Heath Hooper

Biography

Dr. Heath Hooper has been in Higher Education now for 12 years. He serves as the Dean of the Ledbetter College of Business and Professor of Sport Management at Shorter University.

Dr. Hooper is additionally very involved in his local community as he serves on the Executive Board of Directors for the local Rome Floyd Chamber of Commerce and as the 2022 President of the Board for the Rome Floyd County Commission on Children and Youth. Additionally, Dr. Hooper serves on the executive board for the Rome Floyd Chamber of Commerce. Beginning in January 2024, Dr. Hooper will serve as the Chairman of the Board.

Dr. Hooper was elected in 2023 as a Board Member for Commission of Sport Management Accreditation Association. Dr. Hooper has been involved in numerous publications and presentations. See below:

Degree Earned

• Bachelors Degree MCAA, Concordia University Irvine, 2011
• Doctorate Degree

Honors and Accolades

• Young Professional of the Year
• “Best of Rome for 2023” as best Professor

Courses Taught

• MCAA/MSCE 550: Research Methods and Analysis

National Presentations

• Applied Sport Management Association (ASMA) Conference – Baton Rouge, LA: 2016 Topic: “Lack of Social Media Policy in NCAA Athletic Departments”
• Indiana University Pennsylvania Sport Business Conference – Indiana, PA: 2016 – Topic: “Identifying the Significance of Cultural Diversity in Advising Student-Athletes” National
• Alliance of Social Work in Sports Conference – Atlanta, GA: 2016 – Topic: “Learning Disabilities Amongst Today’s NCAA Student-Athletes”
• Map for Success: Learning Improvement for Traditional College Students – Rome, GA 2016 – Shorter University
• Applied Sport Management Association (ASMA) Conference – Baton Rouge, LA: 2017 Topic: “NCAA Power Five Conference Autonomy: A Case Study on the Rise and Fall of NCAA Division I College & University Profit”
• Commission of Sport Management Association Conference – Tampa, FL: 2017 – Topic: “Best Practices in Assessment in Sport Management Education.”
• North American Society for Sport Management – Denver, CO: 2017 – Topic: “An Investigation of the Role of Communication Privacy Management Theory in the Development of NCAA Division I Social Media Policies”
• Commission of Sport Management Association Conference – Atlanta, GA: 2018 – Topic: “Incorporating Practicality within the Sport Management Curriculum”
• Commission of Sport Management Association Conference – Baton Rouge, LA. 2020 – Panel Discussion – Lead Moderator – “Sport Management on the Rise”
• Commission of Sport Management Association Conference – Baton Rouge, LA 2020 – Topic: “Corruptive Recruiting Practices between Collegiate and Grassroots Program”
• Commission of Sport Management Association Conference – Virtual – 2021 – Panel Presentation – Topic: “The current impact and effect COVID-19 has had on Colleges and Universities”
• Applied Sport Management Association Conference – Virtual – 2021 – Topic: “A theoretical perspective of the application of communication privacy management theory applied to NCAA intercollegiate athletics”
• Applied Sport Management Association Conference – Virtual – 2021 – Topic: “The “Whole” Student-Athlete: Addressing the Importance of Mental Health
  North American Society for Sport Management (NASSM) – Panel Presentation – 2022 – Administrators in Sport Management.
• Hooper, H., Ross, M. & Conkle, K. – 2023 – The Application and Understanding of Effective Academic Advising Strategies of NCAA Student-Athletes. Applied Sport Management Association Conference. Birmingham, Alabama.
• Ross, M., Hooper, H. & Conkle, K. – 2023 – Fostering Best Practices and Intentional Experiential Learning Opportunities. Commission on Sport Management Accreditation Conference. Tampa, Florida.

Publications

• Hooper, H. (2017). An investigation of the role communication privacy management theory has in the development of NCAA Division I social media policies. The Sport Journal.
• Hooper, H. (2017). Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Amongst Today’s NCAA Student-Athletes. MOJ Sports Med 1(2): DOI: 10.15406/mojsm.2017.01.00015
• Hooper, H. & Caldwell, C., (2018). “A Transformative Philosophy: Insights to Excellence) in Human Resource Management: A Transformative Approach, Caldwell, C. & Anderson, V. (Eds.) Hauppauge, NY: NOVA Publications, Chapter Three.
• Hooper, H. (2018). Discussing Eating Disorders amongst NCAA Student-Athletes. MOJ Sports Med 2(5):148‒151. DOI: 10.15406/mojsm.2018.02.00065
• Hooper, H. (2019). An Examination of Title IX and its Impact on NCAA Male and Female Sports. Journal of Sports and Games.
• Hooper, H. (2019). Recognizing the Risk of Obesity in Youth. MOJ Sports Med 3(2): 40- 43. DOI: 10.15406/mojsm.2019.03.00078
• Hooper, H. (2019). The “Whole” Student-Athlete: Addressing the Importance of Mental Health. Archives of Physical Health and Sports Medicine. 2(2): 01-04.
• Hooper, H., Ross, M. (2021). Mental Health. Encyclopedia of Sport Management.
• Hooper, H., Ross, M. (2021). Ethics in Sport. Encyclopedia of Sport Management.

Reflect on MCAA

As a former student of the MCAA program, I am able to applicate and apply what I learned as a student, now as an instructor to the current students. It is a program that enables students to gain valuable experience not only from a career standpoint but with each individuals’ personal growth!