships; Principle 8: Educational Innovation
Title: Job Demands and Supports for Sport Management Faculty: A Qualitative Investigation
Presenter: Elizabeth Taylor, Temple University
Principle 4: Faculty
Title: Students Serving as Consultants: Building Community Partnerships Into Course Design
Presenter: Heather Gilmour, Springfield College
Principle 3: Curriculum: Principle 7: Internal and External Relationships
Title: Does Work Experience Enhance the Delivery?
Presenters: E. Newton Jackson. Jr., Rob Lyons, Kristi Sweeney, Maurice Graham, University of North Florida
Principle 5: Scholarly and Professional Activities
Title: Making a Case for Social Work in Sport Management Curriculum
Presenter: Amy Cox, Troy University
Principle 3: Curriculum
Title: Incorporating Social Work Theory into Sport Management Curriculum
Presenters: Lauren Beasley, Robin Hardin, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Principle 8: Educational Innovation, Principle 3: Curriculum
Title: Incorporating Practicality within the Sport Management Curriculum
Presenters: Heath Hooper, Micah Natale, Michael Ross, Shorter University
Principle 1: Outcomes Assessment, Principle 3: Curriculum, Principle 7: Internal and External Relation ships, Principle 8: Educational Innovation
Title: A Global and Diverse Perspective: Taking an Introspective Look at Faculty Diversity within Sport Management
Presenters: B. Nalani Butler Ryan Turcott, University of Tampa
Principle 2: Strategic Planning; Principle 4: Faculty; Principle 5: Scholarly and Professional Activities
Title: Merging the Classroom for Community: An Interactive and Dynamic Review of Pedagogy in an Introduction to Sport Management Course
Presenters: Margaret Tudor, Nalani Butler, University of Tampa
Principle 4: Faculty, Principle 5: Scholarly and Professional Activities
Title: Can Having a Meal with Your Students Really Make a Difference?
Presenter: Kevin Ayers, Radford University
Principle 1: Outcomes Assessment, Principle 5: Scholarly and Professional Activities, Principle 7: Internal and External Relationships
Title: Transforming Gender Equity Policies into Sustainable Sport Management Practice
Presenter: Darlene Kluka, Strategic Sport Solutions, LLC
Principle 7: Internal and External Relationships
Title: Study like a girl: An Analysis of Constraints and Facilitators to Female Sport Management Majors
Presenters: Erin Morris, Ryan Vooris, SUNY Cortland
Principle 4: Faculty, Principle 7: Internal and External Relationships, Principle 8: Educational Innovation
Title: Integrating Digital Sport into the Sport Management Curriculum
Presenters: Brittany Jacobs, Andrew Smith, Priscila Alfarro-Barrantes, Nichols College
Principle 6: Resources, Principle 8: Educational Innovation, Principle 3: Curriculum
Room: Senate Salon 110C, 1st floor
Title: Career Confidence of Undergraduate Students: A Quantitative Study of Self-Efficacy and Career Maturity Among Sport Management Students
Presenter: Sara Shoffner, Huntingdon College; Gi-Yong Koo, Lauren Cole, Emily Reiss, Troy University.
Principle 7: Internal and External Relationships
Title: Self-Efficacy Among Sport Management Faculty: A Mixed-Design Study
Presenters: Ashley Bowers, Jill Sharp, Southeastern Louisiana University; Nicholas Smith, Florida International University
Principle 2: Strategic Planning, Principle 4: Faculty
Title: Root Farm Adventure: Building a Collaborate Challenge Course
Principle 7: Internal and External Relationships; Principle 8: Educational Innovation
Presenter: Carrie Taylor, Midwestern State University Texas
Introduction: "Building Bridges to Reach my Destination," Antwon Woods, Belhaven University
Moderators: Suzannah Armentrout, Minnesota State University; Julia Dutove, Grande Prairie Regional College
The Sport Pracademician: To Be or Not to Be?
Panelists: BerNadette Lawson-Williams, Karla Jones, Joseph Martin-Toney, Johnson C. Smith University; Rennae Williams Stowe, Winston Salem State University.
Panel Session: Student Success Strategies in Sport Management: A Focus on High Impact Practices, Hal Walker, Young Do Kim and Anthony Weaver, Elon University
Title: Peer Review is Not Enough: CrossFit, Inc. v. NSCA and the Perils of Publishing
Presenter: Anne DeMartini, Flagler College
Principle 5: Scholarly and Professional Activities
Title: COSMA's Role in Advancing the Field Through Research
Presenters: G. Clayton Stoldt, Mark Vermillion, Wichita State University; Heather Alderman, COSMA Principle 1: Outcomes Assessment, Principle 5: Scholarly and Professional Activities, Principle 7: Internal and External Relationships, Principle 6: Resources, Principle 4: Faculty
Title: Experiential Learning in Organizing Sporting Events – Special Olympics and Campus Recreation
Presenters: Edward J. Arner, Jaedeock Lee, Minkyo Lee, Xiaochen Zhou, East Stroudsburg University
Principle 1: Outcomes Assessment, Principle 7: Internal and External Relationships, Principle 8: Educational Innovation, Principle 3: Curriculum
Title: The COSMA Effect
Presenter: Dina Gentile, Endicott College
Principle 2: Strategic Planning, Principle 4: Faculty
Title: Who’s On First? Confusion Surrounding Internship Liability
Presenters: Jennifer Kane, Jason W. Lee, University of North Florida
Principle 7: Internal and External Relationship
Title: Let’s Work Together: Scholarly Collaborations between Academia and the U.S. Sport Industry
Presenters: Noni Zaharia, Jillian McNiff, Flagler College
Principle 4: Faculty, Principle 5: Scholarly and Professional Activities, Prinicple 7: Internal and External Relationships
Title: Looking into Your Crystal Ball: A Guide to Strategic Planning
Presenter: Margaret Tudor, University of Tampa
Principle 2: Strategic Planning
Title: Social Media Usage within a Sport Management Department: A Strategic Audit
Presenters: Mark Vermillion, G. Clayton Stoldt, Wichita State University
Principle 2: Strategic Planning, Principle 7: Internal and External Relationships
Title: Study of Authentic Leadership Change Effect in Mid-Major College Athletic Departments
Presenters: Nicholas Williams, Dan Ballou, Rachael Starr, Central Michigan University
Principle 5: Scholarly and Professional Activities, Principle 7: Internal and External Relationships, Principle 8: Educational Innovation, Principle 4: Faculty
Title: The State of the Sport Education Industry
Presenters: Gil Fried, University of New Haven (COSMA BOD); Curt Laird, Columbus State Community College (COSMA BOC); Daniel Kelly, Georgetown University (COSMA BOC); Nalani Butler, University of Tampa (COSMA BOC).
Principle 8: Educational Innovation
Title: When The Textbook Plays Catch Up: Using Sport Management Practitioners To Explain Course Content
Presenter: Lequez Spearman, St. John's University
Principle 6: Resources, Principle 7: Internal and External Relationships, Principle 8: Educational Innovation, Principle 3: Curriculum
Title: Examining the Use of Sport Management Research Institutes to Enhance Faculty and Student Engagement with Industry Professionals
Presenters: Robert Romano, Simon Pack, St. John's University
Principle 2: Strategic Planning, Principle 1: Outcomes Assessment, Principle 5: Scholarly and Professional Activities, Principle 6: Resources, Principle 4: Faculty
Title: 2 for 1: The Effective Use of Double-Dipping to Provide Real-World Application in a Sport Management Curriculum
Presenters: Jennifer VanSickle, Isabell Mills, University of Indianapolis
Principle 3: Curriculum
Title: Working with Special Populations Provides New Possibilities
Presenter: Sandra Shawver, Midwestern State University Texas
Principle 7: Internal and External Relationships, Principle 8: Educational Innovation, Principle 3: Curriculum
Title: Integrating the COSMA Principles into Sport Management through Experiential Learning
Presenter: Vincent Mumford, Central Michigan University
All 8 Principles
Title: Partnership with an External Organization for Enhancing Student Learning Experiences in Sponsorship Proposal Development
Presenter: Michael Diacin, University of Indianapolis
Principle 3: Curriculum, Principle 7: Internal and External Relationships
Title: Building International Bridges through Sports Management
Presenters: Terry Shannon, Win Koo, Sheryl Keck, Oral Roberts University; Samantha Ellis, Troy University
Principle 7: Internal and External Relationships, Principle 8: Educational Innovation
Title: Project Based Learning: Developing Best Practices with Corporate Partnerships and Faculty
Presenters: Timothy Liptrap, Brittany Jacobs, Nichols College
Principle 7: Internal and External Relationships; Principle 8: Educational Innovation
Title: Job Demands and Supports for Sport Management Faculty: A Qualitative Investigation
Presenter: Elizabeth Taylor, Temple University
Principle 4: Faculty
Title: Students Serving as Consultants: Building Community Partnerships Into Course Design
Presenter: Heather Gilmour, Springfield College
Principle 3: Curriculum: Principle 7: Internal and External Relationships
Title: Does Work Experience Enhance the Delivery?
Presenters: E. Newton Jackson. Jr., Rob Lyons, Kristi Sweeney, Maurice Graham, University of North Florida
Principle 5: Scholarly and Professional Activities
Title: Making a Case for Social Work in Sport Management Curriculum
Presenter: Amy Cox, Troy University
Principle 3: Curriculum
Title: Incorporating Social Work Theory into Sport Management Curriculum
Presenters: Lauren Beasley, Robin Hardin, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Principle 8: Educational Innovation, Principle 3: Curriculum
Title: Incorporating Practicality within the Sport Management Curriculum
Presenters: Heath Hooper, Micah Natale, Michael Ross, Shorter University
Principle 1: Outcomes Assessment, Principle 3: Curriculum, Principle 7: Internal and External Relation ships, Principle 8: Educational Innovation
Title: A Global and Diverse Perspective: Taking an Introspective Look at Faculty Diversity within Sport Management
Presenters: B. Nalani Butler Ryan Turcott, University of Tampa
Principle 2: Strategic Planning; Principle 4: Faculty; Principle 5: Scholarly and Professional Activities
Title: Merging the Classroom for Community: An Interactive and Dynamic Review of Pedagogy in an Introduction to Sport Management Course
Presenters: Margaret Tudor, Nalani Butler, University of Tampa
Principle 4: Faculty, Principle 5: Scholarly and Professional Activities
Title: Can Having a Meal with Your Students Really Make a Difference?
Presenter: Kevin Ayers, Radford University
Principle 1: Outcomes Assessment, Principle 5: Scholarly and Professional Activities, Principle 7: Internal and External Relationships
Title: Transforming Gender Equity Policies into Sustainable Sport Management Practice
Presenter: Darlene Kluka, Strategic Sport Solutions, LLC
Principle 7: Internal and External Relationships
Title: Study like a girl: An Analysis of Constraints and Facilitators to Female Sport Management Majors
Presenters: Erin Morris, Ryan Vooris, SUNY Cortland
Principle 4: Faculty, Principle 7: Internal and External Relationships, Principle 8: Educational Innovation
Title: Integrating Digital Sport into the Sport Management Curriculum
Presenters: Brittany Jacobs, Andrew Smith, Priscila Alfarro-Barrantes, Nichols College
Principle 6: Resources, Principle 8: Educational Innovation, Principle 3: Curriculum
Room: Senate Salon 110C, 1st floor
Title: Career Confidence of Undergraduate Students: A Quantitative Study of Self-Efficacy and Career Maturity Among Sport Management Students
Presenter: Sara Shoffner, Huntingdon College; Gi-Yong Koo, Lauren Cole, Emily Reiss, Troy University.
Principle 7: Internal and External Relationships
Title: Self-Efficacy Among Sport Management Faculty: A Mixed-Design Study
Presenters: Ashley Bowers, Jill Sharp, Southeastern Louisiana University; Nicholas Smith, Florida International University
Principle 2: Strategic Planning, Principle 4: Faculty
Title: Root Farm Adventure: Building a Collaborate Challenge Course
Principle 7: Internal and External Relationships; Principle 8: Educational Innovation
Presenter: Carrie Taylor, Midwestern State University Texas
