{"id":104,"date":"2026-03-26T16:57:25","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T23:57:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/civicsport\/?page_id=104"},"modified":"2026-04-03T15:00:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T22:00:33","slug":"conference-presentations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/civicsport\/conference-presentations\/","title":{"rendered":"Conference Presentations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading wsu-spacing-after--medium\">Conference Presentations<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading wsu-font-size--xlarge wsu-spacing-after--xsmall\">2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Gang, A. C.<\/strong>, Kimbrough, P., &amp; Ichimura, K. (2026, February). Organizing civic capacity through soccer fandom: Evidence from a United Soccer League (USL) supporter club. 2026 <em>Applied Sport Management Association Conference (ASMA). <\/em>Cincinnati, OH.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 1.125rem;color: initial\">Chamberlain, S. &amp; <\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 1.125rem;color: initial\">Gang, A. C.<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 1.125rem;color: initial\"> (2026, February). Liberal game, divided field: Soccer fandom and the politics of belonging in Spokane. 2026 <\/span><em style=\"font-size: 1.125rem;color: initial\">Applied Sport Management Association Conference (ASMA). <\/em><span style=\"font-size: 1.125rem;color: initial\">Cincinnati, OH.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lee, J., Choi, K., <strong>Gang, A. C.<\/strong>, Kim, D., Park, J., &amp; Park, J. Y. (2026, February). Walking with nature: Storytelling and social solidarity in the Oxfam Trailwalker Korea. 2026 <em>Applied Sport Management Association Conference (ASMA). <\/em>Cincinnati, OH.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2025<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Gang, A. C.<\/strong>, Jo, E., &amp; Kimbrough, P. (2025, December). Associational culture and civic life in women\u2019s football fandom. <em>2025 National Council for Social Studies (NCSS) \u2013 College &amp; University Faculty Assembly (CUFA)<\/em>. Washington, D.C.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jo, E., <strong>Gang, A. C.<\/strong>, Choi, K., Lee, J., Park, J., Park, J. Y., Rhee, Y., Hong Y., Park, H., Kimbrough, P., Lee, M., Chung, J., &amp; *Ichimura, K. (2025, November). An ecocritical approach to sport for humanitarian purpose: Oxfam Trailwalker Korea. <em>The 2025 North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Conference (NASSS)<\/em>. Seattle, WA.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jo, E., <strong>Gang, A.<\/strong> <strong>C<\/strong>., Kimbrough, P., &amp; Ichimura, K. (2025, October). Walking for climate justice? Explicating the contradictions of a humanitarian sporting event through Kantian ethics and EcoJustice Education (EJE).<em>&nbsp; The 2025 Washington State University Education Summit.<\/em> Tri-Cities, WA. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Gang, A.<\/strong> C., Choi, K., Jo, E., Park, J., Lee, J., Rhee, Y., &amp; 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. <em>2025 World Congress of Sociology of Sport<\/em>. Seoul, Korea.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Choi, K., Park, J., Lee, J., &amp; <strong>Gang, A. C.<\/strong> (2025, May). The impact of organizational sustainability initiatives on sport fans&#8217; sustainable behaviors: Focusing on campaign levels and attachment points in the context of the Korean professional football league. <em>The 2025 Conference of the North American Society for Sport Management (NASSM).<\/em> San Diego, CA.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Park, J., Park, J. Y., Gang, A. C., &amp; Lee, J. (2025, May). Exploring the impact of relationships on career development of female graduate assistants working in intercollegiate athletics. <em>The 2025 Conference of the North American Society for Sport Management (NASSM).<\/em> San Diego, CA.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Gang, A. C.<\/strong>, Loria, T., Chamberlain, S., Wendling, E., &amp; 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. <em>2025 Applied Sport Management Association Conference (ASMA). <\/em>Cincinnati, OH.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Park, J., Choi, K., <strong>Gang, A. C.<\/strong>, &amp; Lee, J. (2025, February). A qualitative study exploring the functions of the mentoring program for low-income youth athletes: Perspectives from mentors. <em>2025 Applied Sport Management Association Conference (ASMA)<\/em>. Cincinnati, OH.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2024<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Gang. A. C.<\/strong>, McMain, E., Jo, E., Rhee, Y., Lee, J., Park, J., Park J. Y., Choi, K., &amp; Kim, D. (2024, November). Sustainability and its capitalistic and colonial underpinnings: Criticality toward the use of sustainability in sport sustainability podcasting. <em>The 2024 North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Conference (NASSS)<\/em>. Chicago, IL.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong style=\"font-size: 1.125rem;color: initial\">Gang, A. C.<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 1.125rem;color: initial\">, Lee, J., Park, J., Park, J. Y., Rhee, Y., Choi, K., &amp; Kim, D. (2024, October). \u2018How much can we make when we invest in sustainability?\u2019 Why sustainability efforts may remain superficial in professional sport. <\/span><em style=\"font-size: 1.125rem;color: initial\">The 2024 North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Conference (NASSS).<\/em><span style=\"font-size: 1.125rem;color: initial\"> Chicago, IL.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 1.125rem;color: initial\">Park, J., Park, J. Y., Lee, J., &amp; <\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 1.125rem;color: initial\">Gang, A. C.<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 1.125rem;color: initial\"> (2024, June). Examining the gender differences in personal branding via social media: A content analysis of the top NIL college athletes\u2019 Instagram posts. <\/span><em style=\"font-size: 1.125rem;color: initial\">The 2024 Conference of the North American Society for Sport Management (NASSM).<\/em><span style=\"font-size: 1.125rem;color: initial\"> Minneapolis, MN.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong style=\"font-size: 1.125rem;color: initial\">Gang, A. C.<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 1.125rem;color: initial\"> (2024, April). Civic engagement and mega sport event volunteerism: Understanding the civic potential associated with Olympic volunteerism. <\/span><em style=\"font-size: 1.125rem;color: initial\">Northwest Association for Sport in Higher Education (NASHE) Forum\/Symposium<\/em><span style=\"font-size: 1.125rem;color: initial\">. Seattle, WA.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong style=\"font-size: 1.125rem;color: initial\">Gang, A. C., <\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 1.125rem;color: initial\">Rhee, Y., Lee, J., Park, J., Park, J. H., Park, J. Y., &amp; Baik, J. (2024, February). Understanding the discourse on sport and sustainability: Critical discourse analysis of sport and sustainability podcasts. <\/span><em style=\"font-size: 1.125rem;color: initial\">2024 Applied Sport Management Association Conference (ASMA). <\/em><span style=\"font-size: 1.125rem;color: initial\">Knoxville, TN.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Gang, A. C., <\/strong>Lee, J., Park, J., Park, J. H., Park, J. Y., Choi, K., &amp; Jung, S. (2023, November). Consolidation of social capital in women\u2019s college athletics: The implication of culture, space, and identity on developing social capital at a senior military college. <em>The 2023 North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Conference (NASSS)<\/em>. New Orleans, LA. <em><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2023<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li>Park, J., Park, J. Y., Lee, J., &amp; <strong>Gang, A. C.<\/strong> (2023, November). Examining prominent NIL athletes\u2019 social media posts and personal branding effort: Perspectives from the model of athlete brand image. <em>The 2023 North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Conference (NASSS)<\/em>. New Orleans, LA.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong style=\"font-size: 1.125rem;color: initial\">Gang, A. C., <\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 1.125rem;color: initial\">Rhee, Y., Oh, Y., &amp; Jo, E. (2023, June). Right to play as a fundamental human right: Sociocultural observation on the barriers to play in the US and Korea. <\/span><em style=\"font-size: 1.125rem;color: initial\">The 2023 Summer Conference of the Korean Society for the Study of Physical Education<\/em><span style=\"font-size: 1.125rem;color: initial\">. Jeju, Korea.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong style=\"font-size: 1.125rem;color: initial\">Gang, A. C., <\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 1.125rem;color: initial\">Park, J., Lee, J., Park, J. H., Jo, E., &amp; Park, J. Y. (2023, June). Understanding the field of female elite soccer players: An analysis of elite-based sport system through Bourdieu\u2019s theory on Field. <\/span><em style=\"font-size: 1.125rem;color: initial\">The 2023 Conference of the North American Society for Sport Management (NASSM).<\/em><span style=\"font-size: 1.125rem;color: initial\"> Montreal, Canada.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 1.125rem;color: initial\">Park, J., <\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 1.125rem;color: initial\">Gang, A. C<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 1.125rem;color: initial\">., Lee, J., Park, J. Y., &amp; Jo, E. (2023, June). Exploring sources of support and challenges for career transition: A qualitative study of female professional athletes. <\/span><em style=\"font-size: 1.125rem;color: initial\">The 2023 Conference of the North American Society for Sport Management (NASSM).<\/em><span style=\"font-size: 1.125rem;color: initial\"> Montreal, Canada.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 1.125rem;color: initial\">Quinn, S., Yosue, S., <\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 1.125rem;color: initial\">Gang, A. C.<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 1.125rem;color: initial\">, &amp; Lee, J. (2023, March). The formation of social capital among female cadet-athletes at a senior military college. <\/span><em style=\"font-size: 1.125rem;color: initial\">2023 Applied Sport Management Association Conference (ASMA). <\/em><span style=\"font-size: 1.125rem;color: initial\">Birmingham, AL.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 1.125rem;color: initial\">Corso, T., <\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 1.125rem;color: initial\">Gang, A. C.<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 1.125rem;color: initial\">, &amp; Lee, J. (2023, March). Satisfaction with life, sleep quality and perceived Stress: Analysis of the NCAA D1 international student-athletes. <\/span><em style=\"font-size: 1.125rem;color: initial\">2023 Applied Sport Management Association Conference (ASMA). <\/em><span style=\"font-size: 1.125rem;color: initial\">Birmingham, AL.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hughes, J., <strong>Gang, A. C.<\/strong>, &amp; Lee, J. (2023, March). Examining the reverse flutie effect: A case study of High Point University. <em>2023 Applied Sport Management Association Conference (ASMA). <\/em>Birmingham, AL.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Conference Presentations 2026 2025 2024 2023<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44228,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"wsuwp_university_location":[],"wsuwp_university_org":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/civicsport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/104"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/civicsport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/civicsport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/civicsport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44228"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/civicsport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/civicsport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/104\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":366,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/civicsport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/104\/revisions\/366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/civicsport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/civicsport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/civicsport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/civicsport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_location?post=104"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_org","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/civicsport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_org?post=104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}