About Me

I am a professor and researcher with more than 10 years of experience as a sport business educator. I earned my B.A. degree in Political Science and an M.Ed. degree in Higher Education Administration, both from the University of Oklahoma. I then obtained my Ph.D. in Sport Management from Texas A&M University, after which I joined the faculty at Eastern Kentucky University as an Assistant Professor in 2011.  I transitioned to Louisiana State University in the fall of 2012, where I spent seven years. I earned promotion (to Associate Professor) and tenure in 2018. During the spring 2019 quarter, I was at the University of California Davis Graduate School of Management as a Visiting Scholar before transitioning to The Ohio State University in August 2019; I was there until spring 2023. I am now the George and Betty Blanda Endowed Professor of Sport Leadership at the University of Kentucky.

During my academic career, I've had the opportunity to teach and research abroad as well. More recently, I was on sabbatical during the spring 2022 semester, where I spent three months at Nova School of Business and Economics (Nova SBE) as a visiting professor and three months in my native Ghana. In Ghana, I was hosted by Ashesi University, giving a lecture and moderating a panel on the sport business landscape across Africa.  

Outside of academia, I founded the ASEBI Foundation in 2022. This 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization focuses on empowering a new generation of African sport industry leaders through education and experiential learning opportunities. To learn more about the larger ASEBI mission, visit here: ASEBI.

I reside in the Lexington, Kentucky area with my wife and three children. A first-generation Ghanaian American, my family comes from the Asante ethnic group, one of the Akan peoples of Ghana.