Kwame J. A. Agyemang, Ph.D.
Kwame J. A. Agyemang, Ph.D.
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    • About Me
    • Research Interests
    • Teaching Philosophy
    • Abridged CV
    • Media Contributions
    • Blog Posts
  • Home
  • About Me
  • Research Interests
  • Teaching Philosophy
  • Abridged CV
  • Media Contributions
  • Blog Posts

Abridged CV

Education

  • Ph.D. in Sport Management-2011
    Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
  • M.Ed. in Higher Education Administration-2008
    The University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma
  • B.A. in Political Science-2007
    The University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma

Certificates

  • Advanced Design Thinking Certificate, IDEO U (2021)
  • Change Leadership Graduate Certificate, Cornell University (2018)

Current Appointment

University of Kentucky

  • George and Betty Blanda Endowed Professor in Sport Leadership (with tenure)
  • Director of the Future of Sport Institute
  • Faculty Affiliate, Department of Management, Gatton College of Business and Economics 

Past Appointments

  • Visiting Professor, Ashesi University (Berekuso, Ghana), April 2022
  • Associate Professor (with tenure), The Ohio State University, Fall 2019-Summer 2023
  • Visiting Professor, Nova School of Business and Economics (Carcavelos, Cascais, Portugal), January - March 2022
  • Visiting Professor, University of California, Davis, Graduate School of Management, Spring 2019 Quarter
  • Associate Professor, Louisiana State University, Fall 2018-Summer 2019
  • Assistant Professor, Louisiana State University, Fall 2012-Summer 2018
  • Assistant Professor, Eastern Kentucky University, Fall 2011-Summer 2012

EDITORSHIPS

  • Editor-in-Chief - Sport, Business and Management: An International Journal

Industry Experience

  • Learning Assistant, Department of Athletics, 2010
    Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
  • Career Development Assistant, Department of Athletics, 2007-2008
    The University of Oklahoma

Research Interests

Institutional and Social Change | Disruption | Emerging Sport Economies

Selected Publications

Singer, J. N., Agyemang, K. J. A., Chen, C., Melton, E. N., & Walker, N. A. (2022). What is Blackness to sport management? Manifestations of anti-Blackness in the field. Journal of Sport Management, 36(3), 215-227.


Walker, N. A., Agyemang, K. J. A., Washington, M., Hindman, L. C., and MacCharles, J. (2021). Getting an internship in the sport industry: The institutionalization of privilege. Sport Management Education Journal, 15(1), 20-33.


Agyemang, K. J. A., Singer, J. N., & Weems, A. J. (2020). “Agitate! Agitate! Agitate!”: Sport as a site for political resistance and social change. Organization,  27(6), 952-968. 


Seifried, C. S., Soebbing, B. P., & Agyemang, K. J. A. (2019). The impact of interorganizational relationships on an uncertain industry: College football bowl games. Journal of Sport Management, 33(4), 317-330.


Singer, J. N., Shaw, S., Hoeber, L., Walker, N. A., Agyemang, K. J. A., & Rich, K. (2019). Critical conversations about qualitative research in sport management. Journal of Sport Management, 33(1), 50-63.


Agyemang, K. J. A., Berg, B. K., & Fuller, R. D. (2018). Disrupting the disruptor: Perceptions as institutional maintenance work at the 1968 Olympic Games. Journal of Sport Management, 32(6), 567-580.


Foreman, J., Soebbing, B. P., Seifried, C. S., & Agyemang, K. J. A. (2018). Examining relationships between managerial career advancement and centrality, race, and the Rooney Rule. International Journal of Sport

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