Staff Directory
- Title:
- Faculty Athletic Representative
Year at SFA: 12th
Year in current role: 6th at Faculty Athletics Representative
Other Roles Held at SFA:
Professor of Marketing, Interim Dean – Rusche College of Business
Current Duties/Responsibilities:
As Faculty Athletics Representative, I serve as a liaison between SFA administration and the athletics department, and also as a representative of SFA in the Southland Conference and NCAA affairs.
Previous Professional Experience:
Faculty member at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor (2011-2014)
Sales Representative for the Round Rock Express (Triple-A Affiliate of the Houston Astros at the time)
Education:
PhD & MS – Texas A&M University
BS – University of Mary Hardin-Baylor
Professional Involvement:
Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)
AACSB Associate Deans Affinity Group
AACSB Graduate Business Education Affinity Group
Alliance for Sport Business (AACSB special interest group)
Sport Marketing Association
North American Society for Sport Management
Global Sport Business Association (President)
American Marketing Association
Professional Honors/Awards/Recognition:
SFASU Foundation Teaching Award (sole winner of highest teaching award at SFA)
Marlin C. Young Teaching Excellence Award
Distinguished Faculty Member Award
Distinguished Service Award
Rusche Faculty Top 10 Scholar Award
SFASU Teaching Excellence Award Finalist
Junior Faculty Research Grant Award (GSBA)
Outstanding Service/ Learning Award Finalist
Outstanding Researcher Award Finalist
Intellectual Contribution Award Finalist
Hometown: Benbrook, Texas
High School: Western Hills High School
Family: Wife – Kristin Reese, Children – Hannah, Abigail, Heidi
Reese received his master's in sport management, as well as his doctorate, at Texas A&M University. He has served as a member of the SFA faculty since 2014, and is currently an Associate Professor of Marketing in the Nelson Rusche College of Business at SFA. His primary focus in his teaching and research is sports marketing.
Reese is a board member of the Lumberjack Sports Institute, and he has collaborated with the external affairs division of SFA Athletics on numerous academic partnerships. Reese has been honored as the 2019 recipient of the SFASU Foundation Teaching Excellence Award, the Nelson Rusche College of Business Distinguished Faculty Member Award, and he received the college's Distinguished Service Award. In the 2018-19 academic year, Reese served as the chair of the Faculty Senate.
