Baker, Robert E.

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Phone: (703) 993-3727
Fax: (703) 993-2025
Email: rbaker2 (@gmu.edu)

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Dr. Baker's current research agenda focuses on stakeholder dynamics in sport, including leadership in sport (e.g. altruism, strategies, coaching); contextual issues in sport (e.g. trash talking athletic inclusion); governance and policy in sport (e.g. systemic dysfunction in college athletics, sponsorships, Final Four impacts, human resources, facility management); and sport management professional preparation (e.g. field experiences, cooperative-competitive learning, outcomes assessment). He also examines sport for development and peace and sport analytics.

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Stakeholder Dynamics in Sport - including:

• Leadership
• Contextual Issues
• Governance & Policy
• Inclusive Sport
• Sport Management Professional Preparation
• Sport for Development and Peace
• Sport Analytics

• School of Sport, Recreation, and Tourism Management
• Division of Sport, Recreation, and Tourism
• Sport Management
• Sport and Recreation Studies
• Recreation Management
• Tourism and Events Management
• Center for Sport Management
• Center for International Education
• School of Sport, Recreation, and Tourism Management Office

• Doctoral Dissertation Proposal (EDUC - 998)
• Sport Management Professional Development Seminar (SPMT - 475)
• Strategic Leadership in Sport Organizations (SPMT - 613)
• Master's Project/Internship (SRST - 798)

• Special Topics (EFHP 598)
• Independent Study EFHP (EFHP 599)
• Introduction to Sport Management (SPMT 201)
• Foundations of Sport Coaching (SPMT 210)
• Practicum (SPMT 241)
• Psychology of Sport (SPMT 320)
• Field Experience in Sport Coaching (SPMT 341)
• Economics and Finance in the Sport Industry (SPMT 420)
• Global Perspectives in Sport (SPMT 440)
• Strategic Management and Leadership in Sport Organizations (SPMT 470)
• Internship (SPMT 490)
• Independent Study (SPMT 499)
• Sport in the Global Marketplace (SPMT 551)
• Sport Marketing and Sales (SPMT 611)
• Economics and Financial Management in the Sport Industry (SPMT 612)
• Psychology of Coaching (SPMT 618)
• Sport and International Development (SPMT 651)
• Thesis Preparation (SRST 595)
• Special Topics (SRST 598)
• Independent Study in Sport and Recreation Studies (SRST 599)
• Master's Thesis (SRST 799)
• Special Topics (TOUR 480)