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School of Physical Education &
Exercise Science
Faculty
rwilcox@acad.usf
Background
Dr.
Ralph Wilcox is a Professor in the School of Physical Education and Exercise Science and Vice Provost for Policy Analysis,
Planning and Performance, in which capacity he oversees university-wide
strategic planning; budget planning; decision support; enrollment
planning and management; international affairs; undergraduate
studies and student academic success; and serves as university
liaison to the Florida Board of Governors.
Prior to assuming
his current position he served as Interim Vice President and
CEO of the University of South Florida St. Petersburg. Dr. Wilcox
received his B.Ed. (Hons) from St. Luke's College of the University
of Exeter in the United Kingdom, the M.Sc. from Washington State
University, and his Ph.D. from the University of Alberta in
Canada. Prior to joining the University of South Florida,
Dr. Wilcox served as Professor and Chair of the Department of
Human Movement Sciences and Education at The University of Memphis,
where he also held an Associate appointment in Women's Studies;
Graduate Coordinator in the Department of Health and Human Performance
at the University of Houston; and has held faculty positions
at Hofstra University, SUNY Stony Brook, and Dunfermline College
in Scotland.
Teaching
Dr.
Wilcox has taught at both the undergraduate and graduate levels
in the areas of sport, cultural studies and globalization, as
well as research methods and higher education leadership.
Research
Dr.
Wilcox's current research interests are in the areas of as transformative
leadership in higher education; as well sport, popular culture
and globalization. He has presented and published his
work extensively in the areas of sport and nineteenth century
immigration; accountability and higher education; and ethics
in the global sport marketplace. He has published more than
50 manuscripts in refereed publications and is author of two
books entitled Sport in the Global Village (1994),
and The Making and Meaning of Urban Sport Cultures (2003,
with Andrews, Pitter and Irwin). He is principal investigator
on upward of $7 million in externally funded research grants
and contracts.
Service
Dr.
Wilcox has held elected office in state, national and international
academic and professional associations. He is a recipient of
the Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Fellowship, was selected as
an American Council on Education Fellow, and participated in
the Oxford Roundtable on Higher Education. He has served as
strategic planning consultant to a number of universities and
continues to serve on the editorial boards of several academic
and professional journals.
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