Dale Sheptak

Dr. Dale Sheptak brings a wealth of knowledge in the sports industry with over 25 years of experience in the start-up and administration of sports-related businesses. In addition to starting and owning two sports-related companies, he has consulted on the formation and re-engineering of many others ranging from youth sports to health clubs and athletic facilities. He has presented both nationally and internationally on the role of volunteers in sports organizations, event management and policy, and issues in youth sport.

Prior to joining the faculty at Baldwin Wallace University, Sheptak worked at Lake Erie College. While at Lake Erie College he served in multiple roles, including dean of the school of education and professional studies, associate professor of sport management & sociology, associate director of athletics, and head coach of the men's soccer team. Sheptak is an active member of the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport (NASSS) and the North American Society for Sport Management (NASSM).

Sheptak's research focuses on the role of sport in education and how and if sport adds or detracts from the education system’s role of preparing young people for life and work. He also focuses on what he calls the "commodification of youth athletes" and how youth sport as a business model is changing the way we coach and develop young athletes. He is also active in researching sport spectator deviance and human resources in sport management.

Courses

• Sport in Society (SPM-233)
• Organization and Administration of Sport (SPM-340)
• Global Sport Industry (SPM-360)
• Sport Management Capstone (SPM-452)
• The Business of Sport (SPM-510)

Recent Publications

Menaker, B.E., Sheptak Jr., R.D., Kurland, J., & Tekin, D. (2021). "Defining the Community-Driven Approach to Sport Venue and Event Security." The Journal Global Sport Management. 1-23. DOI: 10.1080/24704067.2021.1929388

Menaker, B.E., Sheptak Jr., R.D., & Barton, K.R. (2021) "Friendly or Unfriendly Confines: Impact of Chicago Baseball Stadiums on Vicinity Crime Patterns." Managing Sport and Leisure. 1-16. DOI: 10.1080/23750472.2021.1937287

Menaker, B.E., Levine, J. F., Sheptak Jr., R.D., & Barton, K.R (2021) "Assessing university responses to public records requests about playing space access policies." The Journal of International Sport Communication. 14. 441-460.

Sheptak Jr., R.D. & Menaker, B.E. (2020). "When sport event work stopped: Exposure of sport event labor precarity by the COVID 19 pandemic." International Journal of Sport Communication. 13 (3) 427-435

Menaker, B.E., & Sheptak Jr., R.D. (2020) "The Impact of Game Day Crime on a University Police Department: Applications of the Civilizing Process to Sport-Related Law Enforcement." Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure, & Events. 12 (2) 172-184

Menaker, B. E., McGranahan, D.A., Sheptak Jr., R. D. (2019). "Game Day Alters Crime Pattern in the Vicinity of Sport Venues in Cleveland, OH." The Journal of Sports Safety and Security.4(1) 1-16

Belkin, S. & Sheptak Jr., R.D. (2018). "Talking Bodies: Athletes & Tattoos as Nonverbal Communication." The Sport Journal. 19 (July 5, 2018)

Menaker, B.E., Sheptak Jr., R.D., & Curtis, A.K. (2018). "Riot or Revelry: An Exploratory Study of Internet Media Coverage of Sport Championship Celebrations." The Sport Journal. 19 (May 26, 2018)

Sheptak Jr., R. D. & Menaker, B. E. (2016). "Learning and Working with the Pros: Student Perspectives on an Embedded Experiential Learning Project." The Journal of Hospitality Leisure Sport and Tourism Education. 19 104-114.

Menaker, B.E., Chaney, E.H., & Sheptak Jr., R.D.(2016). "Administrative perspectives of stadium alcohol policy: Alcohol-related public safety measures in college football stadia." The Journal of Sport Safety and Security. 1(1) 1-22.

Sheptak Jr., R. D. & Menaker, B. E. (2016). "The Frustration Factor: Volunteer Perspectives of Frustration in a Sport Setting." Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Non-Profit Organizations. 27(2) 831-852.

Book Chapters

Odio M. & Sheptak, D., (2019) "Managing People Facilities and Events." In Aicher, T.J., Newland, B., & Paule-Koba, A.L. Sport Facility and Event Management (2nd Ed). Jones and Bartlett Publishing. 191—211.