Gang, A. C., Kimbrough, P., & Ichimura, K. (2026, February). Organizing civic capacity through soccer fandom: Evidence from a United Soccer League (USL) supporter club. 2026 Applied Sport Management Association Conference (ASMA). Cincinnati, OH.
Chamberlain, S. & Gang, A. C. (2026, February). Liberal game, divided field: Soccer fandom and the politics of belonging in Spokane. 2026 Applied Sport Management Association Conference (ASMA). Cincinnati, OH.
Lee, J., Choi, K., Gang, A. C., Kim, D., Park, J., & Park, J. Y. (2026, February). Walking with nature: Storytelling and social solidarity in the Oxfam Trailwalker Korea. 2026 Applied Sport Management Association Conference (ASMA). Cincinnati, OH.
2025
Gang, A. C., Jo, E., & Kimbrough, P. (2025, December). Associational culture and civic life in women’s football fandom. 2025 National Council for Social Studies (NCSS) – College & University Faculty Assembly (CUFA). Washington, D.C.
Jo, E., Gang, A. C., Choi, K., Lee, J., Park, J., Park, J. Y., Rhee, Y., Hong Y., Park, H., Kimbrough, P., Lee, M., Chung, J., & *Ichimura, K. (2025, November). An ecocritical approach to sport for humanitarian purpose: Oxfam Trailwalker Korea. The 2025 North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Conference (NASSS). Seattle, WA.
Jo, E., Gang, A.C., Kimbrough, P., & Ichimura, K. (2025, October). Walking for climate justice? Explicating the contradictions of a humanitarian sporting event through Kantian ethics and EcoJustice Education (EJE). The 2025 Washington State University Education Summit. Tri-Cities, WA.
Gang, A. C., Choi, K., Jo, E., Park, J., Lee, J., Rhee, Y., & Hong, Y. (2025, July). From playgrounds to profit: The rise of private coaching in Korean youth football and its implications for labor, inequities, and commodification of skills. 2025 World Congress of Sociology of Sport. Seoul, Korea.
Choi, K., Park, J., Lee, J., & Gang, A. C. (2025, May). The impact of organizational sustainability initiatives on sport fans’ sustainable behaviors: Focusing on campaign levels and attachment points in the context of the Korean professional football league. The 2025 Conference of the North American Society for Sport Management (NASSM). San Diego, CA.
Park, J., Park, J. Y., Gang, A. C., & Lee, J. (2025, May). Exploring the impact of relationships on career development of female graduate assistants working in intercollegiate athletics. The 2025 Conference of the North American Society for Sport Management (NASSM). San Diego, CA.
Gang, A. C., Loria, T., Chamberlain, S., Wendling, E., & Kimbrough, P. (2025, February). Examining the impact of autonomy over music on creating social cohesion in soccer: A new approach to triangulation of data collection and analysis in field research. 2025 Applied Sport Management Association Conference (ASMA). Cincinnati, OH.
Park, J., Choi, K., Gang, A. C., & Lee, J. (2025, February). A qualitative study exploring the functions of the mentoring program for low-income youth athletes: Perspectives from mentors. 2025 Applied Sport Management Association Conference (ASMA). Cincinnati, OH.
2024
Gang. A. C., McMain, E., Jo, E., Rhee, Y., Lee, J., Park, J., Park J. Y., Choi, K., & Kim, D. (2024, November). Sustainability and its capitalistic and colonial underpinnings: Criticality toward the use of sustainability in sport sustainability podcasting. The 2024 North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Conference (NASSS). Chicago, IL.
Gang, A. C., Lee, J., Park, J., Park, J. Y., Rhee, Y., Choi, K., & Kim, D. (2024, October). ‘How much can we make when we invest in sustainability?’ Why sustainability efforts may remain superficial in professional sport. The 2024 North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Conference (NASSS). Chicago, IL.
Park, J., Park, J. Y., Lee, J., & Gang, A. C. (2024, June). Examining the gender differences in personal branding via social media: A content analysis of the top NIL college athletes’ Instagram posts. The 2024 Conference of the North American Society for Sport Management (NASSM). Minneapolis, MN.
Gang, A. C. (2024, April). Civic engagement and mega sport event volunteerism: Understanding the civic potential associated with Olympic volunteerism. Northwest Association for Sport in Higher Education (NASHE) Forum/Symposium. Seattle, WA.
Gang, A. C., Rhee, Y., Lee, J., Park, J., Park, J. H., Park, J. Y., & Baik, J. (2024, February). Understanding the discourse on sport and sustainability: Critical discourse analysis of sport and sustainability podcasts. 2024 Applied Sport Management Association Conference (ASMA). Knoxville, TN.
Gang, A. C., Lee, J., Park, J., Park, J. H., Park, J. Y., Choi, K., & Jung, S. (2023, November). Consolidation of social capital in women’s college athletics: The implication of culture, space, and identity on developing social capital at a senior military college. The 2023 North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Conference (NASSS). New Orleans, LA.
2023
Park, J., Park, J. Y., Lee, J., & Gang, A. C. (2023, November). Examining prominent NIL athletes’ social media posts and personal branding effort: Perspectives from the model of athlete brand image. The 2023 North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Conference (NASSS). New Orleans, LA.
Gang, A. C., Rhee, Y., Oh, Y., & Jo, E. (2023, June). Right to play as a fundamental human right: Sociocultural observation on the barriers to play in the US and Korea. The 2023 Summer Conference of the Korean Society for the Study of Physical Education. Jeju, Korea.
Gang, A. C., Park, J., Lee, J., Park, J. H., Jo, E., & Park, J. Y. (2023, June). Understanding the field of female elite soccer players: An analysis of elite-based sport system through Bourdieu’s theory on Field. The 2023 Conference of the North American Society for Sport Management (NASSM). Montreal, Canada.
Park, J., Gang, A. C., Lee, J., Park, J. Y., & Jo, E. (2023, June). Exploring sources of support and challenges for career transition: A qualitative study of female professional athletes. The 2023 Conference of the North American Society for Sport Management (NASSM). Montreal, Canada.
Quinn, S., Yosue, S., Gang, A. C., & Lee, J. (2023, March). The formation of social capital among female cadet-athletes at a senior military college. 2023 Applied Sport Management Association Conference (ASMA). Birmingham, AL.
Corso, T., Gang, A. C., & Lee, J. (2023, March). Satisfaction with life, sleep quality and perceived Stress: Analysis of the NCAA D1 international student-athletes. 2023 Applied Sport Management Association Conference (ASMA). Birmingham, AL.
Hughes, J., Gang, A. C., & Lee, J. (2023, March). Examining the reverse flutie effect: A case study of High Point University. 2023 Applied Sport Management Association Conference (ASMA). Birmingham, AL.