Professor of Practice
Department of Sport ManagementDepartment
Location
MacNaughton Hall, #306Syracuse, NY 13244
Biography
Sue Cornelius Edson (she/her/hers) joined the Department of Sport Management at the Falk College in fall 2024 as a professor of practice.
No stranger to Syracuse University, Edson served as the chief communications officer for Syracuse Athletics, overseeing all public and media relations, from 1997 through August 2024. A 34-year veteran of the athletic communications profession, Edson started at Syracuse in 1990. She also taught sports public relations at Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications from 1994 to 2013.
Edson was inducted into the College Sports Communicators (formerly CoSIDA) Hall of Fame in 2012, received the ECAC-SIDA’s Irving T. Marsh Award in 2006 and the Greater Syracuse “40 Under 40” award in 2007. She is a member of the Syracuse University Women in Leadership Steering Committee and co-Vice President of the Greater Syracuse Sports Hall of Fame Board of Directors. Previously, she co-led the Jamesville-DeWitt Youth Athletic Association Board and coordinated its basketball program.
Edson graduated from Syracuse University in 1990 with degrees in broadcast journalism and policy studies.
Education
B.A., Broadcast Journalism, Policy Studies, Syracuse University
Education
- B.A., S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, Syracuse University, . Major: Broadcast Journalism
- B.A., College of Arts & Sciences, Syracuse University, . Major: Policy Studies
Teaching
Currently Teaching
- SPM 205 - Principles and Contemporary Issues in Sport Management
- SPM 325 - Sport Communications
Active Service
Professional Service
- Committee Member, K.V. Switzer Award, New York, NY, United States, Serve as a voting member for the inaugural K.V. Switzer Award jury. The categories include K.V. Switzer Pioneer Award, K.V. Switzer Global Connector Award and K.V. Switzer Community Impact Award.. (active since: 2025)
- Board of Advisors, Hockey Humanitarian Award, The Hockey Humanitarian Award is an award that is given annually, since 1996, to a college ice hockey player – male or female – who has given back to their communities in the true humanitarian spirit.. (active since: 2024)
- Board of Directors, Greater Syracuse Sports Hall of Fame (active since: 2017)
- Committee Member, Women of CSC (formerly WOSIDA) (active since: 2000)
- Committee Member, College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), Committees: Post-Graduate Scholarship; Publications Contest; Academic All-America; Special Awards. (active since: 1990)
Honors, Awards, and Recognition
- Hall of Fame inductee, College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA)
Memberships
- College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA)
- ECAC Sports Information Directors of America (ECAC-SIDA)
Department
Location
MacNaughton Hall, #306Syracuse, NY 13244