School of Recreation and Sport Sciences
Assistant Professor
Sports Administration

Office: Grover Center E176
Phone: (740) 597-3108
E-mail: pfahl@ohio.edu
Personal Webpage: Under Construction
Blog: Under Construction

2008 Ph.D.  
 Relating & Organizing (Secondary Area: Rhetoric & Public Culture)
 Ohio University

2006 M.A.
 Relating & Organizing
 Ohio University

1999 M.B.A.
 Management
 University of Toledo

1996 B.B.A.
 Marketing and International Business
 Ohio University

Professional Experience
Previously, I was on the Management and Marketing faculties of Yonok College (Thailand; http://www.yonok.ac.th/) and the International College at Bangkok University (Thailand; http://www.bu.ac.th).  I worked in various management and sales positions with the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Cleveland Lumberjacks, and Players Management, Inc., a sport marketing and athletic representation firm of which I was co-founder and president.

Research Interests
My current research interests are primarily conducted from a qualitative perspective and include the convergence of media, technology and sport, environmentalism and sport, and human resource issues in sport organizations. 

Sample Research: 
Pfahl, M.  (2009).  “It is time to move on”: Maurice Clarett and internet
atonement. In process.

Pfahl, M. & Bates, B.  (2008).  This is not a race, this is a farce: Formula
One and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway tire crisis.  Public Relations Review, 34(2), 135-144. 

Pfahl, M.  (2008).  Views from the intersection of gender, language, media, and sport.  Linda Fuller (Ed.).  Review of Communication, 8(2), 174-177.