Students in Dr. Yuhei Inoue‘s KIN 5421 Sport Finance class presented their final Revenue Generation Projects to three staff members of the non-profit organization Beyond Walls: Jazmin Danielson, Executive Director; Sammy Loeks-Davis, Program Director; and Karen VanderBosch, Board Member. Each group presented research and recommendations about how the organization can spread awareness for its campaign and build revenue. […]

Young Ho Kim, a doctoral student in the field of sport management advised by Dr. Lisa Kihl, gave a presentation at the 54th Korean Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance Congress held in South Korea. The title of his presentation was “Characteristics of Sport Corruption and the Difference of the Interpretation on Types […]

Associate professor Lisa A. Kihl, Ph.D., School of Kinesiology, was quoted in a published article in the online publication Vocativ, titled “Hacking The System: The Debate Over Athletes Getting PED Hall Passes.” The article reports on a series of Internet hacks by the Fancy Bears team of hackers that has raised questions about the legitimacy […]

Lisa A. Kihl, Ph.D., associate professor in the School of Kinesiology and Tucker Center affiliated scholar, along with TC-affiliated scholars Vicki Schull, Ph.D. (MSU-Mankato), and Sally Shaw, Ph.D. (University of Otago, New Zealand), are authors of the recently published book, Gender Politics in US College Athletic Departments: The Case of the University of Minnesota Merger (Palgrave). Using the context of the merger of the men’s […]

Young Ho Kim, a doctoral student in the field of sport management advised by Dr. Lisa Kihl, gave a presentation at the 28th International Sport Science Congress in commemoration of the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games. His presentation, “We are All Innocent, but Socialized into Being an Offender: Why Do We Believe School Violence Occurring in the Sport-Related […]

Associate professor and Tucker Center affiliated scholar Lisa Kihl, Ph.D., along with TC-affiliated scholars Drs. Vicki Schull (MSU-Mankato) and Sally Shaw (University of Otago, New Zealand), will publish their book, Gender Politics in US College Athletic Departments: The Case of the University of Minnesota Merger, this summer with Palgrave publishers. The book provides an in-depth analysis of the nuanced gendered political […]

Lisa Kihl, Ph.D., and Yuhei Inoue, Ph.D., associate and assistant professor of sport management, respectively, in the School of Kinesiology, will be awarded recognition as Research Fellows of the North American Society for Sport Management (NASSM) at the 2016 Annual Conference in Orlando, May 31-June 4. The Research Fellow Award recognizes members of distinction within […]

Yuhei Inoue, Ph.D., assistant professor of sport management in the School of Kinesiology, has been awarded a 2016 Emerald Literati Network Award for Excellence from Emerald Group Publishing. Inoue’s award is in recognition of the best paper of the year in the international journal, Disaster Prevention and Management, and is based on his publication, “Sport and […]

The Tucker Center is proud to announce the winner of the 2016-17 Pam Borton Endowment for the Promotion of Girls and Women in Sport Leadership Fellowship, Caroline Heffernan. The Fellowship The Pam Borton Fellowship was established in 2014 by friends and family members of Coach Borton. The mission of the Fellowship is to promote and […]

Several School of Kinesiology faculty—Lisa Kihl, Ph.D., Chelsey Thul, Ph.D., Daheia Barr-Anderson, Ph.D., and Yuhei Inoue, Ph.D.—and a doctoral student—Andrew White, sport psychology—will be presenting at the 2016 Conference on the Intersection of Athletic & Educational Equity (AE) on Thursday, April 21 at the University of Minnesota’s Recreation and Wellness Center. The conference is sponsored […]

Lisa Kihl, Ph.D., associate professor of sport management in the School of Kinesiology and Tucker Center affiliated scholar, has been named to the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers Athletic Director Search Committee, as reported in a Star Tribune article, “Minnesota athletes, Twin Cities business leaders will help in Gophers athletic director search.” The 16-member committee will be using the Turnkey Search firm […]

Yuhei Inoue, Ph.D., assistant professor of sport management in the School of Kinesiology, provided his perspective on the status and social impact of professional football in a WalletHub article, “2016’s Best & Worst Cities for Football Fans.”

Lisa Kihl, Ph.D., associate professor of sport management in the School of Kinesiology, was a panelist on the inaugural “Winning with Integrity: Sports, Ethics and Leadership” symposium sponsored by the University of St. Thomas’ Opus College of Business Department of Ethics and Business Law’s Center for Ethical Business Cultures. Kihl, one of four leaders in sport and the business […]

Young Ho Kim,  Kinesiology Ph.D. student, sport management emphasis, published a column titled “Reply to the 1988 Seoul Olympics” in Pyeongchang magazine, a South Korean publication. The magazine is a special monthly issue on the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics that will be held in South Korea. It is the second time Kim has published in the magazine. […]

Young Ho Kim, a School of Kinesiology  doctoral student in the Sport Management program advised by Lisa Kihl, PhD., published a column entitled ‘Who is indifferent?’ [in Korean] for Pyeongchang magazine. The magazine is a special monthly issue published for the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics that will be held in South Korea. The column critiques a lack of […]

Kin 5421 students and instructor Yuhei Inoue, Ph.D., with Minnesota United FC representatives, Joe Dettlaff, account executive; Sean Sittnick, senior director of ticket sales; Allie Emch, senior account executive; and James Horton, account executive. Master’s students in KIN 5421 Sport Finance taught by assistant professor Yuhei Inoue,  Ph.D., presented their final project in front of […]

Yuhei Inoue, Ph.D., has published a paper, “Event-Related Attributes Affecting Donation Intention of Special Event Attendees,” in Nonprofit Management & Leadership. The article examines how a special event, which integrates the support of a cause with a leisure activity, may attract a broad range of donors. Attendees of a professional golf tournament operating as a special […]

Kinesiology alumnus Charles Campisi (Ph.D., 2013) is an assistant professor of sport management at Baldwin Wallace College in Berea, OH, a suburb of Cleveland. And while the Cleveland Brown’s FirstEnergy stadium has yet to host a Super Bowl, for the past four years Dr. Campisi has given a group of lucky undergraduates the unforgettable experience of working behind […]

Lisa Kihl, Ph.D., associate professor of sport management in the School of Kinesiology, will lead a workshop on “Corruption in Sport: ESMQ Special Issue” at the European Association for Sport Management conference in Dublin, Ireland, September 9-12, 2015. Kihl and colleagues James Skinner, Ph.D. at Loughborough University in the UK, and Terry Engleberg, Ph.D. at James […]

A paper led by assistant professor Yuhei Inoue,  Ph.D., has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Sport Management. This paper, “Spectator Sport and Population Health: A Scoping Study,” analyzes 135 studies empirically examining the effect of spectator sport on population health and classifies these studies into distinctive research themes. It further provides implications for integrating […]