Department of Sport Leadership & Management - SLAM

05/19/2021

Thank you Dr. Thelma Horn for thirty-four years of teaching at Miami University and congratulations on your retirement! You will be greatly missed.

03/02/2021

Take a look at one of SLAM's hybrid courses! Part of the class meets in-person every other week while completing the other part of the class remotely.

02/02/2021

⭐️It’s Official!⭐️

SLAM will now call Laws Hall home sweet home!

01/16/2021

Applications are open for the SLAM Study Abroad this summer!

The program is open to students of all majors and academic backgrounds. It’s intended for those students with personal and professional interests in the area...

12/11/2020

Congratulations to all of our Fall 2020 graduates! The SLAM Department is so proud of you and cannot wait to see all the amazing things you'll accomplish. Miami University Miami University Alumni Association

12/03/2020

Applications are now open for the summer 2021 SLAM faculty-led study abroad trip to London, England! Click on the link below for more information and apply now!
https://miamioh-sa.terradotta.com/index.cfm?FuseAction=Programs.ViewProgramAngular&id=13042

11/24/2020

Did you know we have NEW Sport Analytics programs within the SLAM Department? Check out the link below for more information on these programs from our very own Dr. Adam Beissel produced by Miami University College of Education, Health and Society!!

11/19/2020

We recently chatted with SLAM student Priyana Kalita about her experiences in the SLAM program as well as her recent MAC Diversity and Inclusion award! Check out our interview here and find the link to the article about her award in our bio! Thank you again Priyana for speaking with us!

11/03/2020

Another publication by Bo Li! Our SLAM assistant professor had his co-authored paper “Fake News Travels Fast: Exploring Misinformation Circulated Around Wu Lei’s Coronavirus Case” published by the Human Kinetics Journals. Click the link below for more information!

This commentary analyzes how misinformation related to a coronavirus case of a star soccer player (i.e., Wu Lei) was spread widely on Chinese digital media and accepted by sports fans as the truth. The paper first examines the mechanisms by exploring how misinformation e...

11/03/2020

Bo Li, SLAM assistant professor, had his co-authored paper “A Summer Country’s Coverage of a Winter Event: Australian Nationalistic Broadcast Focus of the 2018 Winter Olympic Games” published by SAGE Journals. Click the link below for more information!
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2167479520934720?casa_token=TzrEm3a8IsYAAAAA%3A-RVQjGl92aIrEw2bcYvXz3yNqkDYcanB3-hmOqXQjXViaGWxezhdhMq3wcXAp6DGeap01nxgFc_F&

Broadcast commentary of sport programs often is seen as biased for the “home team.” This study sought to determine differences between how the media framed narr...

10/20/2020

Callie Batts Maddox, SLAM assistant professor, had her co-authored paper “'We have to be a little more realistic’: women’s outdoor recreation experiences in a community hiking group” published by the Taylor & Francis Online Annals of Leisure Research. Click the link below for more information!

(2020). ‘We have to be a little more realistic’: women’s outdoor recreation experiences in a community hiking group. Annals of Leisure Research. Ahead of Print.

10/15/2020

Sports are back. But will they ever be the same? Hear how COVID has impacted an entire global industry.
LISTEN NOW - bit.ly/3dsWQ3l

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