Selected Publications
Hindman, L., Keaton, A. C. I., & Walker, N. (In Press). “Slayyyed head to toe”: Fan discourses of Blackness, queerness, and the WNBA Draft. Journal of Sport Management. https://doi.org/10.1123/jsm.2024-0068
Keaton, A. C. I., Branch, K., & Frederick, E. (In Press). Is Black culture marketable? Angel Reese, TikTok branding, and respectability politics in the NIL era. Sociology of Sport Journal. https://doi.org/10.1123/ssj.2025-0028
Keaton, A. C. I., Sveinson, K., & Burton, L. (In Press). Speaking equity, enacting whiteness: A critical discourse analysis of white women leaders in college sport. Journal of Sport Management. https://doi.org/10.1123/jsm.2025-0075
Graham, J. A., Katz, M., & Mansfield, A. C., and Taylor, E. A. (2026). The hidden players: An egocentric network analysis of work–life balance among college athletics employees. Journal of Sport Management, 40(1), 30-43. https://doi.org/10.1123/jsm.2024-0123
Park, S., & Nite, C. (2026). Unpacking the effect of employees’ perceived fairness in sport organizations on job satisfaction: A moderated mediation approach using the equity exchange model. Journal of Sport Management, 40(1), 74-88. https://doi.org/10.1123/jsm.2024-0349
Dalal, K., & Delia, E. B. (2025). Fans’ experiences attempting to boycott the 2022 Qatar World Cup. Sport Management Review, 28(5), 959-985. https://doi.org/10.1080/14413523.2025.2528323
Delia, E., Sveinson, K., & Ryder, S. (2025). A critical discourse analysis of consumer reactions to the inaugural Tour de France Femmes route. Journal of Sport Management, 39(2), 90–100. https://doi.org/10.1123/jsm.2023-0054
Doyle, J., Su, Y., Kelly, S., Filo, K., & Kunkel, T. (2025). Investigating consumer preferences and perceptions of brands across women’s and men’s sport: A brand architecture approach. Sport Management Review, 28(2), 370-395. https://doi.org/10.1080/14413523.2024.2442188
Du, H., Baker, T. A., III, Su, Y., Byon, K., & Katz, M. (2025). Sport spectator well-being: A scoping review. Sport Management Review, 28(2), 232–256. https://doi.org/10.1080/14413523.2024.2421064
Gupta, K., Su, Y., Kunkel, T., & Funk, D. C. (2025). Paying while playing: Examining the influence of interaction with gamified elements in fantasy sports on in-app spending. European Sport Management Quarterly, 25(2), 175-196. https://doi.org/10.1080/16184742.2024.2301970
Keaton, A. C. I., & Macaulay, C. (2025). Race and institutionalism: How race shapes organizational behavior in sport. Sport Management Review, 28(4), 650-675. https://doi.org/10.1080/14413523.2025.2497596
Macaulay, C., Keaton, A. C. I., & Hextrum, K. (2025). Accounting for race: A critical institutionalism approach. Journal of Sport Management, 39(6), 395-406. https://doi.org/10.1123/jsm.2024-0350
Nite, C., & Washington, M. (2025). Pollination, cultivation, and perennialization: Creating the amateur logic in collegiate sport. Sport Management Review, 28(1), 173–199. https://doi.org/10.1080/14413523.2024.2403725
Su, Y., Katz, M., & Doyle, J. (2025). Long-distance relationship marketing in sport: Determining factors for satellite fans’ share of wallet and time. Sport Management Review, 28(3), 445-475 https://doi.org/10.1080/14413523.2025.2455235
Su, Y., Zhou, X., Funk, D., & Daniels, J. (2025). Cross-cultural comparison of satellite fanship: A consumer culture theory perspective. Journal of Sport Management, 39(1), 28-40. https://doi.org/10.1123/jsm.2022-0362
Sveinson, K., Clarkson, B., Parry, K., & Richards, J. (2025). “If you build it, they will buy it”: Exploring consumer insights of professional women’s football fan merchandising strategies. Sport Management Review, 28(3), 575–599. https://doi.org/10.1080/14413523.2025.2490338
Sveinson, K., Delia, E. B., Melton, E. N., Dalal, K., & Cunningham, G. B. (2025). Rethinking rigor: Using positionality and reflexivity to enhance sport management scholarship. Journal of Sport Management, 39(2), 79–89. https://doi.org/10.1123/jsm.2024-0155
Chang, Y., & Katz, M. (2024). When feeling is for pursuing: Exploring the moderating role of spectatorship locus of control on fans’ emotion-directed pursuit of consumption goals. Sport Management Review, 27(1), 1–22. https://doi.org/10.1080/14413523.2023.2229097
Delia, E. B., McCullough, B. P., & Dalal, K. (2024). Team identity and environmentalism: The case of Forest Green Rovers. Journal of Sport Management, 38(5), 353-364. https://doi.org/10.1123/jsm.2023-0269
Huber, B., Katz, M., Baker, B., & Melton, E. N. (2024). Convergence or distinctiveness? Exploring how geographic location influences fan behavior in online fan communities. Sport, Business and Management: An International Journal, 14(5–6), 627–647. https://doi.org/10.1108/SBM-02-2024-0021
Katz, M., Melton, E. N., Isard, R., & Agha, N. (2024). Fan networks in women’s sport: An egocentric analysis of social fans and IsoFans. Sport Marketing Quarterly, 33(2), 166–180. https://doi.org/10.32731/SMQ.332.062024.05
Lock, D., Delia, E., Inoue, Y., & Gillooly, L. (2024). Success interrupted: Exploring how supporters interpret their team’s success in a postponed competition. European Sport Management Quarterly, 24(5), 1070–1089. https://doi.org/10.1080/16184742.2023.2251999
Macaulay, C., & Keaton, A. C. I. (2024). Racialized work strategies of racialized organizations. Sport, Business and Management: An International Journal, 14(4), 518-539. https://doi.org/10.1108/SBM-05-2023-0067
Keaton, A. C. I. (2024). An interpretative phenomenological analysis of Black women diversity and inclusion leaders in sport organizations. Journal of Sport Management, 38(1), 12-25. https://doi.org/10.1123/jsm.2022-0004
Nite, C., Keaton, A. C. I., Neff, P., & Fulk, C. A. (2024). The legitimacy work of institutional disruption and maintenance: Examining the rivalry between LIV Golf and the Professional Golf Association. European Sport Management Quarterly, 24(1), 113–133. https://doi.org/10.1080/16184742.2023.2229848
Oja, B. D., Nite, C., Kim, M., & Hill, J. (2024). Agency in institutionalized sport organizations: Examining how institutions suppress agency. European Sport Management Quarterly, 24(1), 93–112. https://doi.org/10.1080/16184742.2023.2250370
Sveinson, K., & Macaulay, C. D. T. (2024). Selling gender through kids’ sport team merchandise: A multimodal critical discourse analysis. Journal of Sport Management, 38(4), 240–256. https://doi.org/10.1123/jsm.2023-0114
Sveinson, K., & Wagner, U. (2024). Reviewing and problematizing methods and analytical strategies of discourse analysis in sport, exercise, and physical education studies. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 59(2), 298–317. https://doi.org/10.1177/10126902231200369
Tingle, K. K., Jacobs, B. L., Katz, M., & Warner, S. (2024). The strength of community: Social support in sports officials’ egocentric networks. Journal of Sport Management, 38(2), 122–132. https://doi.org/10.1123/jsm.2022-0361
Toffoletti, K., & Sveinson, K. (2024). When sport fandom meets motherhood: A qualitative exploration of women’s experiences. Sociology of Sport Journal, 41(3), 287–297. https://doi.org/10.1123/ssj.2023-0086
Doyle, J. P., Kunkel, T., Su, Y., Biscaia, R., & Baker, B. J. (2023). Advancing understanding of individual-level brand management in sport. European Sport Management Quarterly, 23(6), 1631–1642. https://doi.org/10.1080/16184742.2023.2276809
Frederick, E., Swim, N., Keaton, A. C. I., & Pegoraro, A. (2023). Racist state and the state of race: An analysis of Instagram commentary pertaining to LeBron James. Sociology of Sport Journal, 40(3), 259–271. https://doi.org/10.1123/ssj.2022-0022
Keaton, A. C. I. (2024). An interpretative phenomenological analysis of Black women diversity and inclusion leaders in sport organizations. Journal of Sport Management, 38(1), 12-25. https://doi.org/10.1123/jsm.2022-0004
Lee, H.-W., Chang, K., Neff, P., Nite, C., & Bennett, G. (2023). Perceived uniqueness of esports: Players’ hyperconnected digital playground for self-improvement. Sport in Society, 26(11), 1873–1890. https://doi.org/10.1080/17430437.2023.2213167
Melton, E.N., Cunningham, G. B., MacCharles, J. D., & Isard, R. F. (2023). LGBTQ inclusive fan codes of conduct in U.S. athletic departments: A multilevel analysis. International Journal of Sports Marketing and Sponsorship, 24(4), 432–448. DOI: IJSMS-03-2022-0072
Park, S., Nite, C., & Lee, H. W. (2023). The impact of sport organization employees’ justice perceptions on organizational citizenship and dysfunctional behavior: The affect-based model. Sport Management Review, 26(3), 315–338. https://doi.org/10.1080/14413523.2022.2074709
Su, Y., Guo, X., Wegner, C., & Baker, T. (2023). The new wave of influencers: Examining college athlete identities and the role of homophily and parasocial relationships in leveraging name, image, and likeness. Journal of Sport Management, 37(5), 371–388. https://doi.org/10.1123/jsm.2022-0192
Sveinson, K., & Hoeber, L. (2023). Fashion versus comfort: Exploring the gendered marketing messages of sport team licensed merchandise. Journal of Sport Management, 37(3), 165–178. https://doi.org/10.1123/jsm.2022-0044
Sveinson, K., & Toffoletti, K. (2023). What makes sport spectating family friendly? A phenomenological study of mothers’ sport fan game-day experiences. Journal of Sport Management, 37(2), 102–115. https://doi.org/10.1123/jsm.2021-0355
Sveinson, K., Delia, E. B., Mansfield, A., & Calow, E. (2023). The impact of a life-disrupting threat on team identity. Sport Management Review, 26(4), 561–581. https://doi.org/10.1080/14413523.2022.2148858
Baker, B. J., Kunkel, T., Doyle, J. P., Su, Y., Bredikhina, N., & Biscaia, R. (2022). Remapping the sport brandscape: A structured review and future direction for sport brand research. Journal of Sport Management, 36(3), 251–264. https://doi.org/10.1123/jsm.2021-0231
Delia, E., James, J. D., & Wann, D. L. (2022). Does being a sport fan provide meaning in life? Journal of Sport Management, 36(1), 45–55. https://doi.org/10.1123/jsm.2020-0267
Delia, E., Melton, E. N., Sveinson, K., Lock, D., & Cunningham, G. B. (2022). Understanding the lack of diversity in sport consumer behavior research. Journal of Sport Management, 36(3), 265–276. https://doi.org/10.1123/jsm.2021-0227
MacCharles, J. D., & Melton, E. N. (2022). Risks of expressing your authentic self in sport: The influence of stigma covering on perceived fit and hiring recommendations. Sport, Business and Management: An International Journal, 12(4), 365–381.https://doi.org/10.1108/SBM-05-2021-0059
Mamo, Y., Su, Y., & Andrew, D. P. S. (2022). The transformative impact of big data applications in sport marketing: Current and future directions. International Journal of Sports Marketing and Sponsorship, 23(3), 594–611. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSMS-03-2021-0073
Mansfield, A. C., Melton, E. N., & Katz, M. (2022). An analysis of identity conflict among health-conscious sport fans. Journal of Sport Management, 36(6), 600–612. https://doi.org/10.1123/jsm.2021-0128
Pizzo, A. D., Su, Y., Scholz, T., Baker, B. J., Hamari, J., & Ndanga, L. (2022). Esports scholarship review: Synthesis, contributions, and future research. Journal of Sport Management, 36(3), 228–239. https://doi.org/10.1123/jsm.2021-0228
Singer, J. N., Agyeman, K. J. A., Chen, C., Walker, N. A., & Melton, E. N. (2022). What is Blackness to sport management? The manifestation of anti-Black racism in the field. Journal of Sport Management, 36, 215–227. https://doi.org/10.1080/16184742.2021.1978519
Su, Y., Baker, B. J., Doyle, J. P., & Kunkel, T. (2022). The rise of an athlete brand: Factors influencing the social media following of athletes. Sport Marketing Quarterly, 29(1), 33–47. https://doi.org/10.32731/SMQ.291.032020.03
Su, Y., Du, J., Biscaia, R., & Inoue, Y. (2022). We are in this together: Sport brand involvement and fans’ well-being. European Sport Management Quarterly, 22(1), 92–119. https://doi.org/10.1080/16184742.2021.1978519
Sveinson, K., & Allison, R. (2022). “Something seriously wrong with U.S. Soccer”: A critical discourse analysis of consumers’ Twitter responses to U.S. Soccer’s girls’ apparel promotion. Journal of Sport Management, 36(5), 446–458. https://doi.org/10.1123/jsm.2021-0127
Sveinson, K., Taylor, E., Keaton, A. C. I., Burton, L., Pegoraro, A., & Toffoletti, K. (2022). Addressing gender inequity in sport through women’s invisible labor. Journal of Sport Management, 36(3), 240–250. https://doi.org/10.1123/jsm.2021-0229
Delia, E. B., Katz, M., & Armstrong, C. G. (2021). Understanding the lack of team identification research in women’s sport. Sport Marketing Quarterly, 30(1), 58–68. https://doi.org/10.32731/SMQ.301.032021.05
Jensen, J. A., Cobbs, J. B., Albano, B., & Tyler, B. D. (2021). Analyzing price premiums in international sponsorship exchange: What drives marketing costs in Formula One racing? Journal of Advertising Research, 61(1), 44–57. https://doi.org/10.2501/JAR-2020-018
Melton, E.N., & MacCharles, J. D. (2021). Sport marketing through a rainbow lens. Sport Management Review, 24(3), 421–438. https://doi.org/10.1080/14413523.2021.1880742
Nite, C., & Edwards, J. R. (2021). From isomorphism to institutional work: Advancing institutional theory in sport management research. Sport Management Review, 24(5), 815–838. https://doi.org/10.1080/14413523.2021.1896845
Su, Y., Kunkel, T., & Ye, N. (2021). When abs do not sell: The impact of male influencers conspicuously displaying a muscular body on female followers. Psychology & Marketing, 38(2), 286–297. https://doi.org/10.1002/mar.21322
Sveinson, K., Hoeber, L., & Heffernan, C. (2021). Critical discourse analysis as theory, methodology, and analysis in sport management studies. Journal of Sport Management, 35(5), 465–475. https://doi.org/10.1123/jsm.2020-0288
Tyler, B. D., Cobbs, J., Nichols, B. S., & Dalakas, V. (2021). Schadenfreude, rivalry antecedents, and the role of perceived sincerity in sponsorship of sport rivalries. Journal of Business Research, 124, 708-719. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2019.09.029
Delia, E.B. (2020). The psychological meaning of team among fans of women’s sport. Journal of Sport Management, 34(6), 579-590. https://doi.org/10.1123/jsm.2019-0404
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(4), 291-302. https://doi.org/10.1123/jsm.2019-0170
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(3), 217-228. https://doi.org/10.1123/jsm.2019-0018
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(1), 9-21. https://doi.org/10.1123/jsm.2018-0344
Nite, C., McLeod, C. M., Beldon, Z., & Nauright, J. (2020). Establishing a professional rugby union league in the USA: Managing institutional pluralism in sport entrepreneurship. Sport Management Review, 23(5), 883-897. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smr.2020.02.004
Nite. C., & Nauright, J. (2020). Examining institutional work that perpetuates abuse in sport organizations. Sport Management Review, 23(1), 117-129. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smr.2019.06.002
Sveinson, K., & Hoeber, L. (2020). “So begins the demise of #Superman from Metropolis”: Consumers’ Twitter reactions to an athlete’s transgression. Sport Management Review, 23(5), 810-823. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smr.2020.03.001
Su, Y., Baker, B.J., Doyle, J.P., & Kunkel, T. (2020). The rise of an athlete brand: Factors influencing the social media following of athletes. Sport Marketing Quarterly, 29(1), 33-46. https://doi.org/10.32731/SMQ.291.032020.03
*Denotes PhD student
Isard, R.F.*, Sveinson, K, & Melton, E.N. (2026). “We’re starting to turn the page”: Navigating stigma as a women’s sport employee. Sport Management Review, 29(1),1-25. https://doi.org/10.1080/14413523.2025.2538287
Dalal, K.*, & Delia, E. B. (2025). Fans’ experiences attempting to boycott the 2022 Qatar World Cup. Sport Management Review, 28(5), 959-985. https://doi.org/10.1080/14413523.2025.2528323
Sveinson, K., Delia, E. B., Melton, E. N., Dalal, K.*, & Cunningham, G. B. (2025). Rethinking rigor: Using positionality and reflexivity to enhance sport management scholarship. Journal of Sport Management, 39(2), 79–89. https://doi.org/10.1123/jsm.2024-0155
Delia, E. B., McCullough, B. P., & Dalal, K*. (2024). Team identity and environmentalism: The case of Forest Green Rovers. Journal of Sport Management, 38(5), 353-364. https://doi.org/10.1123/jsm.2023-0269
Huber, B.*, Katz, M., Baker, B., & Melton, E. N. (2024). Convergence or distinctiveness? Exploring how geographic location influences fan behavior in online fan communities. Sport, Business and Management: An International Journal, 14(5–6), 627–647. https://doi.org/10.1108/SBM-02-2024-0021
Katz, M., Melton, E. N., Isard, R.F.*, & Agha, N. (2024). Fan networks in women’s sport: An egocentric analysis of social fans and IsoFans. Sport Marketing Quarterly, 33(2), 166–180. https://doi.org/10.32731/SMQ.332.062024.05
Isard, R. F.*, Melton, E. N., Delia, E. B., & Nite, C. (2024). Between profit and purpose: Employee responses to financial and social logics in women’s sport. Journal of Sport Management, 38(3), 153–167. https://doi.org/10.1123/jsm.2022-0344
Mansfield, A. C.*, Delia, E. B., Reifurth, K., & Katz, M. (2023). How changes in team performance impact team identity. Sport Marketing Quarterly, 32(4), 332–342. https://doi.org/10.32731/SMQ.324.122023.05
Melton, E.N., Cunningham, G. B., MacCharles, J. D.*, & Isard, R. F.* (2023). LGBTQ inclusive fan codes of conduct in U.S. athletic departments: A multilevel analysis. International Journal of Sports Marketing and Sponsorship, 24(4), 432–448. DOI: IJSMS-03-2022-0072
Mansfield, A. C.*, Katz, M., & Delia, E. B. (2022). The identity work of health-conscious sport fans. Journal of Sport Management, 36(4), 330–340. https://doi.org/10.1123/jsm.2020-0424
Statz, K. M.*, Delia, E. B., & Gordon, B. S. (2022). Identification in sport and religion: Exploring the overlap between two group identities. Sport Marketing Quarterly, 31, 89–100. https://doi.org/10.32731/SMQ.312.0622.01
Isard, R. F.*, & Melton, E. N. (2021). Does sport media raise her name? Examining intersectional representation in media narratives. Sport, Business and Management: An International Journal, 12, 305–322. https://doi.org/10.1108/SBM-02-2021-0015
Larkin, B.*, Fink, J. S., & Delia, E. B. (2021). Identified, but not identical: Exploring the influence of collective narcissism in team identification. Sport Management Review, 24(2), 297–321. https://doi.org/10.1080/14413523.2021.1880767
MacCharles, J. D.*, & Melton, E. N. (2022). Risks of expressing your authentic self in sport: The influence of stigma covering on perceived fit and hiring recommendations. Sport, Business and Management: An International Journal, 12(4), 365–381.https://doi.org/10.1108/SBM-05-2021-0059
MacCharles, J. D.*, & Melton, E. N. (2021). Charting their own path: Using life course theory to explore the careers of gay men working in sport. Journal of Sport Management, 35(5), 407–425. https://doi.org/10.1123/jsm.2019-0415
Melton, E.N., & MacCharles, J. D.* (2021). Sport marketing through a rainbow lens. Sport Management Review, 24(3), 421–438. https://doi.org/10.1080/14413523.2021.1880742
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(4), 291-302. https://doi.org/10.1123/jsm.2019-0170
Mansfield, A.C.*, Delia, E.B., & Katz, M. (2020). The blurry spectrums of team identity threat. Sport Management Review, 23(2), 414-427. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smr.2019.07.004