Dr. Venita Roberson, Ph.D.

She served as a visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Kinesiology at Texas Woman’s University. Her duties consisted of teaching students and student athletes how to critically think, prioritize, design time management plans, and manage stress. Dr. Roberson was also an Assistant Professor in Sports Administration at Grambling State University, where she coordinated the undergraduate program in Sport Management and taught courses in Sport Administration and advised graduate students and student athletes. Dr. Roberson has conducted seminars and Motivational Empowerment workshops for foundations, colleges and universities, as well as for soccer, basketball, football, tennis, baseball, softball golf teams, and a figure skater. She is an avid golfer and was the Director of the P.L.A.Y. GOLF program for the Golf Association of Philadelphia in Southeastern, PA. Her duties were to assist 14 United States Golf Associations (USGA) funded Jr. Golf Programs in the Greater Philadelphia area. She also started other Jr. Golf Programs in Philadelphia, Louisiana, Georgia and in her hometown of Ardmore, Oklahoma, which was also funded by the USGA. Dr. Roberson was the assistant director of communications and career adviser for the Oklahoma City Twisters minor league football team. She was also the first African American female to receive a certificate for an Amateur boxing judge in the state of Oklahoma. As a direct result of working for a sport agent with the Professional Athletic Consultants of Texas (PACT) she formed a company called the Professional Athletic Consultants of Oklahoma (PACO). Dr. Roberson worked as a sport enhancement consultant on such issues as team building, injury and rehabilitation, emotional intelligence, stress and anger management, impulsive behavior, motivation, imagery, goal setting, and emotional coping