About Me

I am a professor and researcher with over 10 years of experience as a sports 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 and subsequently 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 a Visiting Scholar at the University of California, Davis Graduate School of Management, before transitioning to The Ohio State University in August 2019, where I remained 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. I was on sabbatical during the spring 2022 semester, during which I spent three months as a visiting professor at Nova School of Business and Economics (Nova SBE) and three months in my native Ghana. In Ghana, I was hosted by Ashesi University, where I gave a lecture and moderated a panel on the sports 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. As a first-generation Ghanaian American, my family originates from the Asante ethnic group, one of the Akan peoples of Ghana.