Rich Nastasi
Richard Nastasi
Professor
Endicott College School of Sport Science
Contact
Cummings Center for Nursing and Health Sciences
rnastasi@endicott.edu
978-232-2301
Office Hours
Tuesday/Thursday 9 a.m.-noon & Friday 2.30 p.m.-4 p.m.

Profile

A four time recipient of the Alumni Award for Teaching Excellence, Professor Nastasi has been a member of the Endicott faculty for 30 years. He received his doctoral degree in Human Movement from Boston University. Previous to his appointment at Endicott he served as an assistant professor in Human Movement and Sport Sciences at Federation University in Victoria, Australia. His academic interests include philosophy and sport and the study of adaptive movement.

Professor Nastasi is also a Michael Paige Excellence-in-Teaching Endowed Fellow.

Education

Boston University
Ed.D
Human Movement
1989

Springfield College
M.ED
Human Movement
1981

Emerson College
BS.Sp
Political and Legal Communication
1979

Research

I am currently exploring optimal experience in Sport and Music using the lens of Flow theory and the Daoist/Confucian concept of WuWei.

Courses

Philosophy and Sport
Senior Thesis I and II
Honors courses: The Culture of Heroism (many times) and recently Flow, WuWei and Optimal Experience

Accomplishments

Awards

  • Endicott College Alumni Award for Teaching Excellence (2000, 2002, 2008, 2014).

Publications

  • Co-convener: International Association for Physical Education in Higher Education (A.I.E.S.E.P.) Meeting of Experts, Ballarat, Australia, November, 1993.
  • Developed the Endicott College Model United Nations Team. Team director 2005-2018).
  • Nastasi, R. (2000) Social Responsibility in Sport Management -- An Australian Perspective. Hawkins K.G. ,Tait, R. and Hole, M. (eds.) Sydney, Australia: The Australian Institute.
  • Butler, J., Griffin, L., Lombardo, B. and Nastasi, R. (eds.) (2003) Teaching Games for Understanding. Reston, Va.
  • NASPE Press. Hawkins K.G. and Nastasi, R. (eds.) (1995) Viewing the Year 2000: Proceedings from the A.I.E.S.E.P. Meeting of Experts. Ballarat, Australia. Brown and Benchmark, Dubuque, Iowa.