Dr. Amy Chan Hyung Kim is an Assistant Professor for the Department of Sport Management at Florida State University. Her research inquiry lies in promoting community well-being and health through community sport programs from a social epidemiological perspective. She also has been interested in exploring the evolution of knowledge structure in the field of Sport Management. She has taught Research methods in Sport Management, Strategic Management in Sport, Facility and Event Management in Sport, Human Resource Management in Sport, and Introduction to Sport Management for...

Robbi Beyer, Ph.D., is a full professor at California State University, Los Angeles.  She received her B.A. in physical education from Cal State Pomona while competing as a varsity athlete in multiple sports and receiving All-American honors in basketball.  Upon graduation, she worked within the public schools as an adapted physical educator and as a volleyball and basketball coach. Her passion for adapted sport took her back to school where she received her doctoral degree in adapted physical education and pedagogy from Texas Woman’s University.  She now focuses both her teaching and...

Tiffanye M. Vargas, Ph.D., CC-AASP,  is an Associate Professor in the Department of Kinesiology at California State University, Long Beach.  A native Texan, she received her B.A. in Plan II and Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin before earning her M.A. in Counseling and Ph.D. in Sport Psychology from Michigan State University. Listed on the United States Olympic Committee Sport Psychology and Mental Training Registry, she has worked with aspiring Olympians and Paralympians, collegiate, and club coaches and athletes on mental skills training. A former collegiate athlete and...

Margaret M. Flores was a special education teacher in the public schools before earning her doctorate in Education of Students with Exceptionalities from Georgia State University in 2004. Her first position in higher education was at the University of Texas at San Antonio from 2004-2008. During this time, she met her co-authors and expanded her research interests in academic interventions accessible instruction for students with disabilities to include recreational sports. She and her colleagues began a line of research related to children with learning, behavioral, and attention deficits...

Dr. Tanya Forneris is currently an undergraduate coordinator in the School of Health and Exercise Sciences at the University of British Columbia Okanagan Campus, Kelowna, BC, Canada. She obtained her Masters in sport psychology at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada and her PhD in counseling psychology from Virginia Commonwealth University. Tanya's expertise is in positive youth development and community programming. More specifically, the development, implementation, and evaluation of life skills based sport and physical activity programs to enhance youth...

Steven J. Danish was president of Life Skills Associates and emeritus professor of psychology at Virginia Commonwealth University.  He served as chair of the department of psychology and founder and director of the Life Skills Center. Previously, he held academic positions at Penn State University and Southern Illinois University following the receipt of his doctorate in counseling psychology from Michigan State University.  Dr. Danish was a licensed psychologist and a diplomate in counseling psychology of the American Board of Professional Psychology and a registered sport psychologist of...