Michael Todd Friedman

Michael FriedmanJan. 2013

Michael Todd Friedman

Professional Information

Research Assistant Professor

Department of Kinesiology

University of Maryland

Phone: (301) 405-2501

E-Mail:

Education

2008Ph.D.University of Maryland, College Park

Department of Kinesiology, Physical Cultural Studies

Advisor:David L. Andrews

Title:The Transparency of Democracy: A Lefebvrean Analysis of Washington’s Nationals Park

2000M.A.University of Maryland, College Park

Department of Kinesiology, Sports Studies

Advisor: Daniel S. Mason

Title: A Stakeholder Approach to the Issue of Public Subsidization of Sports Facility Construction

1992B.A. Tufts University, Medford, MA

Major: History

Professional Work Experience

2009-PresentResearch Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Kinesiology

University of Maryland, College Park

2006-2008InstructorDepartment of Kinesiology

University of Maryland, College Park

2002-2005Teaching AssistantDepartment of Kinesiology

University of Maryland, College Park

Associated Professional Experience

1997-1998President, Nashville Ice Flyers(Central Hockey League)

Responsible for developing, implementing and overseeing a strategic plan and the operations of $1.2 million, 40-employee business in minor league professional ice hockey. Final decision-maker on all important franchise decisions, including composition of ownership group and the hiring of key personnel.

1996-1997Director of Media Relations, Nashville NightHawks (Central Hockey League)

Responsible for developing and implementing a media relations plan in a competitive Top-30 media market. Sold and negotiated more than $80,000 in corporate sponsorships with 15 different clients, ensured contract fulfillment and was the organization’s top salesperson.

1995-1996Corporate Sales Representative, Nashville Knights(East Coast Hockey League)

Responsible for selling and negotiating more than $50,000 in corporate sponsorships with 10 different clients and ensured contract fulfillment.

1995Intern, Frederick Keys Baseball (Carolina League)

Participated in the operations of minor league baseball team in stadium operations, media relations, ticket sales and operations, and concessions

1994Intern, Advantage International Marketing

Wrote press releases promoting events, including the 1994 President’s Cup, and biographies for Advantage International Marketing clients, such as Grant Hill and David Robinson

1992-1993Interim Sports Information Director, Tufts University

Responsible for overseeing media relations in the Boston media market for a Division III athletic department with 33 teams

Publications

Chapters in Books

4.McBean, J.A., Friedman, M.T., & Batts, C. (in press). Usain Bolt beyond time and space: A spatial analysis of Beijing’s 2008 Men’s 100M Final. In J. Nauright, A. Cobley, & D. Wiggins (Eds.), Beyond Boundaries: Race and Ethnicity in Sport. Fayetteville, AR: University of Arkansas Press.

3.McBean, J.A., & Friedman, M.T. (2012). Usain Bolt, the new black revolt: Swifter, higher and stronger. In F. Polite & B. Hawkins (Eds.), Sport, Race, Activism, and Social Change: The Impact of Dr. Harry Edwards’ Scholarship and Service (pp. 187-198). San Diego, CA: Cognella.

2.Friedman, M.T. (2007). The spectacle of the past: Leveraging history in Fenway Park and Camden Yards. In S. Gammon & G. Ramshaw (Eds.), Heritage, Sport & Tourism (pp. 103-122), London: Taylor & Francis

1.Ritzer, G. S., & Friedman, M.T. (2007). Urban regeneration: The McDisneyization of the city. In G. Nollmann (ed.), Sozialstruktur und Gesellschaft (pp. 207-230), Wiesbaden: VS-Verlag.

Articles in Refereed Journals

12.Bernstein, S.Friedman, M.T. (in press). “Sticking out’ in the field: “No, ma’am I do not work for the Governor”. Sociology of Sport Journal.

11.Friedman, M.T., Bustad, J. & Andrews, D.L. (2012). Feeding the downtown monster: (Re)developing Baltimore’s “tourist bubble”. City, Culture and Society, 3(3), 165-228.

10.Friedman, M.T., & van Ingen, C. (2011). Bodies in space: Spatializing physical cultural studies. Sociology of Sport Journal, 28 (1), 85-105.

9.Friedman, M.T., & Andrews, D.L. (2011). The built sport spectacle and the opacity of democracy. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 46 (2), 181-204.

8.Friedman, M.T.(2010). “The transparency of democracy”: The production of Washington’s Nationals Park as a late capitalist space. Sociology of Sport Journal, 27 (4), 327-350.

7.Friedman, M.T., & Mason, D.S. (2007). (Re)building a brand in the minor leagues: The Nashville Ice Flyers, 1997-98. Sport Marketing Quarterly, 16 (3), 174-183.

6.Friedman, M.T., & Silk, M.(2005). Expressing Fenway: Managing and marketing heritage within the global sports marketplace.International Journal of Sport Management and Marketing, 1 (1/2), 37-55.

Reprinted as:

Friedman, M.T., & Silk, M.(2009). Expressing Fenway: Managing and marketing heritage within the global sports marketplace. In Nauright, J. and Pope, S. (eds.),The New Sport Management Reader (pp. 155-174). Morgantown, WV: Fitness Information Technology.

5.Friedman, M.T., & Mason, D.S. (2005). Stakeholder management and the public subsidization of Nashville's Coliseum. Journal of Urban Affairs, 27(1),93-118.

4.Friedman, M.T., Parent, M.M., & Mason, D.S. (2004). Building a framework for issues management in sport through stakeholder theory. European Sport Management Quarterly, 4 (3), 170-190.

3.Friedman, M.T., Andrews, D.L., & Silk, M. (2004). Sport and the facade of redevelopment in the postindustrial city. Sociology of Sport Journal, 21 (2), 119-139.

Reprinted as:

Andrews, D.L.Friedman, M.T. (2006). Rot beneath the sporting glitter. In D.L. Andrews, Sport-Commerce-Culture: Essays on Sport in Late Capitalist America (pp. 95-107). New York: Peter Lang.

2.Friedman, M.T., & Mason, D.S. (2004). A stakeholder approach to understanding economic development decision making: Public subsidies for professional sport facilities. Economic Development Quarterly, 18 (3), 236-254.

1.Friedman, M.T., & Mason, D.S. (2001). ‘Horse trading’ and consensus building: Nashville, Tennessee and the relocation of the Houston Oilers. Journal of Sport History, 28 (3), 271-291

Other Publications, Book Reviews, Articles, and Research Notes.

6.Coates, D. & Friedman, M.T. (2011). Not a game changer. University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Department of Economics Working Paper 11-134. Catonsville, MD: Authors.

5.Friedman, M.T. (2010). Raising & razing a stadium: Baseball and collective memory in Detroit. North American Society for Sport History: Proceedings of the 38th Annual Conference, p. 25.

4.Friedman, M.T. (2004). Baseball, amateur. In G. L. Cross, G. Chick, & J. Loy (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Recreation and Leisure in America. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, pp. 72-74.

3.Friedman, M.T. (2003). Bobby Bell, Larry Brown, Floyd Little, Jim Marshall, Jim Parker, Drew Pearson, Ray Rhodes. In D. Wiggins (Ed.), Historical Dictionary of African Americans in Sport. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe.

2.Friedman, M.T., & Mason, D.S. (2001). Milestones and overcoming uncertainty: How Nashville, Tennessee secured the relocation of the Houston Oilers. Proceedings and Newsletter – North American Society for Sports History.

1.Friedman, M.T. (2001). Book Review of P. Weiler (2000), Leveling the Playing Field. Cambridge, MA: Harvard. Journal of Sports Management, 15 (3), 247-249.

Manuscripts in Preparation and Under Review

Friedman, M.T. & Bernstein, S. “Instead we get racecars”: The Baltimore Grand Prix and the 2011 mayoral elections. (in preparation)

Wiest, A.B., Friedman, M.T., & Clift, B.C. “I’m here”:Baltimore’s Forgotten Residents and the Grand Prix. (in preparation).

Friedman, M.T., & Bustad, J.J. The urbanization of sport. In R. Edelman & W. Wilson (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Sport History. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press (in preparation)

Friedman, M.T.Mallparks: The Social Production of Contemporary Cathedrals of Consumption. (Book project in preparation).

Mason, D.S. & Friedman, M.T. (eds). Camden Yards: A 20-Year Retrospective. (Edited book project in preparation).

Presentations

Refereed Conference Presentations and Abstracts in Copyrighted Conference Proceedings

30.Friedman, M.T. (2013). Mallparks: The social construction of baseball stadiums as cathedrals of consumption. Paper to be presented at World Congress of Sociology of Sport 2013 Conference. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, June.

29.Friedman, M.T. (2012). Edilia Field – A utopian baseball future. Paper presented at North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Conference. New Orleans, Louisiana, November

28.Friedman, M.T., Wiest, A.B. & Clift, B.C. (2012). “I’m here” – Baltimore’s forgotten residents and the Grand Prix.Paper presented at the 9th Association for Cultural Studies Crossroads Conference. Paris, France, July.

27.Friedman, M.T. (2012). Fun with numbers: Quantitative methods as a political intervention. Paper presented at the 8th International Conference of Qualitative Inquiry. Champaign, Illinois, May.

26.Friedman, M.T.,Bernstein, S. & Bustad, J.J.(2012).'Instead we get racecars': The Baltimore Grand Prix and the politics of economic redevelopment. Paper presented at 42nd Meeting of the Urban Affairs Association. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, April.

25.Friedman, M.T., Bustad, J.J, & Andrews, D.L. (2012). Feeding the downtown monster: (Re)developing Baltimore’s “tourist bubble”. Paper presented at Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting. New York, New York, November.

24.Friedman, M.T. & Bernstein, S. (2011).'Instead we get racecars': The Baltimore Grand Prix and the politics of redevelopment. Paper presented at North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Conference. San Diego, California, November.

23.Bernstein, S.,Friedman, M.T.(2011). “Sticking out’ in the field: “No, ma’am I do not work for the governor”. Paper presented at North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Conference. San Diego, California, November.

22.Friedman, M.T. & Mason, D.L. (2010). Stakeholder homogeneity or heterogeneity? Opposition to stadium subsidies in Washington, D.C. and the LGBT community. Paper presented at the 18th Annual Meeting of the European Association for Sport Management as part of the workshop on Sport Management and Stakeholders. Prague, Czech Republic, September.

21. Friedman, M.T. (2010). A trial by space? Nationals Stadium and queer space in Washington, DC. Paper presented at North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Conference. San Diego, California, November.

20. McBean, J. & Friedman, M. T. (2010). Usain Bolt: Crossing the line. Paper presented at North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Conference. San Diego, California, November.

19.McBean, J. & Friedman, M. T. (2010). The audacity of Usain: Spatial analysis of Beijing 2008. Paper presented at the 3rd Sport, Race and Ethnicity Conference. Cave Hill, Barbados, July.

18.Friedman, M. T. & Andrews, D. L. (2010). Last dance in Southeast: Capital and the production and destruction of a sexualized, queer space in Washington, DC. Paper presented at the 8thAssociation for Cultural Studies Crossroads Conference. Hong Kong, China, June.

17.Friedman, M. T. (2010). Raising and razing a stadium: Baseball and collective memory in Detroit. Paper presented at the North American Society for Sport History Conference. Orlando, Florida, May.

16.Friedman, M.T. (2009). (Re)imagining Detroit?: Observations from the demolition of Tiger Stadium. Paper presented at the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Conference. Ottawa, Ontario, November.

15.Friedman, M.T. (2008). Not in the plan: Displacement and Washington's new baseball stadium. Paper presented at the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Conference. Denver, Colorado, November.

14.Friedman, M.T. (2008). Not quite “the transparency of democracy”: City image and symbolism in Washington, DC’s new baseball stadium. Paper presented at the 38th Annual Meeting of the Urban Affairs Association. Baltimore, Maryland, April.

13.Friedman, M.T. (2007). The transparency of democracy: A Lefebvrean critique of Washington’s baseball stadium. Paper presented at the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Conference. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, November.

12.Friedman, M.T. (2006). The spectacle of the past: Tourism, Fenway Park & Camden Yards. Paper presented at the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Conference. Vancouver, British Columbia, November.

11.Friedman, M.T., Silk, M., & Andrews, D.L. (2006). Enchanting space: Lessons from classic sports facilities. Paper presented at 13th Commonwealth International Sport Conference. Melbourne, Australia, March.

10.Friedman, M.T. (2005). Capital spaces: A Lefebvrean analysis of Washington’s new baseball stadium. Paper presented at the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Conference. Winston-Salem, North Carolina, October.

9.Friedman, M.T. (2004). Camdenization: Authenticity and simulation in the renovation of Fenway Park. Paper presented at the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Conference. Tucson, Arizona, November.

8.Friedman, M.T., Silk, M., & Andrews, D.L. (2003). “The greatest city in America”: Major league sport and the symbolic redevelopment of Baltimore. Paper presented at theNorth American Society for the Sociology of Sport Conference. Montreal, Quebec, November.

7.Friedman, M.T. (2003). Manufacturing consent: The uses of power in Nashville’s stadium decision. Paper presented at the18th Annual North American Society for Sport Management Conference. Ithaca, New York, June

6.Friedman, M.T. & Andrews D.L. (2002). Facadism: Theorizing urban spaces of sports consumption. Paper presented at the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Conference. Indianapolis, Indiana, November.

5.Friedman, M.T., & Mason, D.S. (2001). Major league sport as an instrument for changing a city’s image: The case of Nashville, Tennessee and the Houston Oilers. Paper presented at the17th Annual North American Society for Sport Management Conference. Virginia Beach, Virginia, June.

4.Friedman, M.T. (2001). Professional sports facilities as public goods. Poster presented at the 17th Annual North American Society for Sport Management Conference. Virginia Beach, Virginia, June.

3.Friedman, M.T., & Mason, D.S. (2001). Milestones and overcoming uncertainty: How Nashville, Tennessee secured the relocation of the Houston Oilers. Paper presented at the North American Society for Sport History Conference. London, Ontario, June.

2.Friedman, M.T., & Mason, D.S. (2000). A stakeholder approach to public subsidization of stadium construction: Nashville, Tennessee and the relocation of the Houston Oilers. Paper presented at the Sport in the City 2000. Indianapolis, Indiana, June.

1.Friedman, M.T., & Mason, D.S. (2000). Sport and public policy: An exploratory discussion of stakeholder analysis. Paper presented at the 5th Annual Sport Management Association of Australia and New Zealand Conference. Sydney, Australia, January.