Sports and Recreation Management, MBA Online

Faculty

• Dr. Carrie Colbert

  

  Professor, Business Administration
  Phone: 603.428.2438
  Email: ccolbert@nec.edu

  Expertise and Achievements
  • Holds five marketing certifications
  • Member of American Marketing Association, Network of Executive Women, and National Association of Professional Women
  • Guest speaker on a variety of business and marketing topics

  Educational Background
  Doctor of Management, University of Maryland Global Campus
  MBA, California State University, Los Angeles
  BS in Marketing Management, California State University, Los Angeles

  Bio
  Dr. Carrie Colbert, Dr. C to her students, manages the marketing side of the Management Division. She teaches the majority of the marketing courses, including Advertising and Brand Promotions, Digital Media Marketing, Consumer Behavior, and Personal Selling and Customer Relationships.

  By trade, Dr. Colbert is a marketing management professional with over 20 years of experience in strategic marketing, promotion development, data analysis, and marketing management. She has held senior-level positions with Valassis Communications, Dole Food Company, Symphony IRI, and The Nielsen Company. She has also worked with many CPG manufacturers such as Nestle USA, Kraft, Mission Tortillas, and Nissin Foods, along with various grocery and drug retailers (e.g., Ahold USA, Delhaize, Winn Dixie, Rite Aid, etc.).

  Dr. Colbert owns and operates Doctor Colbert Consulting, a marketing management consulting company where she helps small businesses build their customer base and increase exposure.

• Dr. Erin Wilkinson Hartung

  Dean of Management; Associate Professor, Business Administration
  Office: John Lyons Center
  Phone: 603.428.2301
  Email: ewilkinsonhartung@nec.edu

  Educational Background

  • DBA with specialization in International Business—Marketing, Alliant International University
  • MIBA, U.S. International University
  • BA in International Relations, Second Major in Business Economics, University of San Diego

   

  Research Interests

  • Social venture business models
  • Livelihood development and sustainable entrepreneurship in Sub-Saharan Africa

   

  Bio
  Erin Wilkinson Hartung is a marketing, academic, and business consultant with over 15 years of experience in higher education, global development, and small business advising. Her specialties include competitive analysis, international marketing, consumer behavior, and sustainable entrepreneurship in Sub-Saharan Africa. She has held international teaching positions

  Wilkinson Hartung has consulted with numerous small business agencies—such as the SBDC, CWE, and MBDA—assisting small businesses with market planning and training, often times bringing client projects into the classroom. She also has experience in global development championing women’s empowerment as she has worked on several NGO-sponsored international livelihood development projects.

  Wilkinson Hartung is a Fulbright Scholar and spent 2012 teaching, doing research, and working on social venture marketing and sustainable entrepreneurship in Tanzania. She continues traveling to Tanzania and is active in her follow up on these entrepreneurship projects. Outside of her professional interests, Wilkinson Hartung travels widely, cooks, bikes, and kayaks. A transplant from southern California, she enjoys living in New England with her family and dogs.

• Dr. Lina Parra

  

  Director, Spanish Language and Graduate Management Programs
  Email: lparra@nec.edu

  Bio
  Born in Medellin, Colombia, Dr. Parra dreamed of acquiring a prestigious education in the United States. She came to the U.S. with an international student visa, and through the years, she had the opportunity to study at institutions such as Miami-Dade College, Barry University, Florida Gulf Coast University, and Nova Southeastern University where she earned her Doctorate in Public Administration. A professional with over 19 years of experience in the field of education, Dr. Parra presents significant contributions as an administrator and faculty member, including exceptional organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills. She offers 18+ years of multi-site college/university leadership experience gained via exemplary long-term tenures with two of Florida’s largest academic institutions.

  As an Enrollment Services Administrator with a background covering all aspects of undergraduate and graduate student support services, her experience includes:

  • Recruitment and admissions
  • Academic advisement
  • Registration and retention
  • Financial aid
  • Employment services
  • Career/vocational counseling
  • Student academic progress
  • Judicial affairs

   

  Dr. Parra’s ability to work with a diverse population of national and international students has allowed her to oversee academic programs in English and Spanish. This includes teaching from undergraduate to doctoral courses in both languages.

• Dr. Matthew Ruckman

  Associate Professor, Sport and Recreation Management
  Office: John Lyons 214
  Phone: 603.428.2692
  Email: mruckman@nec.edu

  Expertise
  NCAA Rules Compliance—Gender Equity in Intercollegiate Athletics

  Educational Background
  EdD in Physical Education and Health, University of West Florida
  MS in Recreation and Sport Science, Ohio University
  BS in Health, Leisure, and Exercise Science with concentration in Physical Education, University of West Florida

  Research Interests

  • College Student-Athlete Welfare
  • Gender Equity in Intercollegiate Athletics
  • Sport Management Pedagogy

   

  Bio
  Dr. Matthew Ruckman is a Sport and Recreation Management faculty member. During his tenure in higher education, Dr. Ruckman has specialized in the area of Sport Governance to include NCAA governance, policy development, and policy enforcement. He has participated in NCAA compliance reviews and made recommendations for best practices. In addition, he has spearheaded comprehensive assessments of gender equity in intercollegiate athletics. Dr. Ruckman is actively involved in a number of research and evaluation projects in the collegiate sport industry. He has authored publications on student-athlete welfare and gender equity in intercollegiate athletics. Dr. Ruckman’s current research focuses on student-athlete welfare topics including overall wellness and career preparation. Dr. Ruckman is also currently exploring fan satisfaction in the competitive collegiate sport environment. Finally, Dr. Ruckman also conducts evaluation projects for city parks and recreation systems. He has developed strategic plans for parks and recommended capital improvement projects.

• Dr. Reza Jalili

  

  K. H. William and Andrea Krueger Endowed Faculty Chair in Business Administration with a focus on Accounting
  Email: ajalili@nec.edu

  Expertise and Affiliations

  Expertise

  • Business economics
  • Experimental and behavioral economics
  • International accounting
  • Internal audit
  • Risk management
  • Research and publications in areas of managerial economics, quantitative methods, Middle Eastern economies, and behavioral economics

   

  Affiliations

  • Member of nine academic and professional organizations
  • Reviewer for six academic journals

   

  Educational Background
  PhD in Economics, University of New Hampshire
  MSA in Accounting, Bentley University
  MA in Economics, University of New Hampshire
  MBA in Managerial Accounting, James Madison University
  MS in Operation Management, Rensselaer Polytechnic institute
  BS in Accounting and Finance, N.I.O.C., College of Accountancy and Finance, Tehran, Iran

  Bio
  Dr. Jalili’s accounting career includes five years of experience as a staff accountant and supervising auditor, two years as an internal auditor, and three years as a chief financial officer. Beyond his hands-on accounting experience, he has worked as an independent consultant and has taught at the undergraduate, graduate, and executive levels for over 25 years.

  Dr. Jalili is married with two children. His interests include reading, formulating and solving problems, soccer, martial arts, mountain climbing, watching classic movies, opera, and old boxing matches.