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Faculty Advisor
As a faculty member of the School of Education, and the ASC's former Executive Director, Derek provides valuable insight to assist the ASC during the transition to hiring a permanent Director and beyond.
Background
Derek earned his Ph.D (1997) in Cultural Studies, his Master’s degree (1993) in Education, and his undergraduate degree in Political Economy/German (1986), all from U.C. Berkeley. Derek joined the faculty in 1997. He coordinates the Cultural Studies of Sport in Education (CSSE) M.A. Program in the Graduate School of Education. In 2002, Derek was hired as the Director of the ASC, where he helped foster an excellent record of transformative academic development for our student athletes. He retired from the Director position in 2024 to focus on his Masters program, but continues to be a part of ASC's leadership team.
His publications include Envisioning Scholar Practitioner Collaborations: Communities of Practice in Education and Sport (Book), Out of Bounds: When Scholarship Athletes Become Academic Scholars (Book), “The Educational Dilemma of Academic Support for NCAA College Athletes: Playing the High-Stakes Game of Advising to the APR,” and “Becoming REGS: The Impact of Institutional Sport Elimination on Division I Student Athletes.”
As an undergraduate at Berkeley, Derek earned Academic All-American honors and played professional soccer for several years following graduation. Derek was inducted into the CAL Athletic Hall of Fame in 2008.
Derek enjoys travel, writing and playing with his cats.