Lauren C. Hindman, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor in Sport Management & Organizational Behavior
Gender & Diversity Sport Management Scholar
I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Management & Entrepreneurship in the Frank G. Zarb School of Business at Hofstra University (located on Long Island in the New York City metro area). My research examines the experiences of women and other marginalized individuals in organizations, with the aim of reducing underrepresentation and discrimination. My work has been published in top journals, including four studies published in Journal of Sport Management, the premier journal in the discipline. Learn more about my research.
I received my Ph.D. from the Mark H. McCormack Department of Sport Management, housed in the Isenberg School of Management at UMass Amherst. My dissertation research, an ethnographic study of the gendered structures and social processes of two sport organizations, received funding support from the North American Society for Sport Management (NASSM) and the UMass Amherst Graduate School. I have presented portions of my dissertation at the University of Pennsylvania Wharton Center for Human Resources People & Organizations Conference, NASSM, and the European Association for Sport Management (EASM).
In addition to my graduate education, I have more than a decade of management and marketing experience, allowing me to bring my professional knowledge to the classroom. Most recently, I served as the Senior Director of Marketing for the Texas Stars (AHL). Find out more about my professional background and teaching experience.
Education
MAY 2021 / PH.D., MANAGEMENT
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
SEPTEMBER 2010 / M.S., SPORT MANAGEMENT
Drexel University
MAY 2004 / B.A., JOURNALISM
Indiana University, Bloomington
Selected Publications
Sexism in professional sports: How women managers experience and survive sport organizational culture
In Journal of Sport Management, I, along with Nefertiti A. Walker, found that the informal organizational culture of sport organizations helps perpetuate sexism, which women experience in two ways: the diminishment of their intellectual capabilities and the objectification of their bodies. Such sexism causes professional and emotional repercussions, which the women cope with by adopting several strategies in order to survive in the industry. Read the full study or download the free white paper here.
“Slayyyed head to toe”: Social media discourses of Blackness, queerness, gender, and the Women’s National Basketball Association Draft
Ajhanai C.I. Keaton, Nefertiti A. Walker, and I analyzed how social media discourse produced meanings related to gender, race, sexuality, and women athletes. We found that WNBA consumers produced discourse that constructed the gaze at WNBA athletes, produced meanings of (Black and queer) womanhood, and established the WNBA as a site of cultural relevance. Read the full study in Journal of Sport Management or check out our op-ed in Sports Business Journal.
