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• Research Professor, Dept. of Health, Exercise & Sports Sciences

(Sport Admin Program), University of New Mexico (part time)

• Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Sociology, University of New Mexico

• Professor Emeritus, University of Connecticut

Email: ayiann@unm.edu

Education

• Ph.D., Univ. of New Mexico, 1973 (Sociology of Sport and Leisure, Sociology & Experimental Social Psychology)
• M.A., Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1969 (Physical Education/Social Sciences of Sport)
• Certificate In Education (with Commendation), Madeley College, Univ. of Keele Institute of Education, England, 1967 (English Literature and Physical Education)

Areas of Interest/Specialization

• Statistical Skills and Data Analysis
• Instrument Development and Validation

• Sociology of Tourism
• Sport Tourism Destinations in New Mexico
• Marketing Hospitality and Tourism
• Sociology of Sport
• Native American Historic Sites of South Carolina

• Travel in the Ancient World

• History of the American Southwest (1539-1680)
• Sociopsychological Effects of Exercise and Sports

• Research Methodology, Design and Computer Applications
• History of Ancient and Modern Olympics
• Cherokee Villages of South Carolina (16th century): A tourism perspective

Courses Taught

• Sociology of Sport/Leisure
  History of Ancient/Modern Olympics
  Theory and Methods of Research
  Travel in the Ancient World
  Sociopsychological Effects of Exercise & Sports
  Marketing Hospitality & Tourism
  Sociology of Tourism:International Perspectives
  The Sociology of Travel
  

  Professional Experience

  2008-Present Research Professor, College of Education (Sport Admin Program) and

  Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Sociology, University of New Mexico

  2006-2008 Director and Professor, Clemson International Institute for Tourism

  Research & Development

  1988-2006 Professor & Director, Laboratory for Leisure, Tourism & Sport,

  Univ. of Connecticut

  1980-1987 Associate Professor, Univ. of Connecticut

  1982-83 Visiting Assoc. Prof., Dept. of Sociology, Univ. of New Mexico

  1982(fall) Executive Director, Zia Research Associates,

  Albuquerque, NM. (Market Research Firm)

  1982(summer) Visiting Professor of Sociology, Univ. of S. Florida, Tampa

  1976-1979 Assistant Professor, Univ. of CT.

  1973-76 Assistant Professor, State Univ. of New York, Brockport

  1973(spring) Assistant Professor, San Jose State Univ.

  1972(fall) Post Doctoral Student, UCLA (with B. J. Cratty)

  1969-70 High School Teacher, West Mesa High School, Albuquerque, NM

  68. High School Teacher, Haverstock School, London, England.

  • Books/Anthologies

  • Apostolopoulos, Leivadi & Yiannakis. The Sociology of Tourism (Hard cover). London,

  Routledge, 1996. (also released in paperback, 2001)

  • Yiannakis, A. & Greendorfer, S. Applied Sociology of Sport. A book of readings with original

  contributions by the editors. Human Kinetics Publishers, 1992

  • Greendorfer, Yiannakis. 1^st NASSS Proceedings, First Annual Conference of the North American

  Society for the Sociology of Sport. West Point: Leisure Press, 1981.

  • Yiannakis & Melnick. Contemporary Issues in Sociology of Sport, 5^th edition. Human Kinetics

  Publishers, Champaign, IL, January 2001 (previous editions 1976, 1979, 1987, 1993). 2009 Revision in progress. This is the longest running sociology of sport anthology in the world (still in print)

  • Yiannakis. The Complete Guide to Successful Fund Raising. American Sports Education Institute,

  North Palm Beach, Fla., 1983. The book deals with the theory and principles of fund raising as they apply to most nonprofit organizations (with special emphasis on sport).

   

  • Books In Progress

  • JUJUTSU: Traditions, Ways and Practices (in progress)

  • Research Activities/Writing in Progress

  • Yiannakis. Mapping New Mexico Sport Tourism Destinations. A preliminary investigation.
  • Yiannakis & Lyras. Meaning and Significance of Athletic Contests in the Homeric Age (in progress)
  • Yiannakis et al. Thermopylae and the Path of Betrayal. Paper on the Leonidas Expeditions

  • Yiannakis et al. Effects of Selected Physical Activities on Mood and Prosocial Behavior (in progress)

  • Published Articles

  • Yiannakis & Lyras. Relevance and Application in Sociology of Sport. Included in first Greek Sociology of Sport book. Published in Greece, 2010.

  • Kreimadis, Leivadi and Yiannakis: Impacts of 2004 Olympic Games on the Quality of Life on the City of Athens, Greece. International Journal of Sport Management, 2010.

  • Yiannakis, A., Selby, M. and Han, J. Forecasting in Sport: The Power of Social Context. A Time Series Analysis With English Premier League Soccer. International Review for the Sociology of Sport (41:1, fall 2006)

  • Foos, McGuigan and Yiannakis. A. A cross-cultural analysis of tourist roles: The case of Australia. Annals of Tourism Research, April 2004
  • Gibson, H. & Yiannakis, A. (spring 2002). Tourist roles, needs and the life course.

  Annals of Tourism Research

  • Yiannakis, A. Attle, S., Gibson, H. & Murdy, J. (2001), Tourist roles and the prediction of tourist destinations. Economy and Sport (in Greek), spring 2002
  • Yiannakis, A. From theory to application in Sociology of Sport. In Sport Sociology in Practice, Jones & Armour (eds.), Addison-Wesley, fall 2000.
  • Douvis, J., Yiannakis, A., Douvis, S. 2000. Basketball Spectator Non-Attendance Scale. Exercise and Society, Journal of Sport Science, 25, 107-108.

  • Murdy,. J., Yiannakis, A. & Shuart, J. The perceived impacts of tourism: Economic, environmental and sociocultural influences of tourism on the host community. Proceedings of NERR Symposium, G. Kyle (ed.). Penn State Univ., April 1999, pp. 3-10.

  • Gibson, H. & Yiannakis, A. (1999). Patterns of tourist role preference across the life course. In M. Foley, M. Frew, & G. McPherson (Eds.). Leisure, Tourism and Environment: Participation, Perceptions and Preferences (pp. 85-95). Eastbourne, UK: LSA Publication No. 50.

  • Gibson, H., Attle, S. & Yiannakis, A. (1998). Segmenting the sport tourist market: A life span perspective. J. of Vacation Marketing.
  • Gibson, H. & Yiannakis, A. (1999) Gender differences in tourist role preference: A life course perspective. In Leisure: Modernity, Postmodernity and Life Styles. Volume II: Leisure in Different Worlds. Eastbourne, UK: LSA Publications.
  • Gibson, H., Attle, S. & Yiannakis, A. (1993). The relationship between need satisfaction and leisure activities: A preliminary analysis. Proceedings of the North Eastern Recreation Research Conference, Saratoga Springs, NY, April 5-7, 1992.
  • Yiannakis, A. & Gibson, H. Roles tourists play. Annals of Tourism Research, 19, 287-303, 1992.
  • Yiannakis, A. Some predictors of tourist role preference. A logistic regression approach. Proceedings, The Leisure Studies Assoc. of Gt. Britain and N. Ireland, Spring 1992
  • Yiannakis, A., Leivadi, S., & Apostolopoulos, Y. Some cross-cultural patterns in tourist role preference. World Leisure and Recreation, 33(2), 33-37, 1991
  • Yiannakis, A. (1990). Training the sport marketer: A social science perspective.

  Journal of Sport Behavior

  • Yiannakis, A. (1990). Some additional thoughts on developing an applied sociology of sport: A rejoinder to Ingham and Donnelly. Sociology of Sport Journal
  • Yiannakis, A. (1989). Toward an applied sociology of sport: The next generation.

  Sociology of Sport Journal

  • Yiannakis, A. (1989). Some contributions of sport sociology to the marketing of sport and leisure organizations. Journal of Sport Management
  • Yiannakis, A. (1989). A multi-stage model of sport violence: implications for research and application. Greek Journal of Sport Psychology, 3-14, Athens, Greece
  • Sugden, J. & Yiannakis, A. Sport and juvenile delinquency: A theoretical base. Journal of Sport and Social Issues, Spring 1982.

  NOTE: Publications from 1973-1981 not included

   

  • Keynote Presentations

  • Keynote Speaker: 14^th Annual Conference of the European Association of Sport Management, Nicosia, Cyprus (September 2006). Topic: Sport Tourism and Cyprus: Theoretical and Applied Considerations
  • Keynote Speaker: Thermopylae and the Path of Betrayal: An allegory. Keynote delivered at opening ceremony of 1^st World Congress in Sport Management, June 3-5, Sparta (Greece)
  • Keynote Speaker: The Meaning and Significance of Athletic Contests in the Homeric Age. International Conference on the History/Archaeology of Ancient Sparta, Pelana, Greece, July 2004.

   

  • Presentations

  • Yiannakis, Kartakoullis, Douvis & Lyras. Marketing Cyprus as a Tourism Destination for the United States. Invited presentation, ATLAS International Conference, Limassol, Cyprus, fall 2010.
  • Yiannakis. Marketing New Mexico as a Sport Tourism Destination. Presentation at meeting of Outdoor Recreation Association, Albuquerque, NM, October 2008.
  • Lyras, Yiannakis et al (2008). Effects of a Sports and Cultural Enrichment Program on Inter-Ethnic Relations Between Greek and Turkish Youth on the Island of Cyprus. Presented at NASSS Conference, Denver (CO), November 2008.
  • Kreimadis, T., Yiannakis A. and Leivadi, S. (2006). Impacts of the 2004 Olympic Games

  on the City of Athens. Paper presented at 2006 European Assoc. Of Spt. Mgmt Conference, Intercollege, Cyprus (September 8^th, 2006).

  • Lyras, A., Yiannakis, A., Kartakoullis N. & Loizou. C. (2005). Sports as a Medium for Personal and Social Change. Presentation at the 13th Congress of the European Association for Sport Management, Newcastle , England (September 2005).
  • Yiannakis. Cyprus as a sport tourism destination. Presented at meeting of the Cyprus Tourism Organization (one of five invited speakers). Holiday Inn, Nicosia, June 22^nd, 2005
  • Yiannakis. Using sports to achieve educational objectives. Lecture presented at UNOPS (United Nations) workshop for Turkish & Greek Cypriot instructors, Intercollege, Nicosia, July 1^st 2005.
  • Yiannakis (2005): The sport tourist: A conceptual analysis. Paper presented at the

  1^st International Congress in Sport Management, June 3-5, Sparta, Greece

  • Yiannakis. Quo Vadis Sport Sociology? Invited major presentation at annual conference of North American Society for the Sociology of Sport, Tucson, AZ, November 2004.
  • **Yiannakis, Kane, Han and Lyras. A Comparative Study of the Effects of Physical Activity on Mood. Presented at 2004 Pre-Olympic Scientific Congress, August 2004, Thessaloniki, Greece
  • Yiannakis. The Meaning and Significance of Athletic Contests in the Homeric Age. Invited major presentation at international history conference on Bronze Age Lacedaemon, Pelana (nr. Sparta) Greece, July 2004.
  • **Yiannakis, Kane and Tomporowski (2004). Comparative effects of martial arts training on mood. Paper presented at annual NAPEHE conference, Clearwater, (January)
  • **Yiannakis, Kane and Tomporowski (2003). Martial arts training and empowerment. Paper presented at 5^th International Conference on Education, Athens, Greece (May 23-24)
  • Yiannakis, A. (2003). Academic and commercial dimensions of tourism: An uneasy alliance? Lecture delivered by invitation, Univ. of Athens, May 28^th
  • Murdy & Yiannakis. The Confounding Effects of Demographic Variables on Predicting Nature-Based Tourist Roles Across the Adult Life Course. TTRA Conference, spring/summer 2003
  • Yiannakis, A. Marketing Cyprus as a tourist destination. The case of the sport tourist. Invited presentation at special seminar of Cyprus Tourism Organization, Nicosia, Cyprus, June 2002
  • Yiannakis, A. Role of coach in society: some sociological observations. Invited presentation at annual conference of Cyprus Basketball Federation, Nicosia, Cyprus, June 2002
  • Yiannakis, A. et al. Thermopylae and the path of betrayal. Presented at 4th International Conference on Education, Athens, Greece, May 24-26, 2002
  • Douvis, J., Yiannakis, A., and Douvis, S. Factors associated with non-attendance at Greek professional basketball games. Presented at 3^rd International Conference on Education, Athens, Greece, May 24-26, 2002.
  • Murdy, J., Yiannakis, A., & Gibson, H. Predicting nature-based tourist roles: A life-span perspective. Paper presented at the Fourteenth Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium, Bolton Landing, NY, April 14-16, 2002
  • Yiannakis, A. & Selby, M. Forecasting the results of soccer games: Some applied considerations using ARIMA modeling. Presented at 2nd International Conference, Athens, Greece, February 25-26, 2002

  • **Yiannakis & Tomporowski. Effects of martial arts training on mood. Presented at 10^th World Congress of Sport Psychology, Skiathos Island, Greece, June 2001
  • Yiannakis et al. The perceived impacts of sport. Paper presented at 2^nd International Conference, Economic University of Athens, Athens, Greece, February 2001
  • Yiannakis, Attle, Gibson, and Murdy. Factors predicting the selection of tourist destinations. ATINER presentation, 2^nd International conference, Business Economics, marketing, management: Past, present and future. June 10, 2000
  • Yiannakis, Gibson & Murdy. Tourist roles and psychological needs. Third Symposium on social aspects and recreation research (SARR) conference, Tempe, AZ, February 16-19, 2000
  • Yiannakis, Servedio, Murdy, Burton and Cho. Measuring the impacts of sport: Some initial observations. Paper presented at international conference, Komotini, Greece, May 22-24^th, 1999.
  • Yiannakis, A. Forecasting in sport: A time series analysis with English Premier League Soccer. Presented at annual conference of NASSS, Las Vegas, November 1998.
  • Yiannakis, A. Invited speaker, Coastal Tourism workshop, Southeast Connecticut Tourism District and Project Oceanology, Avery Point, September 23, 1998.
  • Yiannakis, A. Denktash and the Turkish Strategy for Northern Cyprus. Invited paper presented at annual convention of PAIDIA, Storrs, CT, May 1998.
  • Gibson, Attle & Yiannakis. Segmenting the sport tourist market: a life span perspective. Paper presented at Forum on Sport Tourism, Crystal City Marriott, Arlington, VA, March 1997.

  • Yiannakis & Gibson. Success and tolerance for deviancy in big time college basketball. Paper presented at NASSS Conference, Birmingham, AL, November 1996.

  • Yiannakis & Gibson.. Husky mania revisited: Success and change in support of a big time athletic program over a ten year span.. NASSS conference, Sacramento, November 1995.
  • Attle & Yiannakis. The perceived impacts of UConn basketball on the residents of the state of Connecticut. NASSS Conference, Sacramento, CA, November 1995.
  • Gibson & Yiannakis. Tolerance for deviance in big-time college sports: Does winning matter? Leisure Studies Association conference, Brighton, England, September, 1995.
  • Gibson & Yiannakis. Gender differences in tourist role preference over the life course. AAHPERD Convention, Oregon, 1995.

  • Yiannakis, A. Tourist role preference and market segmentation. Paper prepared at annual meeting of Conn. Business and Industry Association conference, April 1994.

  • Yiannakis, A. Sources of life satisfaction in a university community. Presented at the annual conference of the North Amer. Society for the Soc. of Sport, Ottawa, Canada, November 1993.
  • Gibson & Yiannakis. Patterns of tourist role preference across the life course: Some gender differences. Paper presented at annual conference of the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport (& Leisure), Ottawa, Canada, Nov. 3-6, 1993.
  • Yiannakis, Leivadi & Gibson. The search for optimal experience: What Greek tourists seek on vacation. Paper presented at HUSITA III, International Conference on Information Technology and the Quality of Life Services, Maastricht, The Netherlands, June 15-18 1993.
  • Yiannakis, Apostolopoulos, Leivadi & Gibson. What vacationers seek in a destination: A comparative study of Greek and American tourists. Paper presented at the Leisure Studies Assoc. 3^rd International Conference, Loughborough Univ., England, July 14-18, 1993.
  • Gibson & Yiannakis. Patterns of tourist role preference across the life course. Presented at the Leisure Studies Assoc. 3^rd Intern. Conference, Loughborough, England, July 1993.
  • Gibson & Yiannakis. Some correlates of the sport lover (tourist role): A life course perspective. Paper presented at annual conference of NASSS, Toledo, Nov. 1992.
  • **Attle, S. & Yiannakis, A. Differentiating characteristics of participants in four martial arts. Paper presented at annual conference of NASSS, Toledo, Nov. 1992.

  • Understanding and predicting violence in sport: strategies and applications. Invited presentation, 2^nd Panhellenic Conference in Sport Psychology, Greece, October 1992.

  • Yiannakis. Some sociopsychological predictors of superior athletic talent. Invited presentation, 2^nd Panhellenic Conference in Sport Psychology, Athens, Greece, October 31, 1992.

  • Gibson, H., Attle, S. & Yiannakis, A. The relationship between leisure activities and need satisfaction: A preliminary investigation. Paper presented at Northeast Recreation Research Conference, Saratoga Springs, NY, April 6-7, 1992.
  • A multi-stage model of violence in sport: Intervention strategies in crowd control. Major presentation (by invitation) at First International Conference on Sport Management, Tulane Univ., New Orleans, April 9-12, 1992.
  • Some predictors of video game preference: A discriminant analysis. Invited paper, conference of the Popular Culture Association, St. Louis, KY, 3/9-12, ‘92.
  • Husky mania: A case study of changes in support for a big time athletic program before and after the dream season. Presented at the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Conference, Milwaukee, November 1991 (with Heather Gibson and Simon Attle).
  • Some predictors of tourist role preference: A logistic regression analysis. Paper presented at international conference on Leisure in the 1990s, Univ. of Ulster, N. Ireland, 1991.
  • Gibson, H. & Yiannakis, A. Continuities and discontinuities in tourist role preference over the life course. Presented at Northeast Rec. Research Conference, Saratoga Springs, 1991.
  • A multi-stage model of violence in sport: some further developments. Paper presented at annual meeting of North American Society for Sociology of Sport, Denver, 1990.
  • **Attle, S. & Yiannakis, A. Persistence and attrition in the martial arts: A logistic regression model. Presented at meeting of North Amer. Society for Soc. of Sport, Denver, 1990.
  • Some cross-cultural patterns in tourist role preference: A study of Greek and American tourist behaviors. Paper presented at XIIth World Congress of Sociology, Madrid, Spain, July 1990.
  • Ethics and deviancy in college sports: A case study of an American University. Paper presented at conference of Greek Society for Sport Psychology, Athens, Greece, May 1990 (with Stella Leivadi and Yiorgos Apostolopoulos).
  • Tourist role preference and need satisfaction over the life course. Paper presented at international conference of Leisure Studies Association, Sussex University, Brighton, England, June 1988.
  • Applied sociology of sport. Organizer and Panel Chair, NASSS Conference, Cincinnati, 1988.
  • A conceptual framework for applied sociology of sport. Paper presented at NASSS Conference, Cincinnati, November 1988.
  • The ephemeral role of the tourist: Some correlates of tourist role preference. Paper presented at NASSS Conference, Las Vegas, October 1986.
  • Panel Chair, session on Qualitative Theory, NASSS Conference, Las Vegas, November 1986.
  • Applications of sport sociology to sport and leisure marketing and research. Paper presented at AAHPERD Conference, Cincinnati, April 1986.
  • Video games: A socio-psychological investigation. Paper presented at NASSS Conference, November 1985, Boston.
  • Sports fund raising: Theory and application. Invited paper presented at USA Field Hockey Clinic, Colorado Springs, June 1982.

  NOTE: Presentations from 1973-1981 not included

  NOTE:

  1. Chaired over 40 sessions at various professional conferences

  • Special Projects/Technical Reports

  • Team Leader, The Leonidas 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2010 Expeditions, Thermopylae, Greece. Organized expedition to complete work started in May-June of 2000 and to search for the location of the Phokian Skirmish on Mt. Kallidromos. The project was filmed by Atlantic Productions (UK) for the BBC and the Discovery Chanel.

  • Yiannakis & Servedio: A survey to assess the recreational needs of residents of the Town of Brookfield, CT (completed 2000).
  • Yiannakis & Servedio: A survey to assess the recreational needs of residents of the Town of Ridgefield (completed 2000).
  • Yiannakis & Servedio. A survey to assess the recreational needs of residents for a community center in the Town of Windham. April 12^th, 1999.
  • Top Connecticut Corporations Favor Patriots’ Move to Hartford. A phone survey of fifty of Connecticut’s largest companies. December 1998.
  • Characteristics of visitors to Norwich, CT. A field research project conducted for the Norwich Tourism Council, spring-fall 1998 (Principal Investigator).
  • Characteristics of visitors to Connecticut’s Quiet Corner. A field research project conducted for NE Connecticut Tourism District, fall 1997.
  • Sports tracking poll: A nationwide phone survey conducted for the Marment Group/FOX Network, December 1997.
  • Member of SRI Team.(Stanford Research International). Developed paper on Tourism in Connecticut for the Connecticut State Division of Tourism, 1996 (part of strategic plan).

  Personally interviewed all 11 tourism district Executive Directors for the State of Connecticut.

  • Sources of invalidity in experimental and non-experimental designs. The paper expands upon the work by Campbell and Stanley and incorporates survey and qualitative designs.

  • The Perceived Impacts of UCONN Basketball on the Residents of the State of Connecticut. Phone survey conducted with a state probability sample of 610 adults, April 1994. Supported by grants from the UConn Research Foundation and Dept. Of Spt., Leis. & Exer. Sciences.
  • Travel and Tourism in Connecticut II. A special project conducted for the State Dept. of Economic Development, Division of Tourism, with a sample of 860 subjects, Fall, 1985.
  • Travel and Tourism in Connecticut I. A special project conducted for the State Dept. of Economic Development, Division of Tourism, with a sample of 800 subjects, Spring 1984.

   

  • Consulting Experience

  Extensive background in market research and media relations in the private/public sectors. A partial list of organizations includes:

  • St. Joseph Hospital, Albuquerque, * Data Management Services, Albuquerque, * American Diabetes Association, Albuquerque, *Stan Caplan Associates (psychologists), Albuquerque, Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce, * TV 8, New Haven, Connecticut, * Prevention and Esquire Magazines(resource person), * American Sports Education Institute, Florida, * USA Field Hockey, Colorado, * USA Judo, Colorado, * State of Connecticut Division of Tourism, *Tolland Recreation Dept., Connecticut, * Member, National Panel of Experts on video games for Nintendo of America, Corp. (by invitation), * Consulting scientist to Nintendo Corporation, *Invited Member, New England Governors’ Tourism Advisory Board, * Tourism Consultant to SRI International and the State Division of Tourism, *Consultant, NE CT Tourism District, * The Marment Group (Sports tracking poll for Fox Network (pilot study), the Town of Windham and the Town of Tolland (2002), among others.

  • 1982-83 Executive Director, Zia Research Associates (market/public opinion research firm), Albuquerque, NM (while on sabbatical). Conducted extensive research with Albuquerque Hospitals, developed questionnaires, conducted interviews and wrote final reports.

   

  • Media Interviews

  Interviewed by Associated Press, the Washington Observer (Chinese language paper), KXE Radio and by David Baum, CBS affiliate WSCR - Chicago (1-7-06), TV 8 - New Haven, CT, Prevention and Esquire Magazines (resource person). Also interviewed on such Hartford radio stations as WPOP, WTIC, WDRC and by Newsweek-on-Air. Interviewed and/or work cited by AP, Hartford Courant, The Willimantic Chronicle, The Boston Globe, Esquire Magazine, Prevention Magazine, The Hartford Times, The Norwich Bulletin, The Denver Post, Family Life Magazine, The Washington Post and the BBC World Service (on the 2004 Olympics), among others. Also interviewed on Channel 8 TV, New Haven, ESPN and the Australian Broadcasting Corp (phone interview). My research on Travel and Tourism in Connecticut generated a tremendous amount of media interest and I was interviewed by a number of radio stations on the subject. Over a dozen newspapers reported on the results. Further, my basketball impact study was widely circulated at the university, reported in the media and the university president alluded to the work in a television interview. Most recently, the Leonidas Project to Thermopylae received extensive coverage in the Journal Inquirer and made the front page of the Features section on two occasions.

  • Director, Clemson International Institute for Tourism Research and Development at Clemson University, South Carolina

  (2006-2008)

  Conducted research, wrote grant proposals and managed a team of six faculty and three

  assistants. Also taught a course on Hospitality and Tourism Marketing and another on

  International Tourism..

  • Director, Laboratory for Leisure, Tourism and Sport

  (1992-2004)

  The Laboratory, which is located in the Department of Kinesiology at the University of Connecticut was founded by Andrew Yiannakis in 1992. It is a state of the art facility equipped with interview rooms, a multi-line telephone bank, a data processing center and an observation lab with one-way viewing mirrors. The laboratory conducts all forms of social science research (including market research) and serves as a think-tank/training center for doctoral students. The Lab also served as an international resource for the management of information data bases (Free Reference Lists and the World-Wide Ph.D. Program Locator). Finally, the lab provides hands-on training to advanced graduate students in several statistical procedures including discriminant analysis, time series analysis (ARIMA), logistic regression and multidimensional scaling, among others.

  • Editorial/Review Boards

  • Annals of Tourism Research (reviewer)
  • Tourism Management (reviewer)
  • Journal of Sport Management (reviewer)
  • Sociology of Sport Journal (online), England

  • International Review for the Sociology of Sport (reviewer)

  • Member, Review Board of International Journal of Sport Mgmt
  • Sociology of Sport Journal (editorial board, past)
  • Pacific Tourism Review (Yr 2000 edition)
  • The Social Science Journal (reviewer)

  • Special Honors/Awards/Citations

  • NASSS Distinguished Service Award (2002). One of nine awarded by the society since 1980
  • Provost Tighe’s Special Achievement Award (recognition and monetary award) for superior scholarly performance, Univ. of Connecticut, 1994
  • Invited by Government of Cyprus to attend special symposium of Cypriot academics abroad (all expenses paid). Attended by President of Cyprus. Intercontinental Hotel, Nicosia, Cyprus (summer 2002)
  • According to SportDiscus and other sources, publications have been cited over 500 times worldwide by different authors.

  • Sport/Athletic Background

  • Founder (Ryuso) and current Soke (Headmaster) of Wa Shin Ryu Jujutsu

  (a classically-based martial art)

  • 7th Dan Jujutsu; 6^th Dan Judo. Head Instructor, UNM Jujutsu Club

  • Track: Gold Medallist, British Indoor Championships, (4x110 relay team), 1965-66

  Ranked among top FOUR All-Time Best Performers in Gt. Britain in 1966

  in 60yd dash (indoors), with 6.4 secs

  • College varsity rugby player (1^st XV), Madeley College (UK), 1965-67

  • Madeley College Gymnastics Display Team (1964-67) and Judo Team (1966-67)
  • Winner, Cornell University Invitational Judo Championship, 1976
  • Silver Medallist, 1975 Niagara Judo Championship (New York State)
  • Bronze Medallist (100 yds), 1963 English Schools Championship, Chelmsford, UK

  Some General Background Info

  Born in Cyprus of Greek parents. Brought up and educated in England. Received M.A. and Ph.D. in the USA. Became a US citizen in 1981. Speaks Greek fluently and has a fair knowledge of French. Taught for thirty years at the University of Connecticut and two years at Clemson University in South Carolina. Vit11a.doc