State of Sport Management

State of Sport Management
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The State of Sport Management is a podcast focused on the academic/faculty experiences of those working in the field of sport management.

  1. JAN 15

    Zeigler Award - Damon Andrew

    Our annual Zeigler episode! Dean Damon Andrew joined to talk about his journey to becoming a sport management student, first thoughts about doing a PhD, becoming a faculty member at UL, and starting his career path. Then we discussed his Zeigler article (JSM): reputation of sport management, strengths and weaknesses, growth of enrollment, prominent programs, growth of faculty, and much more!

    1h 10m

  2. 12/18/2025

    Blending Research with Practice

    We want to creating cutting-edge research but also apply our knowledge to practitioners, but how? Sam Ehrlich joined to talk about his career journey and how he made a name for himself in research. Then, we talked about how that led to opportunities with practitioners and consulting growth.

    40 min

  3. 12/08/2025

    Getting a Teaching Institution Faculty Job

    Our next episode focused on getting a teaching institution faculty job out of a PhD program. We had Dr. Jeffrey Ward from SUNY-Oneanta joined us to talk about his experience. We first talked about his military background and how that shaped his PhD and faculty experience. Then we transitioned to the period of dissertation defense to starting at a teaching school. Going from moving locations but also the challenges of many course preps while acclimating to new school systems.

    42 min

  4. 11/21/2025

    Turning Passion into Research

    We were joined by Dr. Jason Simmons at University of Cincinnati to talk about finding your research topic early in your career. The conversation started with his initial plans for research as a doc student, how his ideas transitioned, and how he settled on sport fandom being at the core. We then talked about early feedback from his advisor to reviewer/editor feedback that shaped his perspective.

    57 min

  5. 09/18/2025

    7th, and Final, Season Kickoff

    The seventh season of the State of Sport Management kicks off with an announcement that this will be our final season. A couple early thank you's (will be more later this academic year), an overview of topics we plan on covering in our final year, and a note on the passing of Laurence Chalip this summer.

    8 min

  6. 07/15/2025

    SMAANZ Research Panel

    Our final live episode from the 2024 SMAANZ. We had an excellent panel of Nico Schulenkorf, Sally Shaw, Per Svensson, Heath McDonald, and moderated by Alison Doherty. They talked about their research, process, SMAANZ, and advice for others.

    1h 6m

  7. 03/17/2025

    Leadership Panel - SMAANZ Live!

    We have our next SMAANZ live recording! A great quartet of sport management leaders (Russell Hoye, Emma Sherry, Lesley Ferkins, and James Skinner) discussed their leadership experiences, backgrounds, and advice to those interested in future leadership opportunities.

    55 min

  8. 02/24/2025

    Applying for Grants Pt. 3

    We finish up our series on applying for grants with a lovely discussion with Dr. Katie Misener talking about the Canadian side of grants. We talked about her grant application/award success at the government and organizational level. We then reviewed the differences between the Canadian/US grant application process, how she identifies grant opportunities, lessons learned, and insights she provides to faculty wanting to get into grants.

    47 min
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The State of Sport Management is a podcast focused on the academic/faculty experiences of those working in the field of sport management.

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  • Creator
    State of Sport Management
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2026
  • Episodes
    87
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © State of Sport Management
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