Sue Cornelius Edson

Sue Cornelius Edson (she/her/hers) joined the Department of Sport Management at the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics 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.