Kwame J.A. Agyemang
Associate Professor
Bachelor's Degree(s): Political Science, The University of Oklahoma, 2007
Master's Degree: Higher Education Administration, The University of Oklahoma, 2008
PhD: Sport Management, Texas A&M University, 2011
Phone: 225-578-9146
Fax: 225-578-3680
Email: kagyemang@lsu.edu
Website: http://kwameagyemang.com
Office: 129 Huey P. Long Field House
Biography
Dr. Agyemang is interested in how people and organizations lead positive social change inside and outside of organizational boundaries. Through his research, he attempts to better understand how institutional structures affect people and organizations. In turn, he also examines how people and organizations affect these structures. He has published manuscripts in various journals, including the Journal of Management Inquiry, Journal of Sport Management, Sport Management Review, Journal of African American Studies, International Journal of Sport Management, and International Review for the Sociology of Sport, among others. Dr. Agyemang is also the Deputy Editor for Sport, Business and Management: An International Journal and serves on several editorial boards: Sociology of Sport Journal, International Journal of Sport Communication, Journal of Amateur Sport, and International Journal of Sport Management.
Awards
2017
Advocate for Diversity Award
2016
Tiger Athletic Foundation (TAF) Undergraduate Teaching Award
Active Memberships
North American Society for Sport Management 2009-Present
Academy of Management 2011-Present
Africa Academy of Management 2015-Present
Selected Publications
Singer, J. N., Shaw, S., Hoeber, L., Walker, N. A., Agyemang, K. J. A., & Rich, K. (In press). Critical conversations about qualitative research in sport management. Journal of Sport Management.
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.
Seifried, C. S., Soebbing, B. P., & Agyemang, K. J. A. (2018). The utilization of interorganizational relations in an uncertain institutional field: A case study of the Fiesta Bowl’s ascension. Sport History Review, 49(1), 58-81.
Classes Taught
KIN 7518: Social Issues in Sport
KIN 4518: Governance and Policy Development in Sport