Dr. Hums' curriculum vita

Dr. Hums' research interests focus primarily on policy development in sport organizations, specifically regarding inclusion of people with disabilities, women, and racial/ethnic minorities into the management of sport. In addition to being a Past President of SSLASPA, she is an active member of NASSM, EASM, AAHPERD, and the International Olympic Academy Participants’ Association. Hums co-edited Principles and Practice of Sport Management and Women as Leaders in Sport: Impact and Influence; co-authored Profiles of Sport Industry Professionals, Governance and Policy in Sport Organizations and Paralympic Sport: All Sports for All People. Her articles appear in Journal of Sport Management, Journal of Legal Aspects of Sport, Journal of Sport and Social Issues, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Career Development, Journal of the International Council of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation, International Journal of Sport Management, Recreation Sport Journal, and Women's Sport and Physical Activity Journal. She is a Research Fellow for the Northeastern University Center for Sport and Society's Disability in Sport Program and also the Athletes for Human Rights Initiative, and is a NASSM Research Fellow. She volunteered for the 1996 Atlanta and 2002 Salt Lake City Paralympic Games. In 2004, she lived in Athens, Greece for five months, working both the Olympic (Softball) and Paralympic (Goalball) Games. Hums is a 1996 inductee into the Indiana ASA Softball Hall of Fame.

Educational Background

• PhD Sport Management, Ohio State University
• MBA University of Iowa
• MA Athletic Administration, University of Iowa
• BBA Management, University of Notre Dame

Teaching Areas

• Principles of Sport Administration
• Sport Governance
• Current Trends & Issues in Sport Administration
• American Women in Sport
• Management of Professional Baseball
• Sport and Human Rights
• International Sport

Research Interests

• Policy development in sport organizations
• Inclusion of people with disabilities, women, and racial/ethnic minorities in the management of sport

Recent Publications

• Wolf, E.A., Hums, M.A., & Roy, E. (2007). Sport in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Boston, MA: International Disability in Sport Working Group/ United Nations Office of the Special Advisor of the Secretary-General on Sport for Development and Peace.
• Hums, M.A., & Wolff, E. A (2006). Olympism and human rights: Ideals in action. ICSSPE Bulletin, 48, 69-72.
• Bower, G. G., Hums, M.A., & Keedy, J. L. (2006). Mentoring women to advance in leadership positions within campus recreation: A historical perspective. Advancing Women in Leadership, 20. On-line at www.advancingwomen.com.
• Wolff, E.A., & Hums, M.A. (2006). Sport and human rights. Chronicle of Kinesiology and Physical Education in Higher Education, 17(2), 3-4.
• Hums, M.A., Bower, G.G., & Grappendorf, H. (2007). Women as leaders in sport: Impact and influence. Reston, VA: National Association for Girls and Women in Sport.