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How background music in ads impacts consumers
-You may not pay much attention to the background music playing in an ad, but new research suggests that it has more of an impact than you think.
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Work-life balance is harder, more stressful for sport employees
-When competition is at the core of your role, how do you manage a healthy work-life balance? Sport management expert Dr. Marlene Dixon, Department of Health and Kinesiology, sought to answer this question after experiencing difficulty balancing both coaching and family in her own life.
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How abuse is perpetuated in sport organizations
-Through examining cases of abuse in sport organizations, Dr. Calvin Nite, sport institutions expert, found that institutional work may be to blame in how abuse is perpetuated.
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Creating a highway of hope in Kenya
-At just 12-years-old, Linda’s family faced the unthinkable. Linda’s family, in financial desperation, planned to sell her to a 40-year-old man. Her older sister helped her escape to live with her in the informal settlement of Kibera, often referred to as Africa’s largest slum, in Nairobi, Kenya.
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Why green sports are good sports
-Why should the sports industry care about environmental sustainability? Simply put, the sports that we enjoy today could not take place without a natural environment to compete in, and sport ecology expert Dr. Brian McCullough said sports can also benefit financially by going green.
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How sport experiences can transform lives
-Sport management professor Dr. Marlene Dixon showed that sport has the power to transform lives through recent research involving cyclists that completed the Texas 4000, a 4,000-mile bike ride from Austin to Anchorage, Alaska benefitting cancer research.
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How race affected NFL attendance after protests in 2016
-Using racial attitudes data Dr. George Cunningham found that as implicit racial bias increased, attendance decreased.
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Texas A&M researcher explores impact of race and sport on education
-Children with autism) are at greater risk for experiencing high levels of anxiety symptoms. Recent evidence suggests Cognitive behavioral therapy may also be effective for anxiety reduction in some presentations of autism.
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Texas A&M sport researcher explores what makes fans attend more games
-A Texas A&M sport management researcher found significant direct effects of a fan’s loyalty to a team, overall stadium environment and desire to stay at a game on the fan’s intentions to return.
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Closing The Branding Gap Between Male And Female Athletes
-On Forbes’ list of the world’s highest paid athletes, not a single female athlete made the cut. Why is that? Recent research from the Department of Health and Kinesiology in the College of Education and Human Development aims to demystify why female athletes do not stack up to their male counterparts in building profitable personal brands.
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Dr. John N. Singer Named Associate Dean For Diversity And Inclusion
-Ready, Set, Write! is the brainchild of Drs. Li-Jen Kuo and Quentin Dixon, associate professors in the Department of Teaching, Learning and Culture at Texas A&M University. They worked with doctoral student Stephanie Moody to develop curriculum that focuses on improving writing skills of struggling second grade students.
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Able, Active, Adaptive: The Students Behind The Conference
-Sidewalks are created with enough room for one person using a wheelchair to move comfortably alongside an individual without disabilities. However, what happens when two people using wheelchairs want to travel side by side on a sidewalk? There isn’t enough room. This is the anecdote Dr. Sloane Milstein, sport management professor, used to make her students think about the obstacles that people with disabilities face every day.
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From The Court To The Corner Office: Girls In Sport And Leadership
-Girls that are raised running on the field might grow up to run companies as adults. Dr. Marlene Dixon, professor of sport management, said girls that participate in sports learn a number of skills that help them fulfill leadership roles in their adult life.
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Sports As An Equalizer
-In a world where divisions in society are commonplace, there is one thing that most often brings diverse groups of people together: sports. With the 2018 Winter Olympics underway, there is hope that the games will mend relationships between people divided by conflict or prejudice.
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Team Culture Creates Successful Professional Teams
-Professional baseball teams can hit a winning streak at any time throughout an entire season. When momentum builds and all the stars align just right, successful teams seem to discover the missing piece needed to win.
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Title IX At 45 Summit To Celebrate Legislation’s Anniversary
-The Center for Sport Management Research and Education (CSMRE) will host the Title IX at 45 Summit on Friday, October 27 at the Memorial Student Center.
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LGBT Rights Expert Weighs In On Bathroom Bill
-After hours of emotional testimony on July 21, Texas sub-committee members passed a divisive bill that restricts the use of bathrooms by transgender individuals in public facilities. Senate Bill 3, which faces opposition in the House, has become one of the most contentious issues state government has battled with in recent years.
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Students To Participate In Sport Management Job Fair
-Undergraduate sport management students will have an opportunity to get their feet wet at the Sport Management Job Fair Monday evening. The event will be held at the Equestrian Center and will feature a number of national and local sport teams and organizations.
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EM Cup Highlights Colleges That Spend Less And Win More
-When it comes to being recognized as a top university in the sports world, NCAA and conference championship titles are often the main focus. However, researchers in the Laboratory for the Study of Intercollegiate Athletics (LSIA) have created another way for universities to win – win more championships while also spending less money.
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Student Highlight: Heath Heidtke
-Not everyone can say that they have spent time working for one of their favorite teams. However, former sport management student Heath Heidtke can. As Heidtke geared up for graduation this past spring, he spent his last semester working in basketball operations for his favorite team — the San Antonio Spurs.
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Dr. Batista Appointed As New Faculty Athletic Representative
-Longstanding Sport Management faculty member Dr. Paul Batista was appointed by the Office of the President as the new Faculty Athletic Representative (FAR) for Texas A&M University. Beginning September 1, Dr. Batista will be providing important counsel for the Texas A&M athletic program as required by NCAA guidelines.
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Professor Analyzes Cost Of Olympics
-Now that the XXXI Olympics games have concluded, the city of Rio is in the midst of its transition back to financial normalcy. However, Assistant Professor Dr. Steven Salaga contests that cities like Rio who host the Olympic games usually do not see profitable gains in their economy post-Olympics.
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Olympian Breeja Larson Shares Experiences
-Breeja Larson is not your average Texas A&M student. Larson is an Olympian and gold medalist who’s carried the Aggie spirit with her in every aspect of her success. The former sport management graduate student spent much of her academic career in the water competing at the highest levels of swimming.
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Students Explore Bayern München Headquarters During Study Abroad Experience
-As graduate students in the Texas A&M Sports Management program, we were provided the opportunity to take a once-in-a-lifetime study abroad trip to Germany and Austria.
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HLKN Grad One Of Six Selected For CFP Internship
-Lindsey LeJeune calls it a dream come true. Starting August 1, she will spend a year working as the Tom Mickle Intern in Communications with the College Football Playoff (CFP), one of only six interns selected from across the country.
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