Heather Bruder, an assistant professor of sport management at Bluffton University, will address her doctoral dissertation topic—leadership in intercollegiate athletic departments—in a Bluffton colloquium at 4 p.m. Friday, Feb. 13, in Stutzman Lecture Hall in Centennial Hall.

Her presentation, titled “Leadership within Athletic Departments: Examining Sport Programs’ Success,” is free and open to the public.

Also Bluffton’s head softball coach, Bruder is examining what factors and characteristics impact successful athletic programs based on the perception of the athletics director.