John N Singer
Biographic Data
| ID | 108340 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John N Singer |
| GIVEN NAMES | John N |
| FAMILY NAME | Singer |
| SIGNATURE | SINGER J N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Texas A&M University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9953-6811 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 97 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 18 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Toward a Critical Multilevel Framework to Analyze and Address Challenges Black Academics Face in Sport Management
Despite the prominence of Black athletes in U.S. and global sport, the academic field of sport management remains embedded in systemic inequities that marginalize Black scholars. Drawing on Critical Race Theory and allied frameworks, this paper advances a multilevel analysis of challenges facing Black faculty and graduate students at historically white colleges and universities across macro (societal/institutional), meso (organizational/group), a…
Uncovering Student Assets in Undergraduate University Courses
What hidden or perhaps uncovered assets and talents should be recognized to maximize student learning and development in university, undergraduate courses? In this article, a transdisciplinary team of researchers discuss concepts, strategies, and recommendations for university instructors to potentially improve their teaching across different disciplines. We discuss specific practices university professors might employ in their teaching to recogn…
Positionality as a Data Point in Race Research
Increasingly, journal editors are requesting researchers to include positionality statements in submissions and publications of manuscripts. These statements are a step in the right direction to help consumers of research identify, make sense of, critique, and understand researchers' roles in race research. However, we stress the need to build positionality framing throughout qualitative research methods, processes, and dissemination. We argue a …
A Different World
Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) have made notable social, cultural, and economic contributions to the African Diaspora, particularly since their inception in the United States. Being that HBCU athletic programs account for a small proportion of the intercollegiate athletic industry, these unique entities are often examined in the same vein as their Historically White Institution counterparts without a full account of the inte…
Who Are We Honoring? Extending the Ebony & Ivy Discussion to Include Sport Facilities
One prominent, well-debated issue in the American higher education system is whether university officials should remove the names of individuals with racist pasts from campus buildings/structures that bear their namesake. The purpose of this study was to analyze basketball and football facilities at Division I Football Bowl Subdivision institutions to explore the racialized history of the people whom these facilities are named after. Utilizing a …
‘Agitate! Agitate! Agitate!’
Is sport an appropriate forum for activists to engage in political protest? In recent years, this question has been the subject of conversations in households, public spaces such as barbershops and coffee shops, and social media and newsrooms, as various high-profile athletes have used their sport platforms to call attention to various social injustices existing within the US society. The purpose of the following interview is to provide further i…
Cyber Racism Toward Black Athletes
While athletes in the 21st century have strategically leveraged technology and social media to disseminate their powerful truths (e.g., narratives) and to use as tools for organization, empowerment, and the disruption of hegemonic norms, sports fans have also found refuge on the internet and in cyberspace—namely, within online brand communities (OBCs). In this study, we draw from critical race theory (CRT) to interrogate cyber racism against Blac…
Challenges Faced by African American Golfers Pursuing Professional Careers
African American Male College Athletes’ Narratives on Education and Racism
This study presents narrative case study vignettes of three elite African American male football athletes at a major historically White institution of higher education with a big-time athletics department. More specifically, I draw from critical race theory to garner insight into their secondary schooling background, what education means to them, and how racism impacts their holistic development. The focus group and individual interviews revealed…
Race in the Present Day
Qualitative inquiry
Purpose The academic discipline and field of sport management has become a legitimate area through which scholarship and theory development can impact sport populations. Yet it has been suggested that sport management journal articles are read by less than one percent of the population. Though it is important to build the theoretical knowledge base of the field, it could be viewed as irresponsible to not search for insightful ways to engage sport…
A case study of the diversity culture of an American university athletic department
The topic of diversity has received considerable attention from scholars who study sport within the context of higher education in the USA. But despite this interest in the topic, an in-depth focus on how college and university athletic departments effectively manage diversity is missing from the literature. Therefore, we conducted an intrinsic case study of an American university athletic department in efforts to highlight its unique diversity c…
The career trajectory of a Black male high school basketball player
Interscholastic sport in the United States is a social institution within which the social relationships and attitudes needed to sustain the existing dominant economic and class relations of the larger society could be perpetuated or reproduced. This single case study allowed us to explore the question of social reproduction by examining the nuances of how a young Black male high school basketball player helped to reproduce his social class posit…
The Interest Convergence Principle and the Integration of Major League Baseball
The integration of Major League Baseball (MLB) in 1947 has long been considered a triumph in America’s ongoing battle with racism and racial discrimination. An undeniably significant accomplishment, Branch Rickey’s signing of Jackie Robinson to the Brooklyn Dodgers organization in 1946 indubitably evokes altruistic feelings of racial progress in America. However, Bell’s interest convergence principle argues that elite Whites in America will not f…
An exploratory study of black male college athletes' perceptions on race and athlete activism
This qualitative pilot case study focuses on black male athletes at a major university in the United States of America (USA) and utilizes critical race theory (CRT) to understand their perspectives on race and athlete activism in the context of American society and sport. Our interviews with this important stakeholder group uncovered four themes related to their perceptions of race and athlete activism: 1) race is still an important issue in Amer…
The Supply and Demand Side of Occupational Segregation
Benefits and Detriments of African American Male Athletes' Participation in a Big-Time College Football Program
The purpose of this pilot study was to assess the nature and status of four African American male athletes' educational experiences as participants in a big-time college football program at a predominantly white institution of higher education (PWIHE) in the United States of America. A focus group and individual interviews revealed that although these African American males felt that they derived certain tangible and intangible benefits from bein…
Understanding racism through the eyes of African American male student‐athletes
This study utilized critical race theory (CRT) as an epistemological framework and theoretical tool for understanding African American male student‐athletes' perceptions of racism and the potential impact racism might have on their educational experiences and overall development. This qualitative case study included a single focus group and in‐depth interviews with four African American male football players in a big‐time college sport program at…
Understanding racism through the eyes of African American male student‐athletes
This study utilized critical race theory (CRT) as an epistemological framework and theoretical tool for understanding African American male student‐athletes' perceptions of racism and the potential impact racism might have on their educational experiences and overall development. This qualitative case study included a single focus group and in‐depth interviews with four African American male football players in a big‐time college sport program at…
An exploratory study of black male college athletes' perceptions on race and athlete activism
This qualitative pilot case study focuses on black male athletes at a major university in the United States of America (USA) and utilizes critical race theory (CRT) to understand their perspectives on race and athlete activism in the context of American society and sport. Our interviews with this important stakeholder group uncovered four themes related to their perceptions of race and athlete activism: 1) race is still an important issue in Amer…
Benefits and Detriments of African American Male Athletes' Participation in a Big-Time College Football Program
The purpose of this pilot study was to assess the nature and status of four African American male athletes' educational experiences as participants in a big-time college football program at a predominantly white institution of higher education (PWIHE) in the United States of America. A focus group and individual interviews revealed that although these African American males felt that they derived certain tangible and intangible benefits from bein…
The career trajectory of a Black male high school basketball player
Interscholastic sport in the United States is a social institution within which the social relationships and attitudes needed to sustain the existing dominant economic and class relations of the larger society could be perpetuated or reproduced. This single case study allowed us to explore the question of social reproduction by examining the nuances of how a young Black male high school basketball player helped to reproduce his social class posit…
Positionality as a Data Point in Race Research
Increasingly, journal editors are requesting researchers to include positionality statements in submissions and publications of manuscripts. These statements are a step in the right direction to help consumers of research identify, make sense of, critique, and understand researchers' roles in race research. However, we stress the need to build positionality framing throughout qualitative research methods, processes, and dissemination. We argue a …
Cyber Racism Toward Black Athletes
While athletes in the 21st century have strategically leveraged technology and social media to disseminate their powerful truths (e.g., narratives) and to use as tools for organization, empowerment, and the disruption of hegemonic norms, sports fans have also found refuge on the internet and in cyberspace—namely, within online brand communities (OBCs). In this study, we draw from critical race theory (CRT) to interrogate cyber racism against Blac…
A Different World
Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) have made notable social, cultural, and economic contributions to the African Diaspora, particularly since their inception in the United States. Being that HBCU athletic programs account for a small proportion of the intercollegiate athletic industry, these unique entities are often examined in the same vein as their Historically White Institution counterparts without a full account of the inte…
African American Male College Athletes’ Narratives on Education and Racism
This study presents narrative case study vignettes of three elite African American male football athletes at a major historically White institution of higher education with a big-time athletics department. More specifically, I draw from critical race theory to garner insight into their secondary schooling background, what education means to them, and how racism impacts their holistic development. The focus group and individual interviews revealed…
The Supply and Demand Side of Occupational Segregation
Challenges Faced by African American Golfers Pursuing Professional Careers
Race in the Present Day
A case study of the diversity culture of an American university athletic department
The topic of diversity has received considerable attention from scholars who study sport within the context of higher education in the USA. But despite this interest in the topic, an in-depth focus on how college and university athletic departments effectively manage diversity is missing from the literature. Therefore, we conducted an intrinsic case study of an American university athletic department in efforts to highlight its unique diversity c…
Understanding racism through the eyes of African American male student‐athletes
This study utilized critical race theory (CRT) as an epistemological framework and theoretical tool for understanding African American male student‐athletes' perceptions of racism and the potential impact racism might have on their educational experiences and overall development. This qualitative case study included a single focus group and in‐depth interviews with four African American male football players in a big‐time college sport program at…
The Supply and Demand Side of Occupational Segregation
Benefits and Detriments of African American Male Athletes' Participation in a Big-Time College Football Program
The purpose of this pilot study was to assess the nature and status of four African American male athletes' educational experiences as participants in a big-time college football program at a predominantly white institution of higher education (PWIHE) in the United States of America. A focus group and individual interviews revealed that although these African American males felt that they derived certain tangible and intangible benefits from bein…
The Interest Convergence Principle and the Integration of Major League Baseball
The integration of Major League Baseball (MLB) in 1947 has long been considered a triumph in America’s ongoing battle with racism and racial discrimination. An undeniably significant accomplishment, Branch Rickey’s signing of Jackie Robinson to the Brooklyn Dodgers organization in 1946 indubitably evokes altruistic feelings of racial progress in America. However, Bell’s interest convergence principle argues that elite Whites in America will not f…
An exploratory study of black male college athletes' perceptions on race and athlete activism
This qualitative pilot case study focuses on black male athletes at a major university in the United States of America (USA) and utilizes critical race theory (CRT) to understand their perspectives on race and athlete activism in the context of American society and sport. Our interviews with this important stakeholder group uncovered four themes related to their perceptions of race and athlete activism: 1) race is still an important issue in Amer…
A case study of the diversity culture of an American university athletic department
The topic of diversity has received considerable attention from scholars who study sport within the context of higher education in the USA. But despite this interest in the topic, an in-depth focus on how college and university athletic departments effectively manage diversity is missing from the literature. Therefore, we conducted an intrinsic case study of an American university athletic department in efforts to highlight its unique diversity c…
The career trajectory of a Black male high school basketball player
Interscholastic sport in the United States is a social institution within which the social relationships and attitudes needed to sustain the existing dominant economic and class relations of the larger society could be perpetuated or reproduced. This single case study allowed us to explore the question of social reproduction by examining the nuances of how a young Black male high school basketball player helped to reproduce his social class posit…
Qualitative inquiry
Purpose The academic discipline and field of sport management has become a legitimate area through which scholarship and theory development can impact sport populations. Yet it has been suggested that sport management journal articles are read by less than one percent of the population. Though it is important to build the theoretical knowledge base of the field, it could be viewed as irresponsible to not search for insightful ways to engage sport…
Race in the Present Day
African American Male College Athletes’ Narratives on Education and Racism
This study presents narrative case study vignettes of three elite African American male football athletes at a major historically White institution of higher education with a big-time athletics department. More specifically, I draw from critical race theory to garner insight into their secondary schooling background, what education means to them, and how racism impacts their holistic development. The focus group and individual interviews revealed…
Challenges Faced by African American Golfers Pursuing Professional Careers
‘Agitate! Agitate! Agitate!’
Is sport an appropriate forum for activists to engage in political protest? In recent years, this question has been the subject of conversations in households, public spaces such as barbershops and coffee shops, and social media and newsrooms, as various high-profile athletes have used their sport platforms to call attention to various social injustices existing within the US society. The purpose of the following interview is to provide further i…
Cyber Racism Toward Black Athletes
While athletes in the 21st century have strategically leveraged technology and social media to disseminate their powerful truths (e.g., narratives) and to use as tools for organization, empowerment, and the disruption of hegemonic norms, sports fans have also found refuge on the internet and in cyberspace—namely, within online brand communities (OBCs). In this study, we draw from critical race theory (CRT) to interrogate cyber racism against Blac…
Who Are We Honoring? Extending the Ebony & Ivy Discussion to Include Sport Facilities
One prominent, well-debated issue in the American higher education system is whether university officials should remove the names of individuals with racist pasts from campus buildings/structures that bear their namesake. The purpose of this study was to analyze basketball and football facilities at Division I Football Bowl Subdivision institutions to explore the racialized history of the people whom these facilities are named after. Utilizing a …
A Different World
Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) have made notable social, cultural, and economic contributions to the African Diaspora, particularly since their inception in the United States. Being that HBCU athletic programs account for a small proportion of the intercollegiate athletic industry, these unique entities are often examined in the same vein as their Historically White Institution counterparts without a full account of the inte…
Uncovering Student Assets in Undergraduate University Courses
What hidden or perhaps uncovered assets and talents should be recognized to maximize student learning and development in university, undergraduate courses? In this article, a transdisciplinary team of researchers discuss concepts, strategies, and recommendations for university instructors to potentially improve their teaching across different disciplines. We discuss specific practices university professors might employ in their teaching to recogn…
Positionality as a Data Point in Race Research
Increasingly, journal editors are requesting researchers to include positionality statements in submissions and publications of manuscripts. These statements are a step in the right direction to help consumers of research identify, make sense of, critique, and understand researchers' roles in race research. However, we stress the need to build positionality framing throughout qualitative research methods, processes, and dissemination. We argue a …
Toward a Critical Multilevel Framework to Analyze and Address Challenges Black Academics Face in Sport Management
Despite the prominence of Black athletes in U.S. and global sport, the academic field of sport management remains embedded in systemic inequities that marginalize Black scholars. Drawing on Critical Race Theory and allied frameworks, this paper advances a multilevel analysis of challenges facing Black faculty and graduate students at historically white colleges and universities across macro (societal/institutional), meso (organizational/group), a…
Sociology (16 works) · Sports, Gender, and Society (15 works) · Political science (14 works) · Gender Studies (12 works) · Social science (9 works) · Critical race theory (8 works) · Psychology (8 works) · Racism (8 works) · Gender Studies (7 works) · Law (7 works)