UNM
Sport Administration
Faculty
Dr. Todd L. Seidler
Professor
Dr. Joy Griffin Associate Professor
Dr. Annie Clement Assistant Professor
Dr. John Barnes Assistant Professor
Dr. David K. Scott Associate
Professor
Mr. Terry McIntyre Adjunct Faculty
Dr. Andrew Yiannakis Research Professor
Todd L. Seidler, Ph.D.
Contact: tseidler@unm.edu
Todd Seidler
is currently the coordinator of the graduate program in Sport Administration
at the University of New Mexico, one of only a few programs that offer both
the Master's and Doctorate in Sport Administration. He received his Bachelor's
degree in Physical Education from San Diego State University and then taught
and coached in high school. He then went on to graduate school and earned his
Master's and Ph.D. in Sports Administration from the University of New Mexico.
Prior to returning to U.N.M., Dr. Seidler spent six years as the coordinator
of the graduate Sports Administration program at Wayne State University and
two years as the coordinator of the undergraduate Sport Management Program at
Guilford College in North Carolina. He is currently in his 10th year at U.N.M.
Dr. Seidler is a Past-President of the Sport and Recreation Law Association
(SRLA), a professional organization for those interested in teaching Sport Law
and Risk Management. In 2006, he was awarded the Betty van der Smissen Leadership
Award by SRLA. He has also served on the Executive Board and as Chair of both
the Sport Management Council and the Council on Facilities and Equipment within
the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD)
and is an active member of the North American Society for Sport Management (NASSM).
Dr. Seidler is also a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (C.S.C.S.,
1987) through the National Strength and Conditioning Association (N.S.C.A.).
Dr. Seidler's primary areas of interest include risk management and legal issues
in sport and in planning and managing sports facilities. He is active as a consultant
on facility planning and risk management for sport and recreation and frequently
presents, publishes, and teaches classes such as Risk Management in Sport, Sport
Facility Planning and Design, Facility and Event Management, Legal Aspects of
Sport and Intro to Sport Administration. Having grown up in Albuquerque, Dr.
Seidler is enjoying being back in the sunny southwest. His hobbies include windsurfing,
sailing, jogging, SCUBA diving, hiking, and almost anything in the outdoors.
Dr. Joy Griffin
Contact: jgriffin@unm.edu
Dr. Joy Griffin is an internationally recognized expert in the area of Sport
Psychology. Dr. Griffin is an AAASP, APA Certified Sport Psychology Consultant
(97 worldwide). She is also a member of the USOC Registry. Dr. Griffin has MA
& MEd degrees in Counseling Psychology & Physical Education, and received
her doctorate in Physical Education/Counseling Psychology from Brigham Young
University. She did her undergraduate work at the University of Calgary in Canada.
She has been an administrator and faculty member at Western New Mexico University,
Western Michigan University, and is presently an Associate Professor at the
University of New Mexico. She has served on the JOPERD Editorial and Policy
Boards. She serves on 5 National Committees dealing with ethnicity and gender
issues and has been PI on 27 funded grants. She remains active as a Sport Psychology
Consultant, Educator, and Internship supervisor. Dr. Griffin has published book
and monograph chapters, and data based and review articles in the top journals
within the Sport Psychology area. She has over 40 invited and refereed presentations.
She enjoys working with graduate students to involve them early with presentation
and publication processes. In her very limited spare time Dr. Griffin enjoys
hiking, basketball, nordic skiing, camping and reading. She loves to spend part
of the summers in the Canadian Rockies
Annie Clement, Ph.D.,
J.D.
Contact: annieclement1@bellsouth.net
Annie Clement,
at the University of New Mexico as of fall 2008, is best known for her texts:
Law in Sport and Physical Activity, Legal Responsibility in Aquatics, and Teaching
Physical Activity. Twenty five book chapters, seventy five articles, and over
one hundred-and-fifty presentations are among her achievements. While her research
and writing cover many areas, among her in-depth studies are the topics of intellectual
property, disaster and risk management, futures, aquatics, and gender equity.
Dr. Clement holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Minnesota,
Duluth, and a master’s degree from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
Her doctorate is from the University of Iowa and her juris doctorate is from
Cleveland State University. She has studied at Cambridge University and the
University of Oslo. Annie Clement has held teaching or management positions
at the University of Iowa, Ohio State University, Florida State University,
Bowling Green State University (Ohio) and Cleveland State University.
In addition to her role as the distinguished speaker at fifteen different universities,
Dr. Clement has been awarded numerous honors, including Fellow, American Bar
Foundation; Nonprofit Lawyers Award (ABA, Section of Business); President, National
Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE); President, Ohio Teacher
Educators; American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and
Dance, Honor Award; Aquatic Council Merit Award and the NASPE Joy of Effort
Award. She also received the Sport, Recreation, Law Association Leadership Award;
the Ohio AAHPERD Honor Award; Tsunami Spirit Award from the Aquatic Therapy
and Rehab Institute; the Susan B. Anthony Award from the Ohio National Organization
for Women; and Honor Award from the National Cooperation in Aquatics.
Dr. John Barnes
Contact: jbarnes@unm.edu
Dr. John Barnes is an assistant professor of Sports Administration who came
to the University of New Mexico after serving in the same capacity at Barry
University in Miami, Florida. He received his doctorate in Sports Administration
from UNM in 2004. Prior to earning his Ph.D., Dr. Barnes obtained a Master of
Science degree in kinesiology from UNLV and a Bachelor of Science degree in
physical education from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.
Dr. Barnes worked for many years in athletics as an athletic trainer. His experience
involved work at the high school, college, and professional levels. This included
three years in the California Angels organization and one season with the Montreal
Expos double-A team in Harrisburg, PA. He was also the head athletic trainer
at Chaffey College for ten years. Additionally, Dr. Barnes worked in the pharmaceutical
industry as a territory representative for Wyeth-Ayerst Labs.
Courses that Dr. Barnes has taught include Financing Sport, Sport Marketing,
College Athletic Governance, Consumer Behavior, and Managing the Sport Enterprise.
He has written and researched on the subjects of NCAA policy, disability policy
in sport, and sport marketing.
David K. Scott, Ed.D.
Contact: dscott@unm.edu
Dr. David Scott
arrived at the University of New Mexico in September, 1998. Raised in north
Texas, he graduated with a B.S. in Physical Education from Texas A&M University
in 1979 and spent 10 years teaching and coaching in public schools in Texas.
In 1989, he completed his M.S. degree in Physical Education from Midwestern
State University in Wichita Falls, Texas and joined the staff at Midwestern
State as offensive coordinator for football and tennis program coordinator.
He also taught lecture courses in exercise science and advised numerous athletes
and physical education majors. In 1997, he completed his doctoral degree in
physical education with a specialization in Sport Administration at the University
of Northern Colorado. After spending one year as assistant professor of sport
management at Southern Illinois University, Dr. Scott moved to UNM. He currently
teaches Sport Leadership, Organizational Theory for Sport, Technological Applications
in Sport, Administration of Sport Personnel, Principles of Coaching, and Management
Concepts for Sport and Fitness. His research focuses on leadership and organizational
behavior in sport organizations with a secondary interest in data mining applications
for sport management. He also has interest in coaching education and conducts
workshops dealing with various aspects of leadership and management training
for coaches. Dr. Scott enjoys trail running, racquetball, trout fishing, hiking,
and traveling. He is a member of the North American Society for Sport Management,
and the American Alliance of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance.
He is currently serving as Associate Dean for Research for the College of Education.
Mr. Terry McIntyre, M.B.A.
Contact: tmcintyr@usatoday.com
Terry McIntyre
is Director, Sports Marketing at USA TODAY. He is responsible for managing the
business side of “America’s Sports Daily,” growing revenue
by working with professional leagues and associations, as well as the many blue
chip firms interested in penetrating today’s competitive sports landscape.
Among his many responsibilities, Mr. McIntyre works with the newspaper’s
editorial operations department to create special bonus sections for major sporting
events. These sections provide USA TODAY readers with an in-depth look at some
of the world’s premiere events and offer sponsors the opportunity to leverage
their media spending in a targeted editorial environment. In this vein, Mr.
McIntyre has worked with some of the country’s largest sporting organizations
including the National Football League, NASCAR, and the PGA TOUR, among many
others. He has designed strategic executions for such well know brands as Anheuser-Busch,
Nike, FedEx, IBM, Bank of America, ESPN, and Daimler-Chrysler.
Prior to focusing his attention on Sports Marketing, Mr. McIntyre was responsible
for creating the Media Solutions team at USA TODAY. The group offered creative
solutions for advertisers that involved USA TODAY’s many capabilities,
including: Multi-media integration, sports marketing, and educational initiatives.
As a senior level marketing executive, Mr. McIntyre’s career has spanned
over 20 years, seven of those with Meredith Corporation, where he served as
Publisher of Country Home magazine, and was responsible for the successful launch
of Country Garden’s magazine.
In addition to his sales and marketing posts, Mr. McIntyre has served as an
adjunct professor of strategic marketing at the State University of New York’s
Baker School of Business and Technology in Manhattan, and is a frequent lecturer
at colleges, universities, and graduate school programs around the country.
His commitment to education also includes working as an advisory board member
at Northwood University’s School of Entertainment, Sport and Promotion
Management advising students and faculty on the latest issues facing marketers.
He is currently teaching two classes, The Business of Professional Sports and
Sports Property Development and Sales.
Mr. McIntyre holds an MBA from Regis University and a bachelor’s degree
from Pepperdine University. He is an avid New York Yankees fan and a struggling
golfer who will one day lower his handicap below 18.
Andrew Yiannakis, Ph.D.
Contact: ayiann@unm.edu
Andrew Yiannakis
is Research Professor in the Sport Administration Program at the University
of New Mexico. Prior to joining UNM he served as Director of the Laboratory
for Leisure, Tourism & Sport at the University of Connecticut and Director
of the Clemson International Institute for Tourism Research & Development
at Clemson University, South Carolina.
His research areas include the effects of sports and exercise on sociopsychological
growth and development, statistical forecasting in sport, the ancient Olympic
Games, international tourism, and travel and exploration in the ancient world.
His work has appeared in various publications including the Sociology of Sport
Journal, the Annals of Tourism Research, the Journal of Sport Management and
the International Review for the Sociology of Sport. He is also senior editor
of Applied Sociology of Sport and Contemporary Issues in Sociology of Sport.
Currently, he is working on two new books entitled Sport Management in the 21st
Century and Native American Historic Sites of New Mexico.
Prof. Yiannakis is the co-founder and 1st president of the North American Society
for the Sociology of Sport and a recipient of the society's 2002 NASSS Distinguished
Service Award. He has presented numerous papers at national and international
conferences on such topics as sport and violence, the meaning and significance
of athletic contests in the Homeric Age, on using sports to achieve educational
objectives, forecasting in sport, on tourist roles and the life course and on
the effects of martial arts training on mood. He also conducts various forms
of applied research in sport and tourism for private and public sector agencies.
Andrew is an active martial artist. He holds a 6th Dan (black belt) in jujutsu
and a 5th Dan in judo. He also enjoys horseback riding, hiking, and exploring
historical sites and out-of-the-way places.
