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 Heidi Grappendorf

Dr. Heidi Grappendorf

Assistant Professor (Sport Management)

 

 

 

Contact Details:

North Carolina State University

Department Of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management

Box 8004, Biltmore Hall, Raleigh - NC 27695

Phone: 919-513-0060

Email: heidi_grappendorf@ncsu.edu

 

Education:

University of New Mexico; Albuquerque, NM       PhD      December 2001

Major:  Health, Physical Education, and Recreation         

Emphasis:  Sport Administration

 

University of Northern Colorado; Greeley, CO     MA        December 1996

Major:  Physical Education                

Emphasis:  Sport Administration

 

Dana College; Blair, NE                                           BA         May 1995

Major:  Social Science

Minor:  Psychology

 

Specialty/Current Research Interests:

Gender issues in sport management, diversity, career paths of female athletic directors, SWAs and leaders in sport management, barriers to advancement

 

Recent Courses Taught:

Undergraduate: PRT 376 Sport Administration, PRT 466 Sport Finance & Economics,         PRT 486 Senior Seminar

Graduate: Diversity in Sport

 

Selected Publications:

Grappendorf, H., & Henderson, A. (Accepted- Winter, 2007). Hegemonic masculinity,homosociality and collaboration within the field of sport management: Exploring the issues. Advancing Women in Leadership Journal.

 

Pent, A., Grappendorf, H., & Henderson, A. (Accepted- Fall, 2007). Do they want more? An Analysis of NCAA Senior Woman Administrators participation in financial  decision making. Journal for the Study of Sports and Athletes in Education.

Lough, N., & Grappendorf, H.  (2007). Senior Woman Administrators perspectives on professional advancement. International Journal of Sport  Management, 8(2).

 

Burton, L., Grappendorf, H., Henderson, A., & Dennis, J. (accepted, 2007). The relevance of athletic participation for women: Exploring hiring preferences of undergraduate students to entry-level management positions. International Journal of Sport Management.

 

Smucker, M. & Grappendorf, H. (accepted, 2007). A content analysis of sport management faculty collaboration: Single versus multiple authorship. Sport Management and Related Topics Journal.

 

Grappendorf, H., Burton, L., & Henderson, A. (accepted, 2007). Does athletic participation give women an advantage? Using role congrutiy theory to examine initial salary recommendations. Applied Research in Coaching and Athletics Annual.

 

Selected Presentations:

Burton, L., Grappendorf, H., Henderson, A, & Dennis, J. (2007). Does athletic participation influence hiring preferences and salary offers? Girls and Women Rock: Celebrating 35 Years of Sport & Title IX Symposium. Cleveland, OH.

 

Lough, N., & Grappendorf, H. (2007). Advancement of women in intercollegiate athletic administration. Girls and Women Rock: Celebrating 35  Years of Sport & Title IX Symposium. Cleveland, OH.

 

Pent, A., & Grappendorf, H. (2007). Financial decision making and NCAA Senior Woman Administrators. AAHPERD. Baltimore, MD.

 

Grappendorf,  H., Burton, L., & Henderson, A. (2007). Initial salary recommendations for athletes. AAHPERD. Baltimore, MD.

 

Smucker, M., & Grappendorf, H. (2007). Single vs. multiple authorship in sport management research. AAHPERD. Baltimore, MD.

 

Burton, L., Grappendorf, H., & Henderson, A. (2007). Influence of women’s athletic participation on hiring preferences to sport management positions: Does this matter to managers hiring at the entry-level? NASSM. Miami Beach, FL.

 

 

Awards:

 

ACADEMIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS & HONORS

Nominee, The Mabel Lee Award: AAHPERD Award that provides the means through which the Alliance recognizes its younger members who have demonstrated outstanding potential in scholarship, teaching and/or professional leadership. The recipients shall have demonstrated a quality of performance that, if continued, indicates that they will develop into distinguished members of the profession.

 

Texas Tech University Outstanding Faculty, 2006

University of New Mexico College of Education Outstanding Ph.D. Student, 2001

Dana College Viking Scholar Athlete

Dana College Dean’s List 1994, 1995

National Dean’s List 1995

 

ATHLETIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS & HONORS

Dana College Athletic Hall of Fame Inductee October 2003

Nebraska State College Female Athlete of the Year, Omaha World-Herald, 1995

NAIA Basketball All-American, Third Team, Dana College1995

NAIA National Tennis Qualifier, Dana College, 1995 Team Captain 1992-1995

 

Other (e.g., outside interests):

Being involved on the university and national levels related to gender and diversity in sport.

Examples:

Association of Girls and Women in Sport (NAGWS) Vice President for Research AAHPERD Research Consortium Board Member

 

Editorial Board Member- Sport Management and Related Topics Journal.

 

Co-Chair, North American Society for Sport Management (NASSM) Diversity Committee

 

President, Women in NASSM (WIN)

 

Sport Management Program Coordinator, NCSU

 

NCSU Women’s Task Force- Provost approved task force to establish a diversity initiative to retain and advance women faculty.

 

Member, Council on the Status of Women. North Carolina State current  University

 

Chair, Association of Women Faculty. Representative College of current  Natural Resources, North Carolina State University.

 

Outside interests:

Dr. Grappendorf also enjoys tennis, golf, running, hiking, and reading.

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