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Curriculum Vitae
Scott P. Tinley
13716 Mira Montana Dr.
Del Mar, California
92014, Earth
Email: Scott@ScottTinley.com
or tinley@mail.sdsu.edu
Website: www.Scotttinley.com
Education:
- Ph.D., Cultural Studies, Claremont Graduate University.
Dissertation: Seeing Stars: Emotional Trauma in Athlete Transition-Contexts,
Intersections, and Explorations
- Master of Fine Arts, Fiction Writing, San Diego State University, 2004
Thesis: 500 pp. novel
- Master of Arts, San Diego State University-
Interdisciplinary Studies: Social Psychology of Sport, 2003
Thesis: Athlete Retirement: A Qualitative Inquiry and Comparison
- Master of Arts Candidate: Educational Technology, 1983
- Bachelor's Degree, San Diego State University, Leisure Administration/Liberal Arts,
1980
Teaching Experience:
-Lecturer, Dept of Exercise and Nutritional Sciences, SDSU, History and Philosophy of
Sport and Physical Education, 2008-present
-Lecturer, SDSU MBA Sport Management Program, 2004-2011, Sport, Society and Culture: Praxis for the Sports Business Manager
-Lecturer. Dept. of Kinesiology, CSU Fullerton (Sport, Games, and Culture) 2006-2009
-Lecturer/Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Kinesiology (Sport and Society, and, Philosophy and Ethics in Sport), CSU San Marcos, 2007 - present
-Adjunct Professor, English Dept. (Critical Theory of Reading/Writing, Advanced Composition, Argument), Grossmont College, 2004-2006
- Instructor, (Intro to Comparative Literature), SDSU English Dept. 2003-2004
-GTA Lecturer, (Intro to Creative Writing), SDSU English Dept. 2003
-GTA Lecturer, Dept. (Rhetoric and Writing), SDSU, 2002-2003
-GA, (Elements of Short Fiction), SDSU, 2003
- Adjunct Prof., Dept. of Physical Education, (Special Topics-Multisport Training and Physiology) UCSD, 1994
- Adjunct Prof., Dept. of Exercise and Nutritional Sciences, (Marine recreation activity courses) SDSU 1981-1983
-Instructional Co-Coordinator, Associated Students, SDSU, 1980-1983
Presentations and readings:
-Keynote address, Outing the Dream Merchants: Geo-social Costs of Myth-Selling Surf Culture. Sport and the Environment: Philosophical Dimensions, June 14-16, 2011, St Francis Xavier University, Nova Scotia
-Keynote address, Cellcom Green Bay Marathon Expo, January, 2011
-Panel Organizer and Moderator: Postmodern Heroes in our Midst 2010 NASSS Conference, San Diego, CA fall, 2010
-Athletes, Academics, and Agency, ACSM Southwest Chapter Conference, fall 2010
-Keynote address, World Multisport Conference, Boston MA April 2009
-Vietnam Fiction as Postmodern Texts, Natures Conference, La Sierra University, Feb. 2009
-Contexts of Athlete Retirement: paper presented at NCAA Scholarly Colloquium, January 2009
-Keynote address: Natural High Series, University of California, Santa Barbara, Spring, 2008
-Commodification of Sport Subcultures at Play, Toward a Critical Concept, UC Irvine, Spring 2008
-Shades of Hegemony in Commodified Subculture, Cultural Studies Conference, CGU Fall 2007
-Athlete Retirement and Gender: A paper presented at the IART Conference, San Diego, June 2007
-Featured Writer: City Works Press Literary Conference and Book Faire, City College of San Diego, May 2006
-Ethics for the Sport Manager, paper presented at North American Conference on Ethics in Sport, New Brunswick, Canada, 2005
-Original song performance, at Athletes and Entertainers Exhibition, San Diego Hall of Champions, 2005
- A Night of Sonnets Shakespeare Society, Featured Writer, Old Globe Theater, San Diego, 2004
- Racing the Sunset: The Athlete Retirement Paradigm, a paper presented at International Society for Sport Philosophers, The Ohio State University, 2003
-The Changing Hero Paradigm, a paper presented at International Society of Sport Philosophers, Penn State University, 2000
Service:
-Executive Producer of 1st and 2nd IART SDSU Conferences on Athletic Retirement and Life Transition at SDSU, May 2007 and May 2009
-Graduate student capstone project advisor 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 SDSU Sport Business MBA Program
-Developer and Founding Program Director for SDSU ENS Dept. offsite for-credit student activity course curriculum, 1980
Published books:
-Things To Be Survived: Tales of Resolution and Resurrection (short fiction) Habitus
Books, fall 2006
-Racing the Sunset (an inside look at life transition and change using the retiring athlete
as model) Lyons Press, fall 2003
-Finding the Wheel's Hub (collected essays on sport) TriMarket Press 1996
-Triathlon: A Personal History (sport history) Velo Press 1999
-Scott Tinley's Winning Triathlon (sport genre-how-to) Contemporary Books 1986
-Scott Tinley's Sports Endurance (sport science reference guide) Rodale Press 1994
Publications, Text Chapters, Literary Journals, Anthologies, and Writing Employment
-Sport and Technology: Performance, Profit, Ethics, and Exclusion, a chapter inclusion in Encyclopedia of Sports Management and Marketing, Sage Publications, summer, 2011
-CBSNEWS.COM/SPORTS: Special Features/Blog Writer, fall 2009-present
-Features Writer: Move Press, San Francisco, CA. 2011 - present
-Staff Writer: Hall of Fame Magazine.com (HOFMAG.COM)
-Staff writer of Back Page and Special features, Triathlete Magazine, 1985-2010
-Fallen Heroes: An Anthology of Media Athletes (Afterwords: Comments on a Heroes’ Life), chapter selection, publish date summer 2012 Peter Lang Publishing, Lawrence Wenner, editor.
-Cycling and Philosophy (chapter selection, LeMond, Armstrong and the Never Ending Wheel of Fortune), Blackwell Press, 2010
-City Works Press: San Diego Anthology, Summer, ‘05
-Journal of Experimental Fiction, Summer ‘04
-Fiction International, Issue 38, Fall, ‘04
-A Generation Defining Itself: An Anthology of Voices, Vol. 5 Spring ‘04
- War, Literature and the Arts, Spring 2002
- Tattoo Highway, Feb. 2002, Sept. 2002
- Dream People, March 2002,
Misc. Publications and Projects:
- Editor, Habitus Books, a micro publisher of literary non-fiction
-Founder and Executive Director of Institute for Athletes in Retirement and Transition at SDSU (IART), 2008-present
-Life on the Edge of Land: Explaining Beach Culture and Beyond, a sociocultural study of the myriad platitudes of beach culture. Proposal under publishing consideration, spring, 2011
-100 + articles written for and published in mainstream genre periodicals such Men’s Sport and Fitness, Outside Magazine and Men’s Journal and Bicycling Magazine
-Anthology of non-fiction essays on Sport and Society, publish date fall 2012, in negotiation
Areas of Academic Interests and Expertise:
-Sociology and culture of sport - athlete retirement and transition
-Sociology of commercial sport
-Interdisciplinarity in sport studies curriculum
-History, ethics, and philosophy of sport
-Mythology, folklore, and (athlete) heroes
-Resistant subculture and meaning in sport, especially the board culture
-New social media and sporting applications and effects
-History and philosophy of beach culture
Awards:
-SDSU MFA for Best Creative Non-Fiction for consideration in the AWP Best New Writers Contest, 2004
-Outstanding MFA Graduate Award, SDSU 2004
-San Diego Hall of Champions Award, 2007
-Ironman Endurance Hall of Fame Inductee, 1999
-USA Triathlon Hall of Fame inductee, 2012
Additional Past Occupations:
-Assistant Editor of Fiction International, 2001-2002
-Founder and owner, sports apparel manufacturing company 1984-1992
-Motivational Speaker- 1985-2004
-Professional athlete, Firefighter/Paramedic, Sailing instructor, beach lifeguard/rescue
boat driver, Instructor-Junior Lifeguards
Current research interests
-Athlete retirement and transition: qualitative analysis of direct and indirect contexts of life quality experiences, especially transcendence of conceptual models to other significant socio-psychological life transitions
-Modern space and meaning in commodified subculture sports
-Changing sports/hero and celebrity paradigms in Western society
-Significant effects of popular culture narratives in sport film and fiction
-Sport management curricular shifts toward humanities infusing
References & Evaluations:
-Personal and professional references and course evaluations available upon request
