Presidential Fellows

DOROTHY “DOT” COLLINS-2014 Scholarmajor & degree: Sport & Entertainment Management, Ph.D.hometown: Baldwin, NYcontact: dorothyc@email.sc.eduI am excited to be a part of the first cohort of Ph.D. students in Sportand Entertainment Management at USC. I earned my B.A. in ComparativeReligious Studies from Lawrence University, where I was a twosportvarsity athlete. I then went on to earn a second Bachelor’sin English Literature from Southwest Minnesota State University.After college, I initially began a career in the communications fieldbut gravitated quickly toward a full-time swim coaching career, whilecontinuing to do some freelance sport writing. In 2012, I returned to school at Old Dominion Universityto pursue a master’s degree in Sport Management, and found an academic field that I love. Mymaster’s thesis, which examined the effects of both new media and demographic factors on teamidentification in non-local NFL fans, represents my primary academic interests, fan identification andconsumer behavior. When not working, I still enjoy coaching youth sports and teaching children toswim, as well as spending time with my partner and our three children.NATHAN CORNWELL-2014 Scholarmajor & degree: Philosophy, Ph.D.hometown: Eugene, ORcontact: nathanfc4@gmail.comI received my bachelor’s degree in philosophy from Franciscan Universityof Steubenville. After a year of graduate work there, I was acceptedto USC to pursue a Ph.D. in philosophy. My main areas of interestare ethics and the philosophy of action. Alasdair MacIntyre, ElizabethAnscombe, Thomas Aquinas, and Aristotle are the four philosopherswhose work most inspires my thinking in these two areas. In my freetime, I enjoy physical training, cycling, hiking, skiing, fishing, and spending time with my wife.10