Sport Management Doctoral Student Symposium hosted by TAMU and UH

The Symposium is designed to enhance Sport Management doctoral students' preparation for post-graduation academic career pursuits.
About this Event

Overarching Goal: Establish awareness, common ground, collegial space, networking opportunities, and expectations for research production and impact in Sport Management generally and respect for various sub-disciplines that make up our inter-disciplinary field. Sub-disciplines include: organizational behavior and theory, consumer behavior and marketing, event and facility management, law, history, ethics, finance, economics, sociology, communications, ecology, sport-for-development, and governance

Outcomes for Participants: 1) Establish our Sport Management programs as leaders in the field and hub for information on research production and impact; 2) Create and/or reaffirm networks for research projects, external funding, and external reviewing; 3) Strengthen doctoral training/mentoring; 4) Cultivate working relationships between doctoral-granting institutions in the the U.S.; and 5) Grow reach of Sport Management’s interdisciplinary research efforts.

· Objective 1 – Enhance application and interview readiness for doctoral students seeking faculty positions in Sport Management and/or related fields.

· Objective 2 – Inform doctoral students of the different types of programs, institutions, and positions within the field of Sport Management and/or related fields.

· Objective 3 – Develop knowledge of research publication and grant proposal processes.

· Objective 4 – Expand doctoral students’ knowledge and skills sets related to teaching and service responsibilities as a faculty in a Sport Management and/or related program.

· Objective 5 - Advance conversation regarding the job market landscape in Sport Management.

· Objective 6 - Cultivate opportunities for doctoral students to develop collaborative research projects with students and faculty at peer institutions.