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CONGRATS TO OUR 2023 SPRING & SUMMER MS GRADUATES
Connor Breau, Corina Campos, Devin Chun, Jackson Clydesdale, Eric Coston, Ethan Crystal, Samantha Durant, Morgan Fuller, Leslie Garbarino, Ivan Geter, Harley Glover, Joy Heathington, Stephen Hetro, Alexander Hunt, Hannah Jacobs, Travis Johnson, Jhae’Mad Kelson, Autumn Korth, Nicholas Larks, Alvin McQuirter, Richey Menard, Robert Nasiff, Marion Parker, Kaitlin Persinger, Massimo Pozzolo, Mia Rabinowitz, Taylor Ravare, Sarah Singler, Justin Tate, Carol Villeda-Ortiz, Josephine Vondran, and Alden Wallace.
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2023 PhD Graduates
Special congratulations to our two doctoral graduates, Nathan Baer and Tiffany Demiris, and their respective faculty advisors, Claire Zvosec, PhD, and Chad Seifried, PhD.
Dr. Baer is now an Assistant Professor of Sport Management at Southeastern Louisiana University. Dr. Demiris is an Assistant Professor of Sports Management at St. Bonaventure University.
Read more about Dr. Baer below, and check out Dr. Demiris' previous feature here!
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ALUMNI INFORMATION
If you know individuals interested in a master’s degree from LSU and in Sport Management, encourage them to contact Dr. Mike Martinez, Director of Online Programs for Kinesiology, or Dr. Chad Seifried for the on-campus opportunity.
As always, please provide us an update regarding your current employment situation, change in contact information and forward this newsletter to other classmates if possible.
Finally, if there is anything you would like to see in future issues, please let us know!
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HUEY P. LONG FIELD HOUSE RIBBON CUTTING
On Tuesday, October 24, the LSU College of Human Sciences & Education hosted Governor John Bel Edwards and LSU leaders at a ribbon cutting ceremony, celebrating the Huey P. Long Field House restoration project.
As you know, our school is proudly housed in this remarkable building, and this renovation marks a new chapter in our journey of knowledge and discovery.
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KYLE KILLILEA
Kyle Killilea was born and raised in South Bend, Indiana. Kyle is a second-year master’s student in the Sport Management Program and will be graduating in December of 2023. He graduated with his bachelor’s degree in Exercise Science from Grand Valley State University in 2020. At Grand Valley State, he was a member of the football team from 2016-2020 and a campus ambassador. Killilea is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS). He was hired by Coach Troy Calhoun and Coach Matt McGettigan in October of 2023 at the Air Force Academy as an Assistant Strength Coach for the football program. Before Air Force, he was hired by Coach Brian Kelly and Coach Jake Flint as a Football Athletic Development Graduate Assistant at LSU in January 2022. During this time, he started in the Sport Management Master's Program at LSU. Prior to his arrival at LSU, Killilea was a Paid Professional Intern Football Strength & Conditioning Coach at the University of Notre Dame (June 2021-January 2022). Prior to Notre Dame, he was an Intern Football Strength & Conditioning Coach at the University of Cincinnati (January 2021- May 2022). Prior to Cincinnati, he was an Intern Strength & Conditioning Coach at Grandville High School in Grandville, Mich. (June 2020-November 2020). Killilea’s study interests are in Athletic Development and Organizational Theory. He hopes to continue his career in Athletic Development and Strength and Conditioning by using the lessons and experiences he has obtained from the Sport Management program at LSU.
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| SHELDON LEE
Sheldon Lee stands out not only as a dedicated Sport Management graduate student but also as the Director of Creative Content at South Stadium Productions, orchestrating external video production efforts for all Olympic sports and various athletic department initiatives.
Sheldon chose LSU for his graduate journey, drawn by the prospect of continuing his academic pursuits while leveraging his background as an Athletics Marketing Graduate Assistant at McNeese State University's MBA program from 2018 to 2019.
Read more about Sheldon's academic and professional experience here.
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NATHAN BAER, PhD: SPORT MANAGEMENT, '23 In the dynamic world of sport management academia, the trajectory of individuals like Nathan Baer, PhD, stands out as an inspiring example. Baer's academic journey, from earning his BA in Psychology and German at North Central College to his current role as a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Sport Management at Southeastern Louisiana University (SLU), is marked by academic excellence and a passion for meaningful research.
Read more about Nathan Baer here.
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2024 PHD APPLICATIONS OPENWe are currently recruiting outstanding doctoral students to join our program and start Fall 2024. More information here and contact us with any questions.
Gain further insight into the LSU Sport Management PhD program by watching this video below. Learn about our faculty, research opportunities at LSU, and what sets our program apart.
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Our faculty have actively been pursuing their research interests and have recently contributed to the following publications:
Demiris, T., & Seifried, C.S. (accepted). Archival Research in Sport Management: A Review for Research Methods Courses. Sport Management Education Journal
Seifried, C.S. (accepted). Athletic Grounds and War Memorial Stadium as Social Anchors at the University of Wyoming. Annals of Wyoming
Seifried, C.S. (accepted). You Can’t Have a Home Without a Foundation for the Peer-Review Process. Sport History Review
Downs, B.J., & Seifried, C.S. (accepted). The ‘Me’ Arena: The Modernization of the National Hockey League and National Basketball Association Arenas, 1950-1989. International Journal of Business in Sports, Tourism & Hospitality Management
Wanless, E., Seifried, C.S., & Kellison, T. (accepted). Renewable Energy Source Diffusion in North American Professional Sport Stadia. Journal of Sport Management.
Seifried, C.S., Novicevic, M.M. & Poor, S. (accepted). Forms of Nostalgia and Rhetorical History: An Examination of the Jack Daniel’s Brand. Journal of Management History
Seifried, C.S. (contracted). Tracing the History of Sport Management as a Professional Field and Academic Discipline: The Next Step Forward. In M.T. Bowers, F. Hemme, & M. Dixon (eds.). Sport Management: An Exploration of the Field and Its Value (2nd ed.)
Qian, T. Y., Yu, B., Matz, R., Luo, L., & Xu, C. (accepted). Gamification for consumer loyalty: An exploration of unobserved heterogeneity in gamified esports social live streaming. Telematics and Informatics.
Andersson, F. O., Svensson, P. G., & Faulk, L. (Accepted). Entrepreneurial bricolage and innovation in sport for development and peace. Journal of Sport Management.
Kang, S., & Svensson, P.G. (In Press). The antecedents of shared leadership in sport for development and peace. Journal of Sport Management.
Choi, W., Lee, W., Chung, M. R., Jones, G., J., & Svensson, P. G. (In Press). A resource-based view of organizational sustainability in the sport-for-development field. Journal of Sport Management.
Svensson, P. G., & Hardie, A. (In Press). “Listen to us”: Sport for development practitioners’ insights for funders. Journal of Sport for Development.
White, J., & Martinez, J.M. (Accepted). The new normal: Embracing remote work in intercollegiate athletic departments post-pandemic. Journal of Emerging Sport Studies, 10.
Barefoot, A., & Martinez, J.M. (2023). The Sport Industry Internship Paradigm: Defining the role of internships in the sport labor economy. International Journal of Sport Management, 24(3), 221-236.
Baeth, A.C., Jacobs, B.L., Tingle, J.K., & Zvosec, C.C. (2023). “It Was My Story To Tell and I Wasn’t Ready To Tell It. I Wanted To Just Continue and Referee”: Stigma Management Amongst LGBTQ+ Sport Officials. Journal of Sport & Social Issues, 47(3), 228-255.
Kim, M., Zvosec, C.C., Oja, B.D., & Doh, P.Y. (Book Chapter - Accepted). Mental Toughness and Resilience in Officiating. In Webb, T., Hancock, D.J., Phillips, P. & Tingle, J.K. (Eds.), Managing and Developing Officials: Officiating Excellence. Routledge.
Professional Service
Sport management faculty reviewed papers for the following journals: Journal of Management History, Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics, Journal of Intercollegiate Sport, Sport Marketing Quarterly, Communication & Sport, European Sport Management Quarterly, Sport Management Review, International Journal of Sports Marketing and Sponsorship, International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction, Journal of Sport Management, Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Sport in Society, Managing Sport and Leisure, Leisure Sciences, Sport Management Education Journal
Conferences Faculty and Doctoral Students Attend/Present Summer/Fall 2023
Academy of Management (Boston, MA)
European Association of Sport Management (Belfast, Northern Ireland)
Sport Management Association of Australia and New Zealand (Canberra, Australia)
International Association for the Philosophy of Sport (Split, Croatia)
North American Society for Sport Management (Montreal, Canada)
Other News
- Chad Seifried re-elected for 5-year term on University Graduate Council
- Chad Seifried awarded SEC Research Grant and traveled to Texas A&M for archival research
- Chad Seifried judges Business and Humanities track for LSU Graduate Student Research Conference
- Chad Seifried awarded research grant from the State Historical Society of Iowa and traveled to both Iowa State University and the University of Iowa for archival research
- Tyreal Qian accepts editorial board position at Communication & Sport
- Per Svensson accepted invitation to chair the LSU CHSE Awards and Recognition Committee
- Per Svensson appointed to the Editorial Board of the Journal of Sport Management
- Per Svensson organized a workshop with 45 attendees on Innovation in Sport for Development at the EASM Conference in Belfast, Northern Ireland
- Mike Martinez selected to serve a 3-year term on the LSU Faculty Senate Budget and Planning Advisory Committee
- Claire Zvosec invited to serve on the Conference Abstract Review Board for the Applied Sport Management Association
- Claire Zvosec invited to serve as an editorial board member for COSMA (Commission on Sport Management Accreditation)
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