State of Sport Management

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.