Sport Management Program Faculty at KU
Doctoral students typically seek (or are assigned) a faculty advisor upon admission to the program.

Aaron W. Clopton, Ph.D. is in his first year as a faculty member at the University of Kansas. He is currently the program director for Sport Management and the director of the new Laboratory for the Study of Sport Management (LSSM).
Dr. Clopton specializes in organizational theory/behavior... more

Dr. Bernie Kish is a Lecturer in Sport Management in the School of Education at the University of Kansas. Prior to this appointment in the Fall of 2005, he served as the first Executive Director of the College Football Hall of Fame in South Bend, Indiana for ten years. He also worked in the... more

Jordan R. Bass, Ph.D. is the Associate Department Chair, Sport Management Program Director, and Assistant Professor in the Health, Sport, and Exercise Sciences Department. Dr. Bass is in his fourth year at the University of Kansas. Dr. Bass has published in journals such as Sport Management... more

Brian S. Gordon, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in the Health, Sport, and Exercise Sciences Department in the area of sport management. Dr. Gordon is in his third year as a faculty member at The University of Kansas. Prior to joining the faculty at KU, Dr. Gordon worked as an Assistant... more