Matthew Katz
Undergraduate Program Director & Associate Professor
Sport Management
Education
PhD Sport Management, University of Texas at Austin, 2014
MS Sport Management, Louisiana State University, 2011
BA History and Economics, Muhlenberg College, 2009
Academic Appointments
Assistant Professor of Sport Management, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 9/15 - Present
Assistant Professor of Sport Leadership and Management, Miami University, 7/14 - 7/15
Recent Honors / Awards
North American Society for Sport Management Research Fellow, 2018
Isenberg Teaching Excellence Award, 2019
Research Interests
Sport Consumer Behavior
Sport History
Social Network Analysis
Teaching Interests
General
- Sport Analytics
- Sport Marketing
- Sport History
Selected Publications
Mansfield, A. C., Delia, E. B., & Katz, M. (2020). The Blurry Spectrums of Team Identity Threat. Sport Management Review, 23, 414-427.
Katz, M., *Mansfield, A. C., & Tyler, B. D. (2020). The Strength of Fan Ties: Emotional Support in Sport Fan Egocentric Networks. Journal of Sport Management, 34, 291-302.
Katz, M., Heere, B., & Melton, E. N. (2020). Predicting Fan Behavior through Egocentric Network Analysis: Examining Season Ticket Holder Renewal. Journal of Sport Management, 34, 217-228.
Katz, M., Baker III, T. A., & *Hui, D. (2020). Team Identity, Club Identity, and Fan Relationships: A Brand Community Network Analysis of a Soccer Fan Club. Journal of Sport Management, 34, 9-21.
Cocieru, O., Delia, E. B., & Katz, M. (2019). It’s Our Club! From Fan’s Psycho logical Ownership to Fan Shareholder Init iatives. Sport Management Review, 22, 322-334.
Pfleegor, A. P., Katz, M., & Bowers, M. T. (2019). Publish, Perish, or Salami Slice? Authorship Ethics in an Emerging Field. Journal of Business Ethics, 156, 189-208.
