Lisa Pike Masteralexis
Senior Associate Dean & Professor
Sport Management
Education
JD, Suffolk University Law School, 1990
BS Sport Management, University of Massachusetts, 1987
Professional Experience
Consultant, DiaMMond Management Group, 1993-Present
Certified Agent, Major League Baseball Players Association, 1999-Present
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
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
Academic Achievement in Sport & Entertainment Award, Sport Entertainment & Venues Tomorrow/University of South Carolina, 2016
Research Interests
Sport Law
Labor Relations in the Sport Industry
Sport Management
Sport Agencies
Teaching Interests
Doctoral
- Sport Law
Masters
- Sport Law
- Labor Relations in Professional Sports
Undergraduate
- Sport Law
- Sport Agencies
- Introduction to Sport Management
General
- Negotiations in Sport
Selected Publications
Masteralexis, L.P., Barr, C.A. & Hums, M.A. Principles and Practice of Sport Management, 6th Ed. Boston: Jones & Bartlett (2018)
Masteralexis, L.P. “Corporate Structure and Regulating Structures: Regulating Player Agents,” in Barry, M., Skinner, J., & Engelberg, T. Research Handbook of Employment Relations in Sport. London, U.K.: Edward Elgar Publishingpp.5:1–5:31 (2016)
Masteralexis, J.T., Masteralexis, L.P, Snyder, K. “Enough is Enough: The Case for Federal Regulation of Sports Agents,” 20 Jeffrey S. Moorad Sports Law Journal 69-105 (2013) (formerly Villanova Sport & Ent. Law Journal)
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” 21:2 Marquette Sports Law Journal 574-597 (2011)
Masteralexis, L.P. “American Needle v. National Football League and the Future of Collective Licensing Agreements in Sport,” 19:3 Sport Marketing Quarterly 166-69 (2010)
