Professor Masteralexis -- Professsional Experience
Department Head, Associate Professor
September 1990 - Present: Department Head and Associate Professor of Sport Law, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA.
October 1997 - Present: Legal Counsel, Diammond Management Group, Boston, MA.
November 1992 - 1996: Partner and Legal Counsel, Sport Ventures International, West Brookfield, MA.
Education:
SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL, BOSTON, MA, Juris Doctor awarded June 1990; admitted to Massachusetts Bar, December 1990. HONORS: Dean's List, Suffolk Transnational Law Journal, Lead Articles Editor and Author.
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS, AMHERST, MA, Bachelor of Science in Sport Management awarded May 1987. HONORS: Dean's List, Recipient of Dean's Merit Scholarship, Order of Omega National Honor Society.
Employment History:
DEPARTMENT HEAD and ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF SPORT LAW, SPORT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, UNIV. OF MASSACHUSETTS, AMHERST, MA, September 1990 - Present
Department Head in Sport Management Program since June 1998. Responsibilities include program leadership and development, budgeting, planning, fundraising, and personnel actions. A tenured professor in Sport Management Program teaching undergraduate and graduate sport law courses covering such areas as risk management, tort and contract liability, agency, constitutional law, negotiation, labor relations and antitrust law in professional/amateur sport. Also an Adjunct faculty member in the Labor Studies Department.
LEGAL COUNSEL, DIAMMOND MANAGEMENT GROUP, BOSTON, MA, October 1997 - Present
Founding partner and legal counsel to sports agency representing professional baseball players.
PARTNER AND LEGAL COUNSEL SPORT VENTURES INTERNATIONAL, WEST BROOKFIELD, MA, November 1992 - 1996 Founding partner and legal counsel to sport management firm. Clients included minor league baseball players, college coaches, Canadian Football League players, #1 ranked player on International Racquetball Tour, and the Staples Beantown Pro-Am Basketball League (Boston).
Research Interests:
Professor Masteralexis’ primary research interests are in legal issues and labor relations in the sport industry. She has served as a legal consultant to the professional athlete management firm, the Women’s Sports Foundation, and the local school districts. Prof. Masteralexis has recently served as lead editor for the introductory text on Sport Management, Principles and Practice of Sport Management (1998).
Grants and Contracts
Teaching and Learning in a Diverse Classroom Grant, Center for Teaching, University of Massachusetts, Amherst (Awarded $15,000, 2004-05)
Research Contract, American International Players Association (Awarded $22,000 2000-01).
Mini-grant for Teaching to support experiential learning component of Sport Mgt. Program, CFNR Committee on Faculty Development and Training.(Awarded $600 Fall 2000).
Mini-grant for Teaching to sponsor a teaching workshop on writing and teaching with case studies, CFNR Committee on Faculty Development and Training.(Awarded $600 Spring 1998).
Crosset, T., Masteralexis, L.P., Hums, M., Barr, C. Male Athletes and Domestic Violence: An Intervention Plan" ($70,000 Grant Proposal Submitted, Tabled by NCAA Spring 1996).
Faculty Grant for Travel to the Netherlands for First European Congress on Sport Management, Faculty Senate Research Council (Awarded $600 Fall 1993).
Faculty Grant for Teaching for study of international sport managers to assess need for cross-cultural and international training of students in Sport Management Program, Faculty Senate Committee on Teaching Improvement and Evaluation (Awarded $1,000 1992-93 ).
Services:
University:
Provost’s Task Force on Faculty Development 2006 - present
College Of Food And Natural Resources
Urban Planning Initiative 1999-2000
Applied Management Committee 1998-2000
SOM - CFNR Merger Committee 1998
Committee on Faculty Teaching and Development 1994-97
Alumni Admissions Council 1990-95
Sigma Delta Tau Sorority Local/Faculty Advisor 1990-95
Athletic Council 1992 - 95
Faculty Senate 1991-94
Faculty Senate Committee on Committees 1991-94
Status on Women Council 1991-94
Strategic Planning Committee 1993-94
School of Professional Studies Working Group 1992
Department:
Faculty Advisor, Women in Sport Management (RSO) 1992-99
Personnel Committee 1990-96, Chair 1997-98
Faculty Search Committees 1992-1994, 1996-1998, Chair 1997-98
Director of Speakers Program 1992-93
Haigis Hoopla I-IX Board of Directors (Risk Management & Liability) 1991-00
Graduate Admissions Committee 1991-98
Profession:
Advisory Board Member, National Sports Law Institute 2000 - present
At-Large Member, Executive Board, SLASSPA, 1999-01
Ad Hoc Editor, Journal of Sport Management 1998 - present
Advisory Board Member, Women's Sports Foundation 1998 - present
Member, Women's Sports Foundation Committee on Coaches' Education Policy 1996 - present
Massachusetts Bar Association Pro Bono Program - Sports Law 1991-present
Community:
Bay State Games Volunteer 1993, 1995.
NYNEX/Bay State Games Future Leaders Scholarship Committee 1993-96.
Memberships:
Massachusetts Bar Association
Sport Lawyers Association
Sport and Recreation Law Association
National Sports Law Institute
Women's Sports Foundation
North American Society for Sport Management
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