Dr. Dennis Howard's principal research interests focus on the application of
consumer behavior theory to sport and recreation issues. His research in recent years has concentrated on the development of a scale for
measuring the dimensions which motivate and sustain sport spectatorship. His latest book with John Crompton
is entitled Financing Sport. He has served as Co-Chair of NRPA's Leisure Research Symposium, member of
SPRE's Board of Directors, President of the Oregon Park and Recreation Society, Associate Editor of Leisure
Sciences, and on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Sport Management.