Dr. Kimberly J. Bodey is an assistant professor and sport management emphasis coordinator in the Department of Recreation and Sport Management at Indiana State University. She earned an EdD in Recreation with an emphasis in public policy and a MEd in Sport Management from the University of Arkansas. She holds a BS in Kinesiology from the University of Illinois. While on faculty at Indiana State, Dr. Bodey has taught graduate and undergraduate courses in administrative theory and management practice, organizational leadership and ethics, governance and policy development, research and evaluation, and sport law. She is also a member of the University Athletics Committee. A former Division I track and field coach, Dr. Bodey has experience in championship event planning and management, resource development and budgeting, rules compliance, and personnel administration. She has presented at various track & field camps and clinics on the principles and practices of coaching as well as field event specific skill development and techniques, strength and conditioning, and risk management.

During the last 5 years, Dr. Bodey has worked closely with sport administrators and educators in Morocco and Cyprus. Funded by the US State Department, the Sport Management & Leadership Capacity Project was a partnership between Indiana State University, La Federation Royale Marocaine de Football, Hassan II University-Mohammedia, and E’cole des Lioceaux de l’Atlas de Football. This training program intended to strengthen the administrative and managerial capacity of sport leaders in Morocco. Working in conjunction with the Global Center for Independent Studies (Limassol, Cyprus), Dr. Bodey has presented workshops on the organization of sport leagues and using evaluation to improve program services in sport agencies. She has also taught graduate courses in Governance and Compliance, Evaluative Research, and Legal Aspects of International Sport Management.

Dr. Bodey has served as a program advocate, meeting with Senators Evan Bayh and Richard Lugar in Washington, DC, on behalf of the National Youth Sports Program. She has also worked on the Lake Wedington Project, a natural resource management partnership between the University of Arkansas and the US Forest Service. Dr. Bodey has evaluated programs and services on behalf of the Newton County (AR) Resource Council, United Way of the Wabash Valley, and Indiana State University.

 Dr. Bodey has given more than 25 presentations in the United States and abroad. She has several publications in scholarly journals and academic textbooks related to risk management, policy development, personal and organizational ethics, organizational justice, and legal authority and jurisdiction in sport management. Her research interests include how governance structure impacts ethical decision-making and practice in sport organizations. She has a particular interest in how policies are created and the way rules encourage and discourage fair play in intercollegiate and professional sport.

 Dr. Bodey is a member of the American Alliance of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, North American Society of Sport Management, National Recreation and Parks Association, Sport and Recreation Law Association, Indiana Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, and the Indiana Park and Recreation Association. Dr. Bodey also serves on the editorial board of the International Journal of Sport Management and LARNet: The Cyber Journal of Applied Leisure & Recreation Research.