Teaching Experience


​Graduate Level (MA and PhD):
  • Olympic & Paralympic Education, Sport and Olympic Studies MA Program, TIAS, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan (Spring 2018)
  • Olympic & Paralympic Education Advanced Seminar, Sport and Olympic Studies MA Program, TIAS, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan (Spring 2018)
  • Olympic & Paralympic Education Seminar, Sport and Olympic Studies MA Program, TIAS, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan (Fall 2017)
  • Olympic Movement Studies, Sport and Olympic Studies MA Program, TIAS, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan (Fall 2017)
  • Olympic Movement History, Sport and Olympic Studies MA Program, TIAS, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan (Fall 2017)
  • Olympic Movement Studies, Sport and Olympic Studies MA Program, TIAS, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan (Spring 2017)
  • Advanced Research Seminar on International Development and Peace through Sport, TIAS, University of Tsukuba (Spring 2017)
  • International Development and Peace through Sport, TIAS, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan (Fall 2016)
  • Olympic Movement Studies, Sport and Olympic Studies MA Program, TIAS, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan (Spring 2016)
  • Youth and Peacebuilding, Conflict Resolution MA Program, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA, (Fall 2015)
  • Sport and Peacebuilding, Conflict Resolution MA Program, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA, (Spring 2015)
  • Sport and Cultural Diplomacy, Sport Industry Management MA Program, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA, (Spring 2014)
  • Applied Olympism and Conflict Transformation, MA Program for Peace Studies, Innsbruck University, Innsbruck, Austria, (Winter 2014)
  • Sport and Peacebuilding, Conflict Resolution MA Program Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA, (Fall 2013)
  • Olympic Values in Sport, Sport and Conflict Resolution MA Program, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain, Online Course (Spring 2013)
  • Sport and Peacebuilding, Conflict Resolution MA Program Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA, (Fall 2012)
  • Sport for Development and Peace Foundation. Online course, University of Louisville , USA, (Summer, 2012)
  • Olympism in Action: Sport for Development and Peace Operations. University of Louisville, USA, (Spring 2012)
  • Sport for Development and Peace: Innovation and Technology, University of Louisville, USA, (Spring 2012)
  • Sport for Development in Trinidad and Tobago, University of Louisville, USA, (Spring 2012)
  • Sport for Development in Botswana, University of Louisville, USA (Summer 2012)
  • Sport for Development Entrepreneurship, University of Louisville, USA (Fall 2011)
  • PhD Research Seminar in Social Issues in Sport with an emphasis on Sport for Development and Peace, University of Louisville, (Spring 2011)
  • Olympism for Development and Peace, University of Louisville, USA, (Spring 2011)
  • International Service Learning Program- Botswana, University of Louisville, USA, (Spring 2011)
  • International Service Learning Program-Trinidad and Tobago, University of Louisville, USA, (Spring 2011)
  • Sport for Development and Peace Foundations, University of Louisville, USA, (Fall 2010)
  • Sport for Homeless Program Development, University of Louisville, USA, (Spring 2010)
  • Theory and Methods of Research, University of Louisville, USA, (Spring 2008, 2009 & 2010)
  • PhD Seminar: Organizational Behavior in Sports, University of Louisville, USA, (Fall 2009)
  • Sport for Development Foundations, Adjunct Professor, University of Trinidad and Tobago. Trinidad and Tobago, (Summer 2009)
  • Organizational Behavior in Sports, University of Louisville, USA, (Spring 2009)
  • Current Trends and Issues in Sport Administration, University of Louisville, (Fall 2008)
  • International Sport, Co-taught with Dr. Mary Hums, University of Louisville, USA, (Spring 2008)
  • Theory and Methods of Research, Dr. A. Yiannakis’s Teaching Assistant, University of Connecticut, USA, (Spring 2003, 2004 and 2005)
  • Sociology of Sport, Dr. A. Yiannakis’s Teaching Assistant, University of Connecticut, USA, (Fall 2003, 2004 and 2005)
 
Undergraduate Level:         
  • Sport Governance, University of Louisville, USA, (Fall 2008, 2009, 2010 & 2011)
  • Organizational Behavior in Sports, University of Louisville, USA, (Fall 2007 and spring 2008)
  • Principles in Sport Management, University of Louisville, USA, (Spring 2008)
  • Psychology of Sport and Exercise, Dr. L. Burton’s Teaching Assistant, University of Connecticut, (Spring 2006)
  • Oversaw research projects and independent studies, Dr. A. Yiannakis and Dr. Bruening’s Teaching Assistant, University of Connecticut, USA (Spring 2005 & 2006)
  • Oversaw internships and independent studies of international students that worked as volunteers at the Doves Olympic Movement initiative, University of Nicosia (former Intercollege), Cyprus
  • The Olympic Games: Ancient and Modern, Study Abroad Program, Athens, Greece.  Accompanied Dr. A. Yiannakis to Greece as his Teaching Assistant, (Summer 2004)
 
Additional Teaching Experience:  
  • Since 1994, Alexis Lyras prepared and delivered a number of seminars on youth development for the Cyprus Sport Organization, the Ministry of Education (Cyprus) and a number of National Sport Federations in Cyprus.