FIT PROFILE OF Ming Li

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Ming Li is the Director of the School of Recreation and Sport Sciences at Ohio University and a professor in Sports Administration. Before joining the faculty at Ohio University, he taught at Georgia Southern University for eleven years. During those years, he coordinated both the graduate and undergraduate sport management programs. Li抯 teaching and research interests are in financial and economic aspects of sport, and international sport management. He received his bachelor抯 degree in education from Guangzhou Institute of Physical Culture (PRC), his master抯 degree in education from Hangzhou University (PRC), and his Doctor of Education from the University of Kansas in Sport Administration. His professional affiliations include: American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD), North American Society for Sport Management (NASSM), Sport Marketing Association, and International Council for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance (ICHPER.SD). He used to hold offices as Member-at-Large on the Executive Council of NASSM, Chair of the Sport Management Council of the National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE), and Director of the Sport Management & Administration Commission of ICHPER.SD. He was the recipient of the 1999 Taylor Dodson Award given by the Southern District American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance. The award is presented annually to a young professional who has demonstrated strong leadership qualities in the field of health, physical education, and dance. Li has actively participated in the NASPE-NASSM Sport Management Program Review process. In 2001, he finished his three-year term serving on the Sport Management Program Review Council (SMPRC). He has served as a consultant to several institutions in program evaluation and development in sport management. Li has memberships on the editorial boards of several professional journals, including Journal of Sport Management, International Journal of Sport Management, and Sport Marketing Quarterly. He was recently appointed the Assistant Editor for the ICHPER.SD Journal. In 1996, he worked for the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games (ACOG) as an Olympic Envoy. For the contribution he made to his profession, the institution, and the community, he was given the 2000�2001 Award for Excellence in Service by Georgia Southern University. Li has published more than 25 articles in refereed journals, two books (i.e., Economics of Sport and Badminton Everyone), and four book chapters, and made numerous refereed presentations at state, national, and international conferences. Li is an Honorary Guest Professor of the Guangzhou Institute of Physical Education, Guangzhou, China.

Ming Li

Titles:
Economics of Sport

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