Erica Zonder

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Undergraduate Program Coordinator and Associate Professor

Health Promotion and Human Performance

229 Rackham

734.487.0454

[email protected]

Education

  • JD, University of Michigan
  • MS, Sport Management, Eastern Michigan University
  • BA, University of Michigan

Biography

Professor Zonder is an Associate Professor and the Undergraduate Program Coordinator in Sport Management.  She came to EMU in 2017 after four years at Adrian College where she taught classes in sports law, business law and facility management, was Director of the Undergraduate Sport Management program, and co-creator of the Masters in Sport Administration and Leadership program. Zonder is actively involved with the Sport and Recreation Law Association (SRLA), North American Society for Sport Sociology (NASSS), and the North American Society for Sport Management (NASSM), and she also serves on the editorial board for the Journal of Legal Aspects of Sport.

Publications

Zonder, E.J. (in press).  Title IX's Three-Part Test: The (lack of) utility of Prong 2. Marquette Sports Law Review. Volume 33, Issue 1.

Zonder, E. J. and Houghton, E. J.  (2022, February 11).  Terminated ASU Women’s Lacrosse Coach Files Retaliation and Wrongful Termination Lawsuit.  Sport Litigation Alert. Volume 19 Issue 3. Hackney Publications.

Zonder, E. J. and Schumacher, J.  (2021, December 17). San Jose State Violates Title IX, Faces Retaliation Lawsuits: University Failed to Protect Student-Athletes from Athletic Trainer Sexual Harassment.  Sport Litigation Alert. Volume 18 Issue 24. Hackney Publications.

Zonder, E. J. (2021, October 8). Alabama Federal Court Finds No Title IX Retaliation in Auburn Softball Case. Sport Litigation Alert. Volume 18 Issue 19. Hackney Publications.

Zonder E. J. (2021, July).  Take a deeper look at possible implications of Fresno State Title IX Lawsuit.  College Athletics and the Law.  Volume 18, Issue 4.  Wiley Periodicals.

Zonder, E. J. (2021, March 26). Fifth Circuit Upholds Breach of Contract Claim by Former Jackson State Women’s Basketball Coach, Reverses on Invasion of Privacy Claim. Sport Litigation Alert. Volume 18, Issue 6. Hackney Publications.

Zonder, E. J. (2019, August 2). Carroll College Golf Coach Claims Title IX Retaliation. Sport Litigation Alert. Volume 16, Issue 14. Hackney Publications.

McCoy, L. & Zonder, E. (2019, April 12). Title IX and the Duty to Report as a Term for Coaching Employment. Sport Litigation Alert. Volume 16, Issue 7. Hackney Publications.

Staurowsky, E.J., Zonder, E.J., & Riemer, B.A. (2017).  So, what is Title IX?  Assessing college athlete knowledge of the law.  Women in Sport and Physical Activity Journal 25(1), 30-42.

Book Chapters

McCray, K. & Zonder, E.J. (in press). Sexual Misconduct in Sport Organizations. In R. Hardin & J. Pate (Eds.), Policy and governance in sport: Issues, organizations, and practical applications (2nd ed.). Carolina Academic Press.

Zonder, E.J. (2020) Chapter 5 Employment Discrimination Part I: Terms and Conditions of Employment. Sport Law: A Managerial Approach by Sharp, Moorman, Claussen. 4th Edition. Routledge. 

Zonder, E.J. (2020) Chapter 12 Regulation of Participation and Athlete Rights. Sport Law: A Managerial Approach by Sharp, Moorman, Claussen. 4th Edition. Routledge.

Osborne, B. & Zonder, E.J. (2020).  Chapter 7.13 Sexual Harassment.  Law for Recreation, and Sport Managers by Cotten and Wolohan. 8th Edition.  Kendall Hunt. 

Selected Presentations

McCoy, L. & Zonder, E.J. (2022, September).  Inclusion vs Competitive Fairness: The 2021 IOC Transgender Eligibility Guidelines and Their Impact on Future Participation in Elite Sport.  Presented at the European Association of Sport Management (EASM) Conference, Innsbruck, Austria

Zonder, E.J. & Houghton, E. (February 2022). Title IX at 50: Exploring the impact of the law on cases of sexual misconduct and participation equity in athletics.  Poster presented at the Sport and Recreation Law Association (SRLA) Conference, Atlanta, GA. 

Zonder, E.J. & McCoy, L. (February 2021).  Title VII and Bostock: Re-imagining Miller, Griesbaum, and other state law sexual orientation discrimination cases. Presented at the Sport and Recreation Law Association (SRLA) Conference, Virtual.

Zonder, E.J. & Flowers, C.L. (2020, November).  Title IX, COVID, and College Athletics.  Panel presentation at the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport (NASSS) Conference, Virtual. 

Houghton, E, Zonder, E.J., Riemer, B.A. & Christy, K. (2020, May).  College Student Perceptions of Professional Development Through Sport Management Club Participation.  Poster presented at the North American Society for Sport Management (NASSM) Conference, Virtual.

Zonder, E.J., McCray, K.L. & Taylor, E.A. (2020, March).  Serious Misconduct Rules and the NCAA: Keeping Sexual Violence Out of Sport.  Presented at the Sport and Recreation Law Association (SRLA) Conference, Louisville, KY.

Riemer, B.A., Zonder, E.J. & Schumacher, J.  (2020, February).  Recognizing and Reporting Sexual Harassment:  Does Training Make a Difference? Presented at the Global Sport Business Association (GSBA) Conference, Cozumel, Mexico. 

Flowers, C.L. & Zonder, E.J. (2019, November).  Unscrambling Title IX policy guidance: An examination of the current state of gender equity on college athletics.  Presented at the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport (NASSS) Conference, Virginia Beach, VA.

Riemer, B.A., Zonder, E.J. & Schumacher, J.  (2019, November).  Sexual Harassment in the Sport Workplace: Athletic Trainers and the Link Between Education and Reporting.  Presented at the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport (NASSS) Conference, Virginia Beach, VA.

Zonder, E.J., Struminger, A.H., Lewis, C., Schumacher, J. & Sweet, J. (2019, February/March).  Teaching risk reduction by developing interdisciplinary, comprehensive, emergency action plans.  Presented at the Sport and Recreation Law Association (SRLA) Conference, Philadelphia, PA.

McCoy, L. & Zonder, E.J. (2019, February/March).  The duty to report: Changing college coaching contract language to include sexual assault.  Presented at the Sport and Recreation Law Association (SRLA) Conference, Philadelphia, PA.

McCray, K. & Zonder, E.J. (2019, February/March).  Title IX, the NCAA, and the Sixth Circuit:  What recent developments mean for addressing sexual misconduct on campus.  Presented at the Sport and Recreation Law Association (SRLA) Conference, Philadelphia, PA.

Christy, K., Zonder, E.J., Houghton, E. & Riemer, B.A. (2019, February).  Sport management clubs and their relationship to sport management student success.  Poster presented at Applied Sport Management (ASMA) Conference, Nashville, TN.

Taylor, E. & Zonder, E.J. (2018, November).  What’s in a title? Assistant/Associate Head Coaches in the NCAA.  Presented at the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport (NASSS) Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. 

Zonder, E.J. & Riemer, B.A. (2018, March).  Title VII and sex discrimination:  A remedy for college coaches facing sexual orientation discrimination?  Presented at the Sport and Recreation Law Association (SRLA) Conference, San Antonio, TX

Zonder, E.J. & Flowers, C.L. (2017, November).  From the basketball court to the courtroom: Beth Burns, SDSU, and Title IX. Presented at the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport (NASSS) Conference, Windsor, Ontario, Canada.

Zonder, E.J. & McCray, K. (2017, March).  “Everything was chaotic”: Title IX and Florida State’s handling of the Jameis Winston case.  Presented at the Sport and Recreation Law Association Conference (SRLA), Las Vegas, NV.

Courses

  • SMGT 201 Foundations of Sport Management
  • SMGT 363 Sport Risk Management
  • SMGT 445 Sport Economics and Finance
  • SMGT 493 Fieldwork in Sport Management I
  • SMGT 494 Fieldwork in Sport Management II
  • SMGT 495 Fieldwork in Sport Management III

Scholarly/Research Interests

  • Title IX
  • Employment law issues
  • College athletics
  • Labor relations in professional sport