Research Methods and Design in Sport Management

Damon Andrew, PhD, is dean, superintendent, and professor in the Anne Spencer Daves College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences at Florida State University. He holds a bachelor’s degree in physical education and a master’s degree in exercise physiology from the University of South Alabama, two master’s degrees in biomechanics and sport management from the University of Florida, and a PhD in sport management from Florida State University. He also completed postgraduate certificates in higher education administration from Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education, Pennsylvania State University’s College of Education, and Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College of Education and Human Development. Andrew has previously served as dean at Troy University, Louisiana State University, and Florida State University, where he established and expanded numerous academic programs and led significant academic initiatives.

Andrew’s research has garnered over $3 million in funding through 33 grants and contracts. His scholarly output includes over 215 peer-reviewed articles, proceedings, and book chapters, alongside 150 presentations at national and international conferences. He has held leadership positions including president and member at large for the North American Society for Sport Management, financial officer for the Sport and Recreation Law Association, and vice chair, chair-elect, and board chair of the American Association of University Administrators.

Currently, Andrew serves as the associate editor of the International Journal of Sport Management and Marketing. He has also been an editor for the Sport Management Education Journal, the Journal of Applied Sport Management, and the Journal of Higher Education Management.

His academic achievements have been recognized with several awards, including the 2025 Earle F. Zeigler Lecture Award from the North American Society for Sport Management, the Scholar Lifetime Achievement Award from the Applied Sport Management Association, the Scholar Award from the National Association for Kinesiology in Higher Education, the Southern District Scholar Award from the Society of Health and Physical Educators, and the Mabel Lee Award from the Society of Health and Physical Educators. He is notably the only sport management scholar elected as a fellow of both the National Academy of Kinesiology and the National Association for Kinesiology in Higher Education.

Paul M. Pedersen, PhD, is a professor of sport management in the department of kinesiology at Indiana University–Bloomington’s School of Public Health. His professional background includes work as a sportswriter, sport management consultant, and sport business columnist. Pedersen’s research interests primarily focus on the relationship between sport and communication, as well as the operations and practices of sport organizations.

A research fellow and the 2025 recipient of the Distinguished Research Award from the North American Society for Sport Management (NASSM), Pedersen has authored more than 12 books, including Contemporary Sport Management, Strategic Sport Communication, Encyclopedia of Sport Management, Handbook of Sport Communication, and Communication in Sport Management. He has also published over 130 articles in peer-reviewed journals such as the Journal of Sport Management, European Sport Management Quarterly, Sport Marketing Quarterly, International Journal of Sports Marketing and Sponsorship, Sociology of Sport Journal, International Review for the Sociology of Sport, and Journal of Sports Economics. Furthermore, he has delivered over 140 refereed presentations at professional conferences and more than 50 invited presentations globally, including in China, Denmark, Hungary, Norway, and South Korea. His insights have been featured in publications ranging from The New York Times to China Daily.

Pedersen is the founder and editor in chief of the International Journal of Sport Communication and serves on the editorial board of five other journals. His distinguished career includes being a 2024 inductee into the Hall of Fame of the Commission on Sport Management Accreditation (COSMA) as a Master Professor, receiving the 2020 Distinguished Alumni Award from Florida State University’s College of Education, and a 2011 inductee into the Golden Eagle Hall of Fame (East High School in Pueblo, Colorado). Pedersen resides in Bloomington, Indiana, with his wife, Jennifer, and their youngest child, Carlie. Their older children, their spouses, and grandchildren reside in Idaho, Indiana, and West Virginia.