Lisa Pike Masteralexis

Senior Associate Dean

Office: Isenberg 327

Tel: 413.545.5061

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Academic Background

Education

JD , Suffolk University Law School, 1990

BS Sport Management, University of Massachusetts, 1987

Academic Appointments

Senior Associate Dean, Isenberg School of Management, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 7/2018-Present

Associate Dean of Faculty and Administration, Isenberg School of Management, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2015-2018

Department Head, Mark H. McCormack Department of Sport Management, University of Massachusetts, 1998-2015

Associate Professor of Sport Law, Mark H. McCormack Department of Sport Management, University of Massachusetts, 9/1996-Present

Assistant Professor of Sport Law, Mark H. McCormack Department of Sport Management, University of Massachusetts, 9/1990-8/1996

Research Interests

Sport Law
Labor Relations in the Sport Industry
Employment Issues in the Sport Industry
Sport Agencies

Teaching Interests

Undergraduate

Sport Law
Sport Agencies
Introduction to Sport Management

Masters

Sport Law
Labor Relations in Professional Sports

PhD

Sport Law

Professional Background

Professional Experience

Consultant, 1993-Present, DiaMMond Management Group

Certified Agent, 1999-Present, Major League Baseball Players Association

Recent Honors & Awards

College Outstanding Teaching Award, University of Massachusetts, 2010, 2002, & 1993

University Distinguished Teaching Award nominee, 2010, 2008

Teachnology Teaching Fellowship, Center for Teaching, University of Massachusetts, 2005-06

B.K. Stevens Visiting Scholar in Sport Law, University of Florida, 3/2003

Lilly Teaching Fellowship, Center for Teaching, University of Massachusetts, 1993-1994

Selected Publications

Masteralexis, J.T., Masteralexis, L.P, Snyder, K. "Enough is Enough: The Case for Federal Regulation of Sports Agents," 20:1 Jeffrey S. Moorad Sports Law Journal 69-104 (formerly Villanova Sports & Entertainment Law Journal) (January 2013)

Masteralexis, J.T. & Masteralexis, L.P. "If You're Hurt, Where is Home? Recently Drafted Minor League Baseball Players Are Compelled to Bring Workers' Compensation Action in Team's Home State or in Jurisdiction More Favorable to Employers" 21:2Marquette Sports LawJournal 574-597 (2011)

Masteralexis, L.P. & Masteralexis, J.T. (2013) “How labor relations in professional sports have evolved to depend on lockouts, decertification, and disclaimers rather than traditional bargaining,” Sport and Recreation Law Association Annual Conference, Denver, CO (3/15/11)

Masteralexis, L.P. "American Needle v. National Football League and the Future of Collective Licensing Agreements in Sport," 19:3 Sport Marketing Quarterly166-69 (2010)

Moorman, A.M. & Masteralexis, L.P. (co-counsel). Brief Supporting Respondent Casey Martin prepared on behalf of American Association of Adapted Sports Programs, America's Athletes with Disabilities, Dwarf Athletic Association of America, National Wheelchair Basketball Association, United States Cerebral Palsy Athletic Association, United States Deaf Sports Federation, Disabled Sports/USA, Wheelchair Sports, USA, and United States of America Association of Blind Athletes, and filed in the Supreme Court of the United States, PGA Tour, Inc. v. Casey Martin, Case No. 00-24 (December 2000)