Ari C. de Wilde

Biography

Ari de Wilde is a trained sport historian and Associate Professor of Sport & Leisure Management at Eastern Connecticut State University. His main research interests are in the business history of sport and the North American bicycle racing industry. He received his BA in History with a minor in Economics from Bates College in 2005, his MA in 2007 and Ph.D. in Sport Humanities/Management from The Ohio State University in 2010. His articles have appeared in the Journal of Macromarketing Journal of Sport History, Journal of Historical Research in Marketing, Quest, and International Journal of Sport Management. He can be reached on Twitter @aodewilde.

Research Intersts

• Sport History
• Business History & Sport Management
• Sport Macromarketing

Of Note

2017 ECSU Undergraduate Research Mentor Award

Teaching Interests

• Sport Law
• Sport Studies' Research Methodology
• Sport and Society

Publications

Sport History and Sport Management: Opportunities and Challenges," Journal of Sport History 45, 66-86.

Revisiting "Ghosts of the Garden:" Sport History, Modernizing Technology, and the Promise and Perils of Digital Visualization, Journal of Sport History

Building the Garden and Making Arena Sports Big Time: "Tex" Rickard and His Legacy in Sport Marketing. Journal of Macromarketing, 34 (4), 452-470

Six Day racing entrepreneurs and the emergence of the twentieth century arena sportscape, 1891-1912. Journal of Historical Research in Marketing, 4, 5

2010). The culture of history in sport management's foundation: The intellectual influence of Harvard Business School on four founding sport management