CARDS Leadership Lab
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The Character-Aware Research-Driven Sport (CARDS) Leadership Lab is where sport managers, coaches and students come together to learn, lead and transform the future of sport through ethical and impactful leadership. With a focus on sociocultural determinants in sport and character development, the Lab offers unique opportunities to grow as a leader in the competitive world of sport.
What We Offer
- Research and insights: Exploring sociocultural factors, character development and ethical leadership in sport.
- Training opportunities: Hands-on experiences in leadership development and moral reasoning.
- Community impact: Collaborations with sport organizations and professionals to drive meaningful change.
Research Activities
Martinez, K., Fennell, M., Griffin, W., & Harrison, K. (2024). Black on Black in the film Higher Learning by John Singleton: Big man on campus perceptions at PWIs by African American students. In preparation for Journal of African American Males in Education. In Review.
Fennell, M., Martinez, K., & Harrison, K. (2024). The Black scholar baller: Utilizing photo elicitation to examine White students’ perspective on the legitimacy of the Black college athlete. In preparation for the Whiteness and Education. In Review.
Fennell, M., Martinez, K., Harrison, C.K., Griffin, W., & Kopka, N. (2024). Do they belong? Exploring the perceived identity of Black student athletes of students as stakeholders of the NCAA-sponsored university. Journal of Sport and Social Issues. In Review.
Martinez, K., Branch, K., & Fennell, M. (2024). Kim Mulkey the gate keeper: A critical analysis of heteronormative Whiteness in women's basketball. Academic Presentation. 2024 College Sports Research Institute conference.
Martinez, K., Branch, K., & Fennell, M. (2024). Applying legitimacy work within the women's basketball program. Academic Presentation. 2024 College Sports Research Institute conference.
Canter, E., Freeman, K., Herrold, A., Kreinbrink, J., & Fennell, M. (2024). A new NCAA governance model. Academic Presentation. 2024 College Sports Research Institute conference.
Herrold, A. & Fennell, M. (2024). Mission driven activism: An examination of charitable missions of athlete-led foundations. Poster Presentation. 2024 Applied Sport Management Association Conference.
Martinez, K. & Copeland, D. (2024). Learning to market student athlete development: Analyzing the Black Student Athlete Summit's social media presence. Academic Presentation. 2024 Applied Sport Management Association Conference.
2024 Employment Overview NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision: The Pipeline Project currently provides aggregated data on career stages and positions within intercollegiate athletic departments. The following section defines career stages for staff and athletic administrators, as well as how positions were accounted for within athletic department divisions (e.g., compliance, marketing, facilities). With new challenges posed with the implementation of name, image, and likeness and current litigation (e.g., House v. NCAA), we expect this data to evolve in the coming years.
Martinez, K. and Fennell, M. [Co-Principal Investigator] (2024) Education in the “real world”: Examining sport management students’ knowledge on transgender athlete participation. Commission on Sport Management Accreditation (COSMA) funded $750