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General Information
Emily S. Sparvero
Professor & Chairperson
School of Tourism and Hospitality Management
Address:
1810 North 13th Street
Speakman Hall 368
Philadelphia, PA 19122
Phone: 215.204.5991
E-mail: sparv@temple.edu
Biography
Emily S. Sparvero
Professor & Chairperson
School of Tourism and Hospitality Management
Address:
1810 North 13th Street
Speakman Hall 368
Philadelphia, PA 19122
Phone: 215.204.5991
E-mail: sparv@temple.edu
Dr. Sparvero joined the faculty of the School of Tourism and Hospitality Management in August 2009. She received her BA in Economics from Duke University and both her M.Ed. and Ph.D. in Sport Management from the University of Texas at Austin. She received a graduate certificate in alternative dispute resolution from the Center for Public Policy Dispute Resolution at the University of Texas’s Law School.
Dr. Sparvero’s research emphasis is sport policy, which includes (1) the development and analysis of sport-specific policies, and (2) the ways in which communities can leverage sport assets to accomplish broader policy goals such as economic development, place marketing, and social welfare enhancement. Her current research is focused on how community stakeholders can be motivated and mobilized to implement strategic sport leverage. She is also interested in developing and refining the methods through which the value of a sport team to a community is measured. In addition to her research activities, Dr. Sparvero teaches Sport Governance and Policy, Introduction to Sport and Recreation Management, and Budgeting and Financial Systems.
Dr. Sparvero worked in development at the athletic departments at the University of Texas and Duke University, as well as at the Texas State History Museum. She has been a member of the Lance Armstrong Foundation’s event steering committee since 2000, and has worked with various sport events and organizations, including the Austin Motorola Marathon, AIDS Walk Austin, Move through Cancer, and Liv in the Game.
Curriculum Vita
Emily S. Sparvero
Professor & Chairperson
School of Tourism and Hospitality Management
Address:
1810 North 13th Street
Speakman Hall 368
Philadelphia, PA 19122
Phone: 215.204.5991
E-mail: sparv@temple.edu
EDUCATION
University of Texas at Austin
Ph.D., Sport Management, August 2008
Dissertation: Leverage of Professional Sport Teams: Reconciling Host Communities’ Expectations and Realities
Adviser: Laurence Chalip, Ph.D.
Graduate Certificate, Doctoral Portfolio Program in Alternative Dispute Resolution, 2005; Center for Public Policy Dispute Resolution, University of Texas Law School
M.Ed., Sport Management, 2001
Duke University
B.A., Economics, 1997
PUBLICATIONS
Articles in Refereed Journals
Sparvero, E. S. & Chalip, L. (2007). Professional teams as leverageable assets: Strategic creation of community value. Sport Management Review, 10, 1-30.
Book Chapters
Sparvero, E.S., Chalip, L., & Green, B.C. (2008). United States. In Houlihan, B. & Green, M. (Eds.), Comparative elite sport development: Systems, structures, and public policy. Butterworth – Heinemann: Burlington, MA.
PRESENTATIONS
Conference Presentations (peer-reviewed)
Sparvero, E. S. & Chalip, L. (2007, June). Social leverage of professional sports: Delivering benefits through community relations programming. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the North American Society for Sport Management, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Sparvero, E. S. & Chalip, L. (2006, June). Bridging the gap between the expectations and realities of hosting a professional sports team: A case study of Corpus Christi, Texas. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the North American Society for Sport Management, Kansas City, Missouri.
Sparvero, E. S., Trendafilova, S., & Chalip, L. (2005, June). An alternative approach to environmental dispute resolution in sport contexts. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the North American Society for Sport Management, Regina, Canada.
Invited Presentations
Sparvero, E. S. (2008, July). Laissez faire sport policy and the American sports brand. Presented at the US Department of State’s Fusion Arts Exchange Program, College Station, TX.
LeUnes, A., Moore, J., Moore S.B., Sparvero, E. S., Thornton, J.(2008, June). Ethics, Money, and Intercollegiate Sport. Panel Discussion at the Glasscock Center for Humanities Research, College Station, TX.
Sparvero, E. S. (2005, April). Alternative Dispute Resolution and the United States Olympic Committee: Toward an Athlete-Focused Process. Presented at the University of Texas Symposium on Alternative Dispute Resolution, Austin, TX.
REPORTS
Fitzgerald, M. P. & Sparvero, E. S. (2007, March). 2006 UIL High School Football Championships: Economic Benefit Analysis. San Antonio, TX: San Antonio Sports Foundation.
Sparvero, E. S. & Filo, K. R. (2005, November). Analysis of Peloton Project members’ motivation and satisfaction: Recommendations for program development. Austin, TX: Lance Armstrong Foundation.
Fitzgerald, M. P., Sparvero, E. S., & Hicks, W. (2001, September). Economic impact of hosting the national junior tae kwon do championship. San Antonio, TX: San Antonio Sports Foundation.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Assistant Professor August 2009 – present
Undergraduate courses taught: Introduction to Sport and Recreation, Budgeting and Financial Systems: Sport and Recreation Management
Graduate courses taught: Sport Governance and Policy
Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
Visiting Assistant Professor August 2008 – August 2009 Visiting Lecturer August 2007 – August 2008
Undergraduate courses taught: Financing Sport Operations, Marketing Aspects of Sport, Directed Studies (sport economics emphasis)
Graduate courses taught: Revenue Generation in Sport, Directed Studies (sport policy emphasis), Professional Internship
University of Texas at Austin, Sport Management Program
Teaching Assistant September 2003 – May 2005
September 1999 – May 2001
Undergraduate course responsibilities: Revenue and Budgeting in Sport, Sociological Aspects of Sport, Structure and Organization of Sport, Sport Philosophy, History of Sport and Physical Activity, Management of Sport and Health Promotion Programs
University of Texas at Arlington, Information Sciences & Operations Research Dept.
Teaching Assistant June 2004 – August 2004
Undergraduate course responsibilities: Business Statistics, Advanced Business Statistics
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
University of Texas at Austin September 2005 – August 2007
Research Assistant
CDC Obesity Project: Community Intervention and Evaluation
OTHER EXPERIENCE
Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum
Development Manager June 2002 – August 2003
Group Tour Coordinator June 2001 – May 2002
University of Texas Athletic Department
Tutor, Women’s Academic Support Services June 2001 – December 2001
Development Intern, Longhorn Foundation September 2000 – January 2001
Lance Armstrong Foundation Ride for the Roses
Events Intern January 2001 – May 2001
Office of Senator Phil Gramm
Legislative Correspondent April 1998 – August 1999
Group Tour Coordinator/Administrative Associate June 1997 – March 1998
Duke University Athletic Department
Staff Assistant, Iron Dukes Athletic Development Office August 1993 – May 1997
AWARDS
2005 Professor and Mrs. Karl K. Klein Endowed Graduate Scholarship
2000 Alderson Graduate Scholarship for Teaching Excellence
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Ad-hoc reviewer, Journal of Sport Management
Ad-hoc reviewer, Sport Management Review
COMMUNITY SERVICE:
June 2000 – present Steering Committee Member, Lance Armstrong Foundation
June 2008 – August 2009 College Station Mayor’s Council on Physical Fitness
Jan 2006 – Aug 2007 Coach, Move through Cancer
2003, 2004 Volunteer Coordinator, Texas Roundup
2003 Ex-officio Member, University of Texas Athletic
Department Compliance Task Force
2002, 2003 Registration Chair, Motorola Marathon
2001, 2002 Steering Committee Member, AIDS Walk Austin
2001, 2002 Events Director, Liv in the Game
