Routledge Handbook of Theory in Sport Management (PDF)

George B. Cunningham (PhD, The Ohio State University) is a Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Research in the College of Education and Human Development at Texas A&M University, USA. He is the Marilyn Kent Byrne Chair for Student Success and the director of the Laboratory for Diversity in Sport. Author of over 180 articles and book chapters, Cunningham conducts research in the area of diversity and inclusion in sport and physical activity, group processes, and employee attitudes. He is the author of an award-winning book (Diversity in Sport Organizations), recipient of the Dr Earle F. Zeigler Award, and former president of the North American Society for Sport Management.

Janet S. Fink is a Professor in the Mark H. McCormack Department of Sport Management at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA. Her research interests include the marketing of women's sport and female athletes, sport consumer behaviour, and diversity issues in sport. Fink is a NASSM Research Fellow and has published in top sport management journals (including the Journal of Sport Management and Sport Management Review) as well as outlets outside of sport (e.g. Sex Roles, Group Dynamics), and her research has been cited in popular press outlets, such as Elle Magazine, the Washington Post, Huffington Post Live, and ESPNW.

Alison Doherty is a Professor in the Sport Management programme in the School of Kinesiology, Faculty of Health Sciences at Western University in London, Ontario, Canada. Her research focuses broadly on the management of non-profit and community sport, and particularly sport and event volunteerism, group dynamics and organisational capacity and innovation. Doherty is the Editor of Sport Management Review and serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Sport Management. She is a NASSM Research Fellow and recipient of the Dr Earle F. Zeigler and Dr Garth Paton Distinguished Service awards.