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- Glenn Gerstner
Associate ProfessorDean CCPS
EdD, Sport Management, Northcentral UniversityMBA, Finance, Hofstra UniversityBS, Communication Arts, St. John's University
While serving as an Associate Professor of Sport Management, Dr. Gerstner mentored more than 30 graduate students' masters theses on a wide range of topics, including detailed cost/benefit analyses of the Olympic Games, an improved method for measuring the value of subsidies received by college athletic departments, the identification of characteristics that can predict the motivation of college softball recruits, measuring the effect on NFL teams of an injury to their starting quarterback, and the reasons why college basketball coaches generally do not make good professional coaches. He also supervised hundreds of sport management students during their internships at sites as close as Madison Square Garden and Citifield to those located in Japan, China, Nicaragua, England, and Russia.
He is an active member of the North American Association of Sports Economists, the Eastern Economic Association, the Mid-Atlantic Popular Culture Association, and the New York State Economics Association. His research interests are in the areas of tournament theory, the economics of intercollegiate athletics, and sports in popular culture. In 2008, he was awarded the St. John’s University Outstanding Faculty Achievement Medal. Dr. Gerstner is a life-long resident of Long Island, New York.
Teaching Interests
Research Interests
Courses Taught
SPG
301
STRATEGIC SPORT MGT
SPG
306
FIN PERSPECTIVES IN SPORTS
SPG
312
SEMINAR IN SPORT MANAGEMENT
SPG
401
RESEARCH METHODS IN SPORT
SPM
1032
THE ECONOMICS OF SPORT
Select Publications
Journal Articles
Gerstner, G., Conger, D., and Vogel, R. (2018). Does spending on athletics impact investment in academics? The case of football spending and faculty salaries. Journal of Contemporary Athletics. vol. 12, pp. 69-81.
Gerstner, G., and Eddy, T. (2014). The USGA ban on the anchored putting stroke: Was the decision based on empirical evidence?. Journal of Contemporary Athletics. vol. 8, pp. 235-248.