Brian Wendry

Brian served as an adjunct faculty member before joining the Sport Management program full-time in 2018.

Prior to that, he was the Director of Rowing Programs for Riverfront Recapture, a Hartford, CT nonprofit recapturing the riverfront for community use. Under his leadership, Riverfront Rowing became one of the largest rowing programs in New England; served over 650 members annually, including adaptive, inner-city, and veterans rowing and kayaking; and hosted the Head of the Riverfront Regatta, a sporting event with over 3,000 competitors and 10,000 spectators. Brian also tutored student-athletes at the University of Connecticut; coached rowing at Wesleyan University; and mentored under former Olympic rowing coach, Stan Pocock.

He earned an MA in English and an MS in Labor Relations at Iowa State University.

Publications

• Integrating Service Learning into the Sport Management Curriculum

  : Sport Management Education Journal, V 14 , Issue 1, April 2020

• Joining forces in experiential learning: A Sport Management approach

  : Presented at the Association for Experiential Education International Conference. Pittsburg, PA, Virtual

• Finding your superpower in the time of COVID-19

  : Presented at the Annual conference of the Commission on Sport Management Accreditation, Virtual

Industry Experience

Hobbies

Courses Taught

• Introduction to Sport Management
• Sport and Society
• Sport Communication
• Sport Practicum: Nichols College Sports TV
• Professional Writing
• Biohacking 101