The Claire Smith Center for Sports Media is named for distinguished Klein College alumna Claire Smith, KLN ‘79, the first woman to be honored with the Baseball Writers' Association of America Career Excellence Award in the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. The center aims to follow Smith’s profound legacy and launch a new generation of sports media legends steeped in both practical knowledge and in the culture, theory and history of their field.

Reaching across both journalism and business, as well as maintaining a focus on multiculturalism and breaking down barriers associated with race and gender in the sports media industry, this cross-disciplinary, multiplatform program with a strong digital focus is built around Smith’s values: ethics, excellence and integrity.

With the only Sports Media Certificate of its kind for undergraduates, the Claire Smith Center will only add to the incredible sports media opportunities we are able to provide for our driven students.

Center Faculty and Staff

Along with our namesake, Claire Smith, the center takes advantage of the Klein’s faculty’s world of expertise in the sports industry. From radio personalities to journalists and media managers, there is someone on our team for every sports media interest. See below to get a sense of our faculty’s accomplishments and background.

  • Claire Smith

      • Claire Smith Center for Sports Media

        • Co-Director

    • Lew Klein College of Media and Communication

      • Journalism

        • Assistant Professor of Practice

  • Marc Zumoff

    • Lew Klein College of Media and Communication

        • Associate Director of the Claire Smith Center for Sports Media

  • John DiCarlo

      • Claire Smith Center for Sports Media

        • Co-Director

    • Lew Klein College of Media and Communication

        • Managing Director of Student Media

  • Arlene Notoro Morgan

    • Lew Klein College of Media and Communication

      • Office of the Dean

        • Assistant Dean, External Affairs

  • Amanda Stankiewicz

    • Lew Klein College of Media and Communication

        • Director of Communications

  • Dawn Ramos

    • Lew Klein College of Media and Communication

      • Office of the Dean

        • Director of Administration

  • David W. Brown

    • Lew Klein College of Media and Communication

      • Advertising and Public Relations

        • Associate Professor of Instruction

  • Karen Sensenig Gallagher

    • Lew Klein College of Media and Communication

      • Office of the Dean

        • Assistant Dean for Development and Alumni Relations

  • Karen M. Turner

    • Lew Klein College of Media and Communication

      • Journalism

        • Associate Professor

  • Lauren Bullock

    • Lew Klein College of Media and Communication

      • Advertising and Public Relations

        • Assistant Professor of Instruction

  • Quaiser D. Abdullah

    • Lew Klein College of Media and Communication

      • Office of the Dean

        • Assistant Professor of Instruction

  • Matthew Fine

    • Lew Klein College of Media and Communication

      • Media Studies and Production

        • Associate Professor of Practice

  • George Cummings

    • Lew Klein College of Media and Communication

      • TUTV

        • Programming and Production Manager

  • Robert L Holbert

    • Lew Klein College of Media and Communication

      • Communication and Social Influence

        • Professor