Teaching / Supervision
Teaching Mission
To help students develop into professionals capable of enriching the sport industry and society.
Strategies:
Encourage students to engage in interactive learning and challenge presupposed ideas in order to enhance their critical thinking skills.
Help students understand how to apply theories and concepts to practice, to enable them to make decisions based on scientific knowledge.
Instill the importance of a strong work ethic through the rigorous evaluation of students’ performance.
Teaching Areas
Management of sport organizations
Sport marketing
Sport finance
Sport governance
Ethics and corporate social responsibility in sport
Courses Taught
Department of Economics, Policy and International Business / People and Performance, Manchester Metropolitan University:
Sport Business and Management (postgraduate level)
Sports Marketing (postgraduate level)
Critical Perspectives in Sports Marketing (postgraduate level)
International Sports Ownership and Governance
College of Business, Rikkyo University
Advanced Seminar in Global Business 7: International Sports Business, A CSR Perspective (KN 251 – postgraduate level)
Topics in Business 1: Ethics and CSR in Sport Management (BT 236)
School of Kinesiology, University of Minnesota
Graduate Research Seminar in Kinesiology (KIN 8980 – doctoral level)
Organization and Management of Physical Education and Sport (KIN 5725 – postgraduate level)
Sport Finance (KIN 5421 – postgraduate level)
Organization and Management of Sport (SMGT 3143 )
Ethics and Values in Sport (SMGT 3601)
Department of Health and Sport Sciences, The University of Memphis
Research Methods in HSS (HMSE 7010 – postgraduate level)
Special Problems in SPRT (SPRT 7152 – postgraduate research method course)
Sport Promotional Culture (SPRT 7331 – postgraduate sport sociology course)
Sport Marketing (Online) (SPRT 7420 U50 – postgraduate level)
Sport Finance (Online) (SPRT 7031 U50 – postgraduate level)
Sport and Leisure as Pop Culture (SLS 3105 – undergraduate sport sociology course)
Organizational Analysis in Sport and Leisure (SLS 3204)
Senior Project in Health and Sport Sciences (HMSE 4999)
School of Tourism and Hospitality Management, Temple University
Introduction to Sport and Recreation Management (THM 1211)
Research Supervision
Supervision at Manchester Metropolitan University
DOCTORAL STUDENTS
Supervisory Team Member
Catherine Elliot (October 2019 – Present). Impact of UK modernisation policies on volunteer management within the sports sector.
Chunbin Liu (October 2021 – Present). Exploring the impact of endurance sports events on city competitiveness within the context of Shanghai.
Internal Examiner
Hyungmin Kim (January 2020). Sustainability of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics.
Gabrielle Salomon (October 2021). Diversity, inclusion, and gender equity initiatives in football workplaces: A cross-national comparison.
Luci Smith (December 2022). Temporary career transition: A case study of the loan transfer process and experience in the English professional football environment.
External Examiner
David Cook (October 2021; Coventry University, UK). Sponsorship of major sport events: A creating shared value approach.
Independent Chair
Louisa-Jane Edwards (June 2021). Power to local people: Are Welsh communities having a say in public leisure service delivery?
Bongsoo Kang (April 2022). Tensions between elite sports and grassroots sports: Learning lessons for South Korea from The U.K., Australia, and Norway.
Lorraine Bedwell (July 2022). Boardroom, boot room and beyond: The manifestation, destruction, and revival of a winning performance culture.
Reviewer
Thomas Newham (October 2019 – January 2023). The winner’s curse in mega sporting events: Definition and measurement, from the auction to host the event to its legacy.
Callum Jones (October 2019 – Present).
Billy Fleury (June 2020 – Present). An analysis of the rejection process from a Premier League Academy.
Luteng Hou (February 2023 – Present). Leveraging the legacies of sport mega-events (SMEs) as a catalyst for mass sport development: Contribution to “building a leading sporting China.
Zhengyang Li (September 2023 – Present). An ecological analysis of Chinese esports towns.
Supervision at University of Minnesota
DOCTORAL STUDENTS
Advisor
Ji (Jacob) Wu (May 2019). Shared Value Creation in Sport: Investigating the Effect of Promoting Sport Participation on Customer Purchase Intention.
Madeleine Orr (February 2020). Ready or Not: On the Climate Vulnerability of Sport Organizations.
Co-Advisor
Yishun (Sandy) Wang (May 2016). Student-Athletes’ Right of Publicity Legal Issue and Implications.
Dissertation Committee Member
Geumchan Hwang (July 2015). Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility and Online Donation in Intercollegiate Sports.
MASTER’S STUDENTS
Thesis Committee Member
Xi Chen (November 2015). A Conflict Analysis of Two Chinese Sport Organizations.
Christopher Moore (August 2017). Analyzing Sponsorship Outcomes across the Sports Industry.
Madeleine Orr (May 2018). Substitution Interests among Active-sport Tourists: The Case of a Cross-Country Ski Event.
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS (HONORS THESES)
Thesis Committee Chair
Christopher Kramer (December 2017). An Analysis of Assault in Sport.
Anthony Delfiacco (May 2018, summa cum laude). A Historical Review and Synthesis of Environmentalism in the Olympic Movement.
Thesis Committee Member
Katharine Cresser (December 2017, summa cum laude). Application of the Sherman Antitrust Act to the National Collegiate Athletic Association.
VISITING SCHOLAR
Giorgio Portaluri (October 2023 – November 2023).
Kurumi Aizawa (September 2015 – July 2019).
Hirokazu Matsuo (February 2017 – January 2018).