Scott Tinley: Curriculum Vitae
(Curriculum Vitae 2010)

13716 Mira Montana Drive
Del Mar, CA 92014

Email: scott@scotttinley.com

Education:
- Ph.D. Program (coursework complete - ABD Spring '10) Cultural Studies, Claremont Graduate University
- Master of Fine Arts, Fiction Writing, San Diego State University, 2004
- Master of Arts, San Diego State University-
Interdisciplinary Studies: Social Psychology of Sport, 2003
Thesis: Athlete Retirement: A Qualitative Inquiry and Comparison
-Master’s Candidate: Educational Technology, 1983
-Bachelor's Degree, San Diego State University, Leisure Administration/Liberal Arts, 1980

Teaching Experience:
-Lecturer/Adjunct Professor. Dept. of Kinesiology, CSU Fullerton (Sport, Games and Culture) 2006-present
- Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Kinesiology (Sociology of Sport, Philosophy and Ethics in
Sport), CSUSM, 2005-present
- Adjunct Professor, English Dept. (Critical Theory of Reading/Writing, Advanced Composition, Argument), Grossmont College, 2004-present
-Lecturer, SDSU MBA Sport Management Program, 2004-present, Elements of Sport and Society: Culture, Ethics and Applied Theories
- Instructor, Intro to Comparative Literature, SDSU English Dept.
2003-2004
-GTA Lecturer, Intro to Creative Writing, SDSU English Dept.
2003
-GTA Lecturer, Dept. Rhetoric and Writing, SDSU, 2002-2003
-GA, Elements of Short Fiction, SDSU, 2003
-Adjunct Prof., Dept. of Physical Education, UCSD, 1994
-Adjunct Prof., Dept. of Exercise and Nutritional Sciences, SDSU 1981-1983
-Instructional Co-Coordinator, Associated Students, SDSU, 1980-1983
-Motivational Speaker- 1985-2004

Presentations and readings:
-Keynote address, World Multisport Conference, Boston MA April 2009
-Vietnam Fiction as Postmodern Texts, Natures Conference, La Sierra University, Feb. 2009
-Contexts of Athlete Retirement: paper presented at NCAA Scholarly Colloquium, January 2009
-Keynote address: Natural High Series, University of California, Santa Barbara, Spring, 2008
-Commodification of Sport Subcultures at Play, Toward a Critical Concept, UC Irvine, Spring 2008
-Hegemony in Surfing: Resistance and Compliance in a Commodified Subculture, University of California Irvine, Spring 2008
-Shades of Hegemony in Commodified Subculture, Cultural Studies Conference, CGU Fall 2007
-Athlete Retirement and Gender: A paper presented at the IART Conference, San Diego, June 2006
-Featured Writer: City Works Press Literary Conference and Book Faire, City College of San Diego, May 2006
-Ethics for the Sport Manager, paper presented at North American Conference on Ethics in Sport, New Brunswick, Canada, 2005
-Original song performance, at Athletes and Entertainers Exhibition, San Diego Hall of Champions, 2005
-Shakespeare Society, A Night of Sonnets, Old Globe Theater, 2004
-Paper presented at International Society of Sport Philosophers, Penn State University,
2000
-Paper presented at Society for Sport Sociologist and Philosophers, Ohio State University, 2003
-Paper presented at North American Conference on Ethics in Sport, New Brunswick, Canada, 2005
-Athlete retirement and gender: A paper presented at the IART Conference, San Diego, June 2006
-Various university and public readings done in support of the sales and promotion of my own and colleague’s published texts.

Service:
-Executive Producer of 1st and 2nd IART SDSU Conferences on Athletic Retirement and Life Transition at SDSU, May 2007 and May 2009
-Graduate student capstone project advisor 2007, 2008, 2009, SDSU Sport Business MBA Program

Published books:
-“Things To Be Survived: Tales of Resolution and Resurrection” (short fiction) Habitus
Books, January 2007
-“Racing the Sunset” (an inside look at life transition and change using the retiring athlete
as model) Lyons Press, fall 2003
-"Finding the Wheel's Hub" (collected essays on sport) TriMarket Press 1996
-"Triathlon: A Personal History" (sport history) Velo Press 1999
-"Scott Tinley's Winning Triathlon" (sport genre-how-to) Contemporary Press 1986
-"Scott Tinley's Sports Endurance" (sport science reference guide) Rodale Press 1994

Publications: Literary Journals and Anthologies
-CBSNews.com: Series on Tiger Woods and Popular Culture Dec. 2009
-Staff Writer: Hall of Fame.com
-Cycling and Philosophy (chapter selection), Blackwell Press, 2009
-City Works Press: San Diego Anthology, Summer, ‘05
-Journal of Experimental Fiction, Summer ‘04
-Fiction International, Issue 38, Fall, ‘04
-A Generation Defining Itself: An Anthology of Voices, Vol. 5 Spring ‘04
-Spring 2002 “War, Literature and the Arts”
-Feb. 2002, Tattoo Highway
-March, 2002, Dream People
-Sept, 2002, Tattoo Highway

Misc. Publication and Projects:
-Founder and co-owner, Habitus Books, a micro publisher of fiction
-Founder and Executive Director of Institute for Athletes in Retirement and Transition at SDSU (IART)
-Staff writer, Hall of Fame.Com, a major sports portal website
-100 + articles written for and published in mainstream genre periodicals such Men’s Sport and Fitness, Outside Magazine and Men’s Journal and Triathlon Magazine

Additional Writing/Publishing Projects:
-Novel-a character-driven, full length novel of fiction, un-published
-Anthology of non-fiction essays on Sport and Society, unpublished
-Treatment for fiction-based screenplay, under option

Areas of Academic Interests and Expertise:
-Philosophy and ethics in sport
-Socio-cultural aspects of sport
-Mythology, folklore and heroes
-Digital literature
-Publishing praxis
-Resistant subculture and meaning
-Mass media and popular culture
-Literature of the Vietnam War
-Psychology of Literature

Awards:
-SDSU MFA for Best Creative Non-Fiction for consideration in the AWP Best New Writers Contest
-Outstanding MFA Graduate Award, SDSU 2004
-San Diego Hall of Champions Award

Additional Past Occupations:
-Assistant editor of Fiction International
-Professional athlete, Firefighter/Paramedic, Sailing instructor, beach lifeguard/rescue boat driver, Instructor-Junior Lifeguards

Current research: narrative memoir and healing, heroes and villains in American literature, cultural intersections and hegemonic journalism