{"id":4521,"date":"2023-10-13T15:40:43","date_gmt":"2023-10-13T19:40:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/krss\/?page_id=4521"},"modified":"2025-08-22T12:00:26","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T16:00:26","slug":"cassidy-smestad-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/krss\/doctoral-students\/cassidy-smestad-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Cassidy Smestad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4519 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/krss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/10\/Cassidy-Smestad-218x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"191\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/krss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/10\/Cassidy-Smestad-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/krss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/10\/Cassidy-Smestad-746x1024.jpg 746w, https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/krss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/10\/Cassidy-Smestad-768x1055.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/krss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/10\/Cassidy-Smestad.jpg 1066w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 191px) 100vw, 191px\" \/>Doctoral Student<br \/>\nHPER B022<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:csmestad@vols.utk.edu\">csmestad@vols.utk.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Faculty Advisors<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/krss\/faculty-staff\/robin-hardin-ph-d\/\">Robin Hardin, Ph.D.<\/a><\/p>\n<br class=\"clearshortcode\">\n<hr class=\"orange-hash\">\n<h4><strong>Courses Taught<\/strong><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>RSM 250<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0Foundations of Sport Management<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>RSM 360<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0Sport Governance<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>RSM 410<\/td>\n<td>Intercollegiate Athletics<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>RSM 450<\/td>\n<td>Legal Aspects of Sport<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<hr class=\"orange-hash\">\n<h4>Research<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Sport and Religion<\/li>\n<li>Religiosity of athletic coaches<\/li>\n<li>Holistic care in collegiate sport<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr class=\"orange-hash\">\n<h4><strong>Education<\/strong><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>MA<\/td>\n<td>The University of North Carolina at Pembroke<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0Physical Education: Athletic Administration<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BA<\/td>\n<td>Truman Start University<\/td>\n<td>Exercise Science<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Doctoral Student HPER B022 csmestad@vols.utk.edu Faculty Advisors Robin Hardin, Ph.D. Courses Taught RSM 250 \u00a0Foundations of Sport Management RSM 360 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":122,"featured_media":0,"parent":4331,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4521","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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