This custom ebook includes chapters from Introduction to Recreation and Leisure, Fourth Edition, and Contemporary Sport Management, Eighth Edition. It has been specifically designed for students taking the course Foundations of Sport and Recreation Management (KSS 280) at the University of Nebraska at Kearney.

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Custom ebook for students taking the course Foundations of Sport and Recreation Management (KSS 280) at the University of Nebraska at Kearney.

Parks, Recreation, and Leisure: A Notable History and Promising Future
Ellen O’Sullivan
From Introduction to Recreation and Leisure, Fourth Edition

History of Recreation
Tristan Hopper, Jill Sturts, Douglas Kennedy, and Jerome F. Singleton
From Introduction to Recreation and Leisure, Fourth Edition

Philosophy and Leisure
Donald J. McLean and Mary Sara Wells
From Introduction to Recreation and Leisure, Fourth Edition

Managing Sport
Paul M. Pedersen
From Contemporary Sport Management, Eighth Edition

Developing a Professional Perspective
Khirey B. Walker, Dominique C. Kropp, and Jamee Pelcher
From Contemporary Sport Management, Eighth Edition

Leisure and Recreation for Individuals in Society
Juan Tortosa Martínez, Daniel G. Yoder, and Mary Sara Wells
From Introduction to Recreation and Leisure, Fourth Edition

Managing Sport Participation Across the Life Span
Marlene A. Dixon, Jennifer E. McGarry, and Ashlyn Hardie
From Contemporary Sport Management, Eighth Edition

Leisure Service Delivery Systems
David N. Emanuelson and Mary Sara Wells
From Introduction to Recreation and Leisure, Fourth Edition

Public Recreation
Mary Sara Wells and Terry Long
From Introduction to Recreation and Leisure, Fourth Edition

Nonprofit Sector
Robert F. Ashcraft
From Introduction to Recreation and Leisure, Fourth Edition

For-Profit Sector: Recreation, Event, and Tourism Enterprises
Robert E. Pfister and Patrick T. Tierney
From Introduction to Recreation and Leisure, Fourth Edition

Therapeutic Recreation
Frances Stavola Daly and Robin Kunstler
From Introduction to Recreation and Leisure, Fourth Edition

Unique Groups
Nicole Green, Augustus W. Hallmon, John Byl, David Kahan, Mary Parr, and Yating “Tina” Liang
From Introduction to Recreation and Leisure, Fourth Edition

Interscholastic Athletics
Tywan G. Martin, James E. Johnson, and Eric W. Forsyth
From Contemporary Sport Management, Eighth Edition

Intercollegiate Athletics
Ellen J. Staurowsky, Robertha Abney, and Nicholas M. Watanabe
From Contemporary Sport Management, Eighth Edition

Professional Sport
Jacqueline McDowell, Amy Chan Hyung Kim, and Kelly Evans
From Contemporary Sport Management, Eighth Edition

Sport Management and Marketing Agencies
Ashley G. Bowers, Alex C. Gang, and Ray Schneider
From Contemporary Sport Management, Eighth Edition

International Sport Management
Armin Marquez, Elsa Kristiansen, and Ashleigh-Jane Thompson
From Contemporary Sport Management, Eighth Edition

Esports Management
BerNadette Lawson-Williams, Dina Gentile, and Minna Rollins
From Contemporary Sport Management, Eighth Edition

Recreational Sport Management
H. Joey Gray, Robert J. Barcelona, and Kelsie N. Roberts
From Introduction to Recreation and Leisure, Fourth Edition

Outdoor and Adventure Recreation
Bruce Martin, Garrett Hutson, and Marni Goldenberg
From Introduction to Recreation and Leisure, Fourth Edition

The Nature and Future of Recreation and Leisure as a Profession
Tracy L. Mainieri
From Introduction to Recreation and Leisure, Fourth Edition

Emerging Developments in Sport Management
Gashaw Abeza, Liz Wanless, and Yoseph Z. Mamo
From Contemporary Sport Management, Eighth Edition

Tyler Tapps, PhD, is the assistant vice president for health and well-being at Northwest Missouri State University and was formerly an associate professor and the assistant director for health sciences. He received his PhD in health, leisure, and human performance from Oklahoma State University in 2009. In 2015, he was certified as a park and recreation professional by the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA), from which he also received the Robert W. Crawford Young Professional Award. Tapps is a military veteran with recreation programming experience in the military. He is a past president of the Leisure Educators section of the Missouri Park and Recreation Association.

Mary Sara Wells, PhD, is an associate professor in the department of parks, recreation, and tourism at the University of Utah, where she serves as the director of undergraduate studies. She teaches courses in youth development, community recreation, and sport management. She has been a member of The Academy of Leisure Sciences (TALS), the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA), and Society of Park and Recreation Educators (SPRE) since 2004. Wells has researched issues of sporting conduct in youth sport. She has published her research in numerous journals, presented at several national and international conferences, and conducted trainings and evaluations for multiple municipal youth sport agencies across the country.

Paul M. Pedersen, PhD, is a professor of sport management within the department of kinesiology in the School of Public Health at Indiana University Bloomington (IU). He has worked as a sportswriter, sport management consultant, and sports business columnist. Pedersen’s primary areas of scholarly interest and research are the symbiotic relationship between sport and communication and the activities and practices of various sport organization personnel.

A research fellow of the North American Society for Sport Management (NASSM), Pedersen has published more than 10 books (including Sport and the Pandemic, Strategic Sport Communication, Encyclopedia of Sport Management, Handbook of Sport Communication, and Research Methods and Design in Sport Management) and over 125 articles in peer-reviewed outlets such as the Journal of Sport Management, European Sport Management Quarterly, Sport Marketing Quarterly, International Journal of Sports Marketing and Sponsorship, Sociology of Sport Journal, International Review for the Sociology of Sport, and Journal of Sports Economics. He has also been a part of more than 125 refereed presentations at professional conferences and more than 50 invited presentations, including invited addresses in China, Denmark, Hungary, Norway, and South Korea. He has been interviewed and quoted in publications as diverse as the New York Times and China Daily.

Founder and editor in chief of the International Journal of Sport Communication, he serves on the editorial board of seven other journals. He was a 2024 inductee into the Hall of Fame of the Commission on Sport Management Accreditation (COSMA) as a Master Professor, was a recipient of the 2020 distinguished alumni award from Florida State University’s College of Education, and was a 2011 inductee into the Golden Eagle Hall of Fame (East High School in Pueblo, Colorado). Pedersen lives in Bloomington, Indiana, with his wife, Jennifer, and their youngest child, Carlie, who is in college. Their oldest children, their spouses, and grandson (Hallie and Liam; Brock and Brooke; Zack, Megan, and Nolan) live in Montana, Texas, and Indiana.