Gayle Workman, Ph.D.

Adjunct Professor, Sport Management

Gayle Workman, Ph.D.
Gayle Workman, Ph.D. Adjunct Professor, Sport Management

Education

  • Ph.D. in Sport and Leisure Sciences, The Ohio State University
  • MS, Slippery Rock University
  • BS, Bowling Green State University

Areas of Interest

Facility & Event Management · Sport Governance · Recreation Management · Legal Issues in Sport

Biography

Dr. Gayle Workman is an adjust professor of Sport Management at Barry University, bringing 30 years of experience in sport, recreation, and higher education to the program. She earned her Ph.D. in Sport and Leisure Sciences from The Ohio State University, her M.S. from Slippery Rock University, and her
B.S. from Bowling Green State University. 

Dr. Workman teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in Event and Facility Planning, Sport Governance, Recreation Management, and Legal Issues in Sport, among others. She created and continues to direct Barry’s now-annual Pickleball Tournament, a student-run fundraiser organized by sport management graduate students as a hands-on class project in event management. She has published extensively and presented at state, national, and international conferences, with research interests spanning the meaning of sport across the lifespan, recreation participation among older adults, and the growing intersections of sport, eco- and adventure tourism, and esports.

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